Irans new stealth plane

[skatblast]

And then..... the US uses planes they have had hiding in area 51 for 10 years that makes these look like ww2 fighters

[Jackmoves]

From what I'm reading it has high maintenance costs, but those may be brought down with additional development. But the performance of the aircraft seems to meet the expectations.

21-31k per flight hour. Compare that to others.

Eurofighter 18.000(max)
Rafale 16.500
F-18E/F 11.000
F-16 7.700
Gripen 4.700

page 7(I know it's from Saab, but Jane's is generally considered to be one of the more reliable aircraft consultant businesses around), the link is the basic presentation(done in Farnborough, UK, 2012) of the new Gripen btw! Interesting for anyone who likes aircrafts!

http://www.saabgroup.com/Global/Docu...arnborough.pdf

Such an agile little sweetheart! ;P