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Članak O 3 Iranska(Tačnije IRGC) SU-25 koji su dopremljeni zajedno sa posadama.interesentno je da jedan od tri aviona nije jedan od 7 koji su 90-ti doletjeli iz Iraka već iz flote koji su poslije kupljeni od Rusije i takodje je interesanto da su 51-ca i 58-ca avioni na kojima je testiran precizni projektil Bina Iranske proizvodnje.Pored ovi aviona ispurečno je i više mobilni kompleta bespilotni letjelica zajedno sa posadama a jedan od pilota koji je bio upravljao jednom od bespilotni letjelica je nedavno poginuo od minobacačkog projektila.Ovi avioni su dopremljeni u trenutku kada je Irak bio faktički bez jurišne avijacije u iščekivaju isporuka iz vana i jedine tada operativne letjelice koje su bile opremljene za dejstva po kopnenim ciljevima su bile Cesne opremljene Helfire projektilima i helikopterska flota.Interesanto je i to da je IRGC u trenutku kada su ova tri SU-25 dopremljena u Irak ,rasporedio 10 SU-25 na strateški pozicioniran otok Abu musa koji se nalazi 50-tak KM od Dubaija inače jedan od tri otoka za koji UAE tvrdi da pripada njenoj teritoriji i tvrdi za ova tri otoka da su "okupirani" od strane Irana.
Joseph Dempsey, from the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), provided open-sourced evidence that the close-air support and ground attack aircraft are using the same serial numbers used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which operate the aircraft.
In addition, according to Dempsey, in a video posted by the Iraqi Ministry of Defence, the aircraft appeared with wing-mounted fuel tanks; the Russian-supplied aircraft were disassembled and flown into Iraq.
“Following on from an initial delivery of Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack aircraft from Russia, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence announced a further delivery had been received on 1 July 2014,” the report, released Wednesday by IISS, said.
“Although the source of this latest delivery of Su-25s has not been officially commented upon, it is the conclusion of IISS analysts that these latest examples originate from neighbouring Iran.”
Dempsey said in the report that Iran has recently pledged military assistance to Iraq to help combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) insurgency.
The extent of this offer and any acceptance by the Iraqi government has not been made public, but delivery of these aircraft may provide the first evidence of direct military aid.
Dempsey said Iranian Su-25s have been assigned a narrow range of six-digit serial numbers, all with the prefix 15-245x, with the last two digits repeated on the aircraft nose. While the full serial numbers are not present, the three individual examples identified on the video each featured two-digit numbers on their nose. Two are coded 51 and 56, while 58 is visible on the sole Su-25UB, correlating with identified Iranian numbering.
He added that the camouflage scheme visible on the three aircraft is also identical to that currently applied to Iranian Su-25s, a scheme not adopted by any other operators.
“Attempts to conceal original operator markings are also apparent, with evidence of key positions being painted over. This includes the location of Iranian roundels on the side of the air intakes along with a large proportion of the tail fin normally occupied by a full serial number, the Iranian flag and the IRGC insignia,” he said in the report.
“It is also noted that these aircraft are externally in much better condition relative to that of the recently delivered Russian Su-25s thought to be drawn from storage.”
Although these aircraft were likely delivered to Iraq by Iranian pilots, it is unclear who will now be responsible for crewing and maintaining them, Dempsey said.
“Given this recent apparent growth in their Su-25 inventory, it seems increasingly unlikely that Iraq retains the capacity to operate this type of aircraft in any significant number without some level of external support.”
Last December, a senior US military official told Defense News that Iran had redeployed a squadron of jet fighters off the strategic disputed island of Abu Musa in the gulf.
The official said that intelligence revealed that 10 Su-25 Frogfoot aircraft were redeployed to the mainland recently.
According to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the Su-25s present the backbone of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force.
WASHINGTON — Deepening its involvement in the crisis in Iraq, Iran has sent three Russian-made attack planes to the Maliki government that could be deployed against the Sunni militants who have wreaked havoc on Iraqi military forces, American and Iraqi officials said Tuesday.
Delivery of the Su-25 aircraft, which American officials said had already conducted missions in western and northern Iraq, is the latest step Iran has taken to help Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki battle the forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, and expand its influence as Iraqi politicians struggle to form a new government.
