Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Air Force

Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Air Force ارتش انگلآب زوراسانی ارفانی Arteš-e Enghelâb-e Javv-ye Mosallah-e Zorasāni-e Erfāni
Active	1946-present
Country	Zorasan
Allegiance	Union of Zorasani Irfanic Republics
Branch	Air force
Role	Aerial and electronic warfare
Size	75,000 active duty personnel 8,000 Reserve personnel 128 civilian personnel Approx. ~1,105+ aircraft
Part of	Zorasani 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 Chief	Vahid Isfandiar
Minister of National Defense	Alireza Fadavi
Minister for the Navy	Habibollah Pourdastan
Chief of Staff	Adm. Nassad Ashfari
Coordinator Deputy Commander	Adm. Sayeed Sayyari
Insignia
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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.

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+