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(HESA) Azarakhsh ((ペルシア語:آذرخش) ''Āzaraxš'', "lightning") is Iran's first domestically manufactured〔() Tel Aviv University Publication, Analysis by the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies〕 combat jet fighter. It is widely regarded as a reverse engineered variant of the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II.〔 The Azarakhsh was developed in Isfahan by the Iranian army, Defense Ministry, and aircraft-manufacturing company HESA. ==Design and development== In April 1997 Iranian Brigadier General Arasteh, a deputy head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces declared that Iran had successfully designed, constructed, and tested its first fighter aircraft. By late 1997 Iran had begun mass-producing the aircraft 〔 and by mid-2000 four aircraft were said to be undergoing operational tests, with production proceeding at a rate of around ten aircraft per year. Iran has yet to release any additional information about the aircraft and its capabilities are unknown. On May 17, 2000, Iran's acting commander of the Air Force said that Azarakhsh had reached mass-production stage.〔(Pavyand.com ) Payvand's Iran News〕 On August 5, 2007, Azarakhsh conducted a successful test flight.〔(Azarakhsh fighter conducts successful test flight ) IRNA〕 On August 6, 2007, Ministry of Defense Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar said, " 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「HESA Azarakhsh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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