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An American official, who declined to be identified because he was discussing intelligence reports, said that at least one of the planes had been flown by an Iranian pilot. A senior Iraqi official, however, insisted that the aircraft were being piloted only by Iraqis. He said that the planes originally belonged to the Iraqi Air Force and were flown to Iran during the 1991 Persian Gulf War for safekeeping.
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“Iran, understanding the urgency of our situation on the ground, gave us some of our own planes back,” said the Iraqi official, who declined to be named because he was discussing military preparations in Iraq.
The deployment of the Su-25s, which the Iraqi Ministry of Defense showed being loaded with bombs and ammunition, came amid reports that an Iranian officer had recently been killed near Samarra, where Iraqi forces are trying to defend a Shiite shrine against an ISIS attack. Two American officials said that the Iranian, whom the Iranian IRNA news agency identified as Col. Shoja’at Alamdari Mourjani, had been with an Iranian drone unit and was hit by an ISIS mortar attack. The senior Iraqi official insisted, however, that the dead man was an Iranian religious tourist who worked in the aviation industry in Iran.
Iraq’s need for air power is clear. Its air force has consisted of several Cessna planes that carry American-supplied Hellfire missiles and an assortment of American and Russian-supplied helicopters, which the Iraqi military used during its recent fight with ISIS in Tikrit.
The United States has sold Iraq F-16 warplanes, the first of which was to have been sent this fall. But the delivery date is now uncertain since the American contractors who have supported the program were evacuated from the Balad air base during the ISIS offensive. Iraq recently announced that it was also buying Su-25s from Russia, but those aircraft are not yet believed to be in operation. Iran’s provision of the Su-25s follows its decision to send a fleet of Ababil surveillance drones, an intelligence unit to intercept communications and advisers.
Like the Iranian drone and intelligence units, the aircraft are based at the Rasheed air base in Baghdad. Similar to the American A-10 aircraft, the Su-25 is designed for ground attacks. It is equipped with a 30-millimeter cannon and armed with rockets and bombs, and it could be effective against ISIS convoys and concentrations of ISIS fighters, said Joseph Dempsey, a military analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
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An American official said that Su-25s had already carried out missions over Ramadi, Falluja in western Iraq and the Baiji refinery in northern Iraq. The official did not say whether the aircraft dropped any bombs but added that Iran had sent more Revolutionary Guards ground forces and air force personnel to Iraq.
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Graphic: In Iraq Crisis, a Tangle of Alliances and Enmities
Some influential members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday voiced concerns about Iran’s growing presence in Iraq after being briefed by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a closed meeting of the committee. “They’ve got a heavy involvement at this point,” said Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, who is also the senior Republican on the Intelligence Committee. “I don’t trust the Iranians, so I’m assuming they’re there for mischievous purposes and for their own self-interest.”
The Pentagon press secretary, Rear Adm. John F. Kirby, confirmed on Tuesday that Iran had sent warplanes, weapons, ammunition and military advisers, but so far no combat troops.
“We have no indications that there are Iranian ground troops inside Iraq,” Admiral Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon. “What I’ve said before remains true today: that we know that there are some Iranian operatives — Quds operatives inside Iraq that are training and advising some Iraqi security forces, but more critically, Shia militia.”
“We understand that Iraq, as a sovereign nation, has that right to reach out to a neighbor if they see fit to ask for that support. What we’ve said — and nothing’s changed about what we’ve said — we’re not going to coordinate our military activities with Tehran,” Admiral Kirby said.
Mr. Dempsey, the military analyst based in London, said that at least two Su-25 aircraft in Iraq appeared to be from among the seven Iraqi Su-25s that were flown to Iran during the Persian Gulf War. “The third aircraft, the lone two-seat combat capable trainer, may be drawn from a later Iranian order from Russia,” he said.
Iraqi officials, however, have insisted that all of the Su-25 aircraft were among those that have been kept in Iran, raising expectations that the remaining four Su-25s will also be returned.
The Iraqis’ insistence that all of the planes are Iraqi-owned is significant because Iraq would be violating international sanctions if it bought arms, ammunition or military equipment from Iran, the State Department warned in February. But the Iraqis’ insistence that they alone are operating the planes leaves unclear how the aircraft, which have not been part of the Iraqi military’s inventory for two decades, were flown to Iraq and are currently being maintained.
Mr. Dempsey said that the release of the video of the aircraft by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense might be an attempt “to support the Iraqi narrative of their capacity to operate them independently.”
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