Iran’s HESA Kowsar and Saeqeh fighter jets, touted by Tehran as advanced, “100 percent indigenously made” fourth-generation ...

Even the Saeqeh’s engines are mysterious; early reports that they were Russian RD-33 turbofans are inaccurate, as the F-5 airframe is too small to carry them.

Iran’s “indigenous” HESA Saeqeh is a reverse-engineered Northrop F-5 Tiger, partially disguised with a twin tail. Designers copied systems one-for-one wherever possible, substituting Russian ...

On Aug. 21, the first avionics and radar testbed for what it's thought to be the Saeqeh V fighter jet, made a sudden appearance on the images taken during the presentation of six types of new ...

Key point: Iran tries to keep up its military, but much of its hardware is aging. Even its allegedly great Saeqeh fighter is really just a reverse-engineered F-5. Tehran is keen to produce its own ...