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|allegiance= [[Union of Zorasani Irfanic Republics]]
|allegiance= [[Union of Zorasani Irfanic Republics]]
|branch= {{wpl|Air force}}
|branch= {{wpl|Air force}}
|role= {{wpl|Naval warfare}}, {{wpl|power projection}}
|role= {{wpl|Aerial warfare|Aerial}} and {{wp|electronic warfare}}
|size= 88,745 active personnel<br/>45,222 reserves
|size= 75,000 active duty personnel<br/>8,000 Reserve personnel<br/>128 civilian personnel<br/>Approx. ~1,105+ aircraft
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|command_structure= [[Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army]]
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The '''Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Navy''' ({{wp|Farsi|Pardarian}}: ارتش انگلآب آرزو مصلح زرزائی ارفانی; Arteš-e Enghelâb-e Arz-ye Neeroo-e Zorasāni-e Erfāni) is the {{wp|naval warfare}} service branch of Zorasan's [[Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army|Armed Forces]].
The '''Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Air Force''' ({{wp|Persian|Pardarian}}: ارتش انگلآب زوراسانی ارفانی; ''Arteš-e Enghelâb-e Javv-ye Mosallah-e Zorasāni-e Erfāni'') is the {{wp|aerial warfare}} uniform service branch of the [[Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army]], tasked primarily with the aerial defence of [[Zorasan]], with a secondary role of providing air support to the [[Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Land Forces]] and the [[Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Navy]]. The ZIRAF has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport and logistics capability to Zorasan. As of 2017, per ISSG, the ZIRAF has 75,000 personnel. It operates 1,105 aircraft.


It is charged with the responsibility of forming Zorasan's first line of defense in the Gulf of Mazarazad and beyond with the mission of acting as an effective blue-water navy. However, it is generally considered as a conventional green-water navy as it mostly operates at a regional level, in the Solarian Sea, Mazdan Sea, Gulf of Assionaire and the eastern fringes of the Lumine Ocean. Since 2011, the Navy has focused on expanding its capabilities, operational range and quality of systems.  
Its primary mandate and mission is "to provide, in synergy with other inter-services, the most efficient, assured and cost effective aerial Defence of Zorasan." Since its establishment in 1946, the ZIRAF has been involved in various combat operations, providing aerial support to military operations and relief efforts.


Overall manpower strength in the Navy is supported by the various branches within the Navy, including the Aviation and Marines (Maritime Takavaran). The Navy also has operational control over the [[Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Coastal Protection Force]], which is the land-based force dedicated to shore-to-sea operations. As of 2018, the ZIRN stands as one of the largest navies in the world, with 12 {{wp|destroyer}}s, 21 {{wp|frigate}}s, 22 {{wp|corvette}}s, 30 submarines and 74 small patrol and attack craft.
==History==
=== Formation ===


==History==
The origins of the ZIRAF are traced back to the late 1930s, when [[Xiaodong]] provided the [[Revolutionary Resistance Command]] with a series of fighter-aircraft and twin engined bombers. The nascent air force saw little action, owing to the lack of trained pilots and a shortage of ammunition, however, the aircraft would survive the [[Solarian War]] and [[Zorasani Uprising]]. In wake of Zorasani independence in 1946 and the fracturing of the state, the RRC formally created the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Air Force, utilising the aircraft preserved from the 1930s.
 
Further assistance came from abroad, when the RRC secured the delivery of eighteen {{wp|Lavochkin La-5|Lyobov Ly-5}} and ten {{wp|Yakovlev Yak-9|Yegorov Yeg-9}} fighters from [[Chervolesia]] via [[Xiaodong]]. With training assistance from Xiaodong and steady supplies of ammunitiion the ZIRAF would be the only viable example of an airforce in the Zorasani region until the late 1950s.
 
=== Pardarian Civil War ===
{{Main|Pardarian Civil War}}
 
With the outbreak of war between the various factions of post-war Pardaran, the ZIRAF launched coordinated attacks on Imperial and warlord positions and forces, often only in support of ground operations. On the 20 April 1947, the ZIRAF launched several airstrikes on poorly constructed Imperial airbases south of Zahedan, destroying 11 aircraft.
 
