Iran’s First Military Transport Turboprop Takes To The Air

Simorgh
Credit: IRNA
Iran’s first indigenous light military transport aircraft—Simorgh—made its first flight on May 30, Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Mohammadreza Ashtiani says. The transporter flew from the air base in Isfahan in the central part of the country. The 20-min. flight reached an altitude of 8,000 ft. (about...

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