TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) has started the mass production of the indigenous Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) fighter jets, a spokesman for the IRIAF announced on Wednesday.
The indigenously developed fighter jet "has already gone through mass production”, Brigadier General Hussein Chitforoush added. He said the IRIAF has built squadrons of Saeqeh and they are "going through their evolutionary process”. Chitforoush said the fighter is continuously conducting reconnaissance missions across Iran, adding the new fighter jet will bring Iran to the level of self-sufficiency in the field.