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Iran’s air force inherited 225 F-4 Phantom fighters but it will never beat a US Air Force F-22 or F-35 stealth fighter
By the mid-1980s only a few dozen of the Shah's 225 F-4 Phantoms could still get airborne. Each flight hour is estimated to have cost around 135 hours of maintenance — and Iran was still generating ...
The Israeli fighter jets, which included F-35s and F-15s, dropped hundreds of bombs on roughly 500 targets.
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Iran bought a fleet of 225 F-4 Phantoms made in the USA and nearly fought a US Air Force F-22 Raptor that flew right under it
Before the 1979 revolution, Iran received 225 American F-4 Phantoms. It used them heavily against Iraq, then kept survivors operational through depot repairs, cannibalization and new guided weapons.
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