Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force information
Aerospace service branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
This article is about Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. For Air Force of Iran's regular military, see Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Founded
17 September 1985; 38 years ago (1985-09-17)[1]
Country
Iran
Type
Strategic missile force, air force, space force
Role
Strategic deterrence, aerial warfare, anti-aircraft warfare, space warfare
Size
≈15,000 (2020)
Part of
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Garrison/HQ
Tehran
Engagements
Iran–Iraq War
Operation Laylat al-Qadr
Democrat Castle missile strike
Operation Strike of Muharram
Shoot-down of American drone
Operation Martyr Soleimani
Erbil missile attack
2024 Erbil attack
2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel
Commanders
Current commander
Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Commander of the Space Command
Brigadier General Ali Jafarabadi
Insignia
Roundel[2]
Fin flash[2]
Ceremonial flag
Aircraft flown
Attack
Su-22M4/UM3K,
Chengdu F-7Ms
Helicopter
Mi-17
Trainer
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano, MFI-17 Mushshak
Transport
Il-76, An-74, Harbin Y-12, Falcon 20
Military unit
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, officially known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force[3] (IRGCASF; Persian: نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: niru-ye havâfazây-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi, acronymed in Persian as NEHSA), is the strategic missile, air, and space force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It was renamed from the IRGC Air Force to the IRGC Aerospace Force in 2009.[4]
^Sinkaya, Bayram (2015), The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations, Routledge, p. 121, ISBN 978-1317525646
^ abMahdavi, Amir. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Iran-Revolutionary-Guard-Air-Force/Air. Retrieved 1 March 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Cordesman, Anthony H. (30 May 2019). "The Iranian Missile Threat".
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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