=== Zorasani wars of unification ===
=== Modern ===


==Structure==
==Structure==
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
===List of Air Commanders==
===Special Forces===
===Special Forces===
===Religious minorities in the ZIRAF===
===Religious minorities in the ZIRAF===
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==Inventory==
==Inventory==
===Aircraft===
===Aircraft===
{|class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
|-
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Role
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|In service
<!--! style="text-align: left; background: #ffff00;"|Notes -->
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Fighter aircraft|Combat Aircraft}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|Shenyang J-11|Ronghui S-11}}
|{{flag|Xiaodong}}
|4th-generation multirole fighter
|35 (10 more on order)
|-----
|[[SAI Baregheh]]
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|Multirole fighter
|70
|-----
|{{wp|CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder|SAI Tondar}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|Multirole fighter
|186
|-----
|{{wp|Mikoyan MiG-29|SAI Asefeh}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|4th-generation Air superiority fighter
|96 (built under license)
|-----
|{{wp|Chengdu J-7|SAI H-05 Azhdar}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|3rd-generation Air superiority fighter
|50 (to be retired)<br/>137 in storager
|-----
|[[SAI GR-7 Imam Ardashir]]
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|Fighter-bomber
|106
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Airborne early warning and control|AWACS}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|KJ-2000|Shengkong KJ-10}}
|{{flag|Xiaodong}}
|AEW&C
|2
|-----
|{{wp|Shaanxi Y-8#Variants|SDIC-03}}
|{{flag|Xiaodong}}/{{flag|Zorasan}}
|AEW&C
|3
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Electronic-warfare aircraft|Electronic-warfare}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|Antonov An-26|Taktarev Ta-26}}
|{{flag|Chervolesia}}
|Electronic warfare
|2
|----
|{{wp|Shaanxi Y-8#Variants|SDIC-03}}
|{{flag|Xiaodong}}/{{flag|Zorasan}}
|EW & Radar jamming
|3
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Reconnaissance}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|Embraer R-99|Caviglia R-100}}
|{{flag|Etruria}}
|{{wp|SIGINT}}
|2
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Aerial refueling|Tanker}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|Ilyushin Il-78|Taktarev Ta-78}}
|{{flag|Chervolesia}}
|Aerial refueling
|4
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Military transport aircraft|Transport}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|Shaanxi Y-9|Qingbei Y-9}}
|{{flag|Xiaodong}}
|Transport
|8
|-----
|{{wp|Ilyushin Il-76|Taktarev Ta-12}}
|{{flag|Chervolesia}}
|Transport
|20
|-----
|{{wp|Xian Y-7|Shengkong Y-7}}
|{{flag|Xiaodong}}
|Transport
|15
|-----
|{{wp|Xian MA60|Shengkong MA60}}
|{{flag|Xiaodong}}
|Transport
|12
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Helicopters}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|Mil Mi-8|Dr-8}}
|{{flag|Chervolesia}}
|Utility
|23
|-----
|{{wp|Mil Mi-17|Dr-17}}
|{{flag|Chervolesia}}
|Utility
|18
|-----
|{{wp|Bell 204/205#Derivatives|Panha Shabaviz 2-75}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|Utility
|~20
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Trainer aircraft}}'''
|-----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | '''{{wpl|Unmanned aerial vehicle}}'''
|-----
|{{wp|TAI Anka|SAI Karrar}} 
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|{{wp|Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE}} UAV
|66
|-----
|{{wp|Bayraktar Akıncı|SAI Gharatdar}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|{{wp|High-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|HALE}} {{wp|Unmanned combat air vehicle|UCAV}}
|~10
|-----
|{{wp|Bayraktar Tactical UAS|SAI Zamboor-2}} 
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|{{wp|Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE}} {{wp|Unmanned combat air vehicle|UCAV}}
|83
|-----
|{{wp|Bayraktar TB2|SAI Zamboor-3}} 
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|{{wp|Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE}} {{wp|Unmanned combat air vehicle|UCAV}}
|112
|-----
|{{wp|Vestel Karayel|Shahed-05}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|{{wp|Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE}}
|10+
|----
|{{wp|Qods Mohajer|SAI Rahel}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|{{wp|Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV}}/{{wp|Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|UCAV}}
|120+
|-----
|{{wp|Shahed 129}}
|{{flag|Zorasan}}
|{{wp|Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE}} {{wp|Unmanned combat air vehicle|UCAV}}
|80+
|}
===Modernisation and acquisitions===
===Modernisation and acquisitions===
===Planned acquisitions===
===Planned acquisitions===
===UAV program===
===UAV program===
==Involvement in Zorasani society==
==Involvement in Zorasani society==
=== In popular culture===
=== In popular culture===

