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The Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (AFAGIR), known in America as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC AF), is the air force within the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Islamic Revolutionary Guards). Parallel to the regular Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), the regular air branch of the Military of Iran, the Revolutionary Guards' have their own air force. It shares facilities with the IRIAF. ==Aviation forces== Most public sources disagree on which aircraft are operated by the AFAGIR. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said in 2005 that "()he backbone of the IRGCAF consists of ten Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft (including seven flown from Iraq to Iran during the 1991 Gulf War, kept airworthy with the help of Georgian technicians) and around forty EMB-312 Tucanos". The Washington Institute also said that the IRGCAF maintained thirty Y-12 and Dassault Falcon 20 light transports, as well as MFI-17 Mushshak and Super Mushshak trainers and locally built Ababil and Mohajer reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).〔Much of this section is a straight copyvio from Fariborz Haghshenass, (Iran's Air Forces: Struggling to Maintain Readiness ), WINEP PolicyWatch #1066, December 22, 2005.〕 The AFAGIR also operates a sizable rotary-wing force consisting of around twenty Mi-171 helicopters for transport and armed assault roles, and a large transport force out of Shiraz, equipped with around fifteen ex-Iraqi Il-76s (originally operated by the IRIAF) and twelve An-74TK-200 transports.〔This sentence is a straight copyvio from Fariborz Haghshenass, (Iran's Air Forces: Struggling to Maintain Readiness ), WINEP PolicyWatch #1066, December 22, 2005〕 ''Scramble'' backs up this picture in general, reporting An-74s, An-14s, and Su-25Ks at Tehran Mehrabad, Chengdu F-7Ms at Zahedan (while saying that MFI-17s were often reported at Zahedan incorrectly), and Il-76 AEW variants at Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport, while saying that they might be based at Mehrabad. Scramble also said that an unknown number of "new" Su-25s were delivered in 2003.〔http://www.scramble.nl/ir.htm, accessed 11 October 2007. See also Liam Devlin & Tom Cooper, "Iran boosts Su-25 fleet", ''Jane's Defence Weekly'', Vol. 43, Issue 38, 20 September 2006, p.18, which claims the IRGC AF now has 13 Su-25s in service.〕 However, other, later writings make no mention of Su-25s or Il-76s. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, writing in August 2007, said only the AFAGIR "may operate Iran's 10 EMB-312 Tucanos", and that it "seems to operate many of Iran's 45 PC-7 training aircraft" as well as Pakistani-built training aircraft at a school near Mushshak, "but this school may be run by the regular air force". He also specifically said that reports of the Revolutionary Guards operating F-7s did not seem to be correct.〔Anthony Cordesman, (Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Al Quds Force, and Other Intelligence and Paramilitary Forces ), Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 16, 2007 (Rough Working Draft), page 6.〕 Cordesman also noted claims of the AFAGIR building gliders for use in unconventional warfare, saying that they would be unsuitable delivery platforms, but could at least carry a small number of weapons. However the attached reference was a 1996 Reuters report, making the sources for such assertions extremely thin.〔Cordesman, August 2007; the Reuters report was cited as "Reuters, June 12, 1996, 17:33"'.〕 Finally, the IISS Military Balance 2007 makes no mention of aircraft at all, referring only to the Shahab 1, 2, and 3 missiles.〔IISS Military Balance 2007, p.225.〕 On October 2009 It was announced that its name has been changed from IRGC Air Force to IRGC Aerospace Force. In February 2014 Janes' announced that the Barani missile system had been tested. This system is a laser-guided air-to-surface missile which releases submunitions: "new generation of long-range ballistic missiles carrying multiple re-entry vehicle MIRV payloads".〔 The Bina missile, which can be carried aloft and is able to be ground-launched from a rail car, was also revealed at the time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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