Latest revision as of 11:17, 1 December 2021

Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Air Force
ارتش انگلآب زوراسانی ارفانی
Arteš-e Enghelâb-e Javv-ye Mosallah-e Zorasāni-e Erfāni
Seal of the ZIR Air Force.png
Active1946-present
Country Zorasan
AllegianceUnion of Zorasani Irfanic Republics
BranchAir force
RoleAerial and electronic warfare
Size75,000 active duty personnel
8,000 Reserve personnel
128 civilian personnel
Approx. ~1,105+ aircraft
Part ofZorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army
Motto(s)راه ما، راه حسین است‎, Rāh-e ma, rāh-e adashir ast "Our Path, Is Adashir's Path"
Commanders
Supreme Commander in ChiefVahid Isfandiar
Minister of National DefenseAlireza Fadavi
Minister for the NavyHabibollah Pourdastan
Chief of StaffAdm. Nassad Ashfari
Coordinator Deputy CommanderAdm. Sayeed Sayyari
Insignia
Flag]

The Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Air Force (Pardarian: ارتش انگلآب زوراسانی ارفانی; Arteš-e Enghelâb-e Javv-ye Mosallah-e Zorasāni-e Erfāni) is the aerial warfare uniform service branch of the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Zorasan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Land Forces and the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Navy. The ZIRAF has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport and logistics capability to Zorasan. As of 2017, per ISSG, the ZIRAF has 75,000 personnel. It operates 1,105 aircraft.

Its primary mandate and mission is "to provide, in synergy with other inter-services, the most efficient, assured and cost effective aerial Defence of Zorasan." Since its establishment in 1946, the ZIRAF has been involved in various combat operations, providing aerial support to military operations and relief efforts.

History

Formation

The origins of the ZIRAF are traced back to the late 1930s, when Xiaodong provided the Revolutionary Resistance Command with a series of fighter-aircraft and twin engined bombers. The nascent air force saw little action, owing to the lack of trained pilots and a shortage of ammunition, however, the aircraft would survive the Solarian War and Zorasani Uprising. In wake of Zorasani independence in 1946 and the fracturing of the state, the RRC formally created the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Air Force, utilising the aircraft preserved from the 1930s.

Further assistance came from abroad, when the RRC secured the delivery of eighteen Lyobov Ly-5 and ten Yegorov Yeg-9 fighters from Chervolesia via Xiaodong. With training assistance from Xiaodong and steady supplies of ammunitiion the ZIRAF would be the only viable example of an airforce in the Zorasani region until the late 1950s.

Pardarian Civil War

Main article: Pardarian Civil War

With the outbreak of war between the various factions of post-war Pardaran, the ZIRAF launched coordinated attacks on Imperial and warlord positions and forces, often only in support of ground operations. On the 20 April 1947, the ZIRAF launched several airstrikes on poorly constructed Imperial airbases south of Zahedan, destroying 11 aircraft.

Zorasani wars of unification

Modern

Structure

Commands

Bases

Rank structure

Personnel

Special Forces

Religious minorities in the ZIRAF

Inventory

Aircraft

Aircraft Origin Role In service
Combat Aircraft
Ronghui S-11  Xiaodong 4th-generation multirole fighter 35 (10 more on order)
SAI Baregheh  Zorasan Multirole fighter 70
SAI Tondar  Zorasan Multirole fighter 186
SAI Asefeh  Zorasan 4th-generation Air superiority fighter 96 (built under license)
SAI H-05 Azhdar  Zorasan 3rd-generation Air superiority fighter 50 (to be retired)
137 in storager
SAI GR-7 Imam Ardashir  Zorasan Fighter-bomber 106
AWACS
Shengkong KJ-10  Xiaodong AEW&C 2
SDIC-03  Xiaodong/ Zorasan AEW&C 3
Electronic-warfare
Taktarev Ta-26  Chervolesia Electronic warfare 2
SDIC-03  Xiaodong/ Zorasan EW & Radar jamming 3
Reconnaissance
Caviglia R-100  Etruria SIGINT 2
Tanker
Taktarev Ta-78  Chervolesia Aerial refueling 4
Transport
Qingbei Y-9  Xiaodong Transport 8
Taktarev Ta-12  Chervolesia Transport 20
Shengkong Y-7  Xiaodong Transport 15
Shengkong MA60  Xiaodong Transport 12
Helicopters
Dr-8  Chervolesia Utility 23
Dr-17  Chervolesia Utility 18
Panha Shabaviz 2-75  Zorasan Utility ~20
Trainer aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicle
SAI Karrar  Zorasan MALE UAV 66
SAI Gharatdar  Zorasan HALE UCAV ~10
SAI Zamboor-2  Zorasan MALE UCAV 83
SAI Zamboor-3  Zorasan MALE UCAV 112
Shahed-05  Zorasan MALE 10+
SAI Rahel  Zorasan UAV/UCAV 120+
Shahed 129  Zorasan MALE UCAV 80+

Modernisation and acquisitions

Planned acquisitions

UAV program

Involvement in Zorasani society

In popular culture

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