The air force of the Iranian Army unveiled an underground facility called “Oqab 44” (Eagle 44) on Tuesday, IRNA news agency reports.
The unveiling ceremony was attended by Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Army Commander Major General Abrolrahim Mousavi, and a number of other senior Iranian Army commanders.
The Eagle 44 air base is said to be capable of accepting and operating various types of fighter jets and bombers as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Air Force.
Equipped with different facilities, such as alert and command posts, hangars, fixing and maintenance sites, navigation and airport facilities, fuel tanks and so on, the air base can prepare the Army air force fighters for carrying out varied operations.
Eagle 44 is one of the several underground air bases of its kind that have been constructed across the country over the past years to meet the needs of the air force.
With high safety factors, the bases which are constructed under the mountains in different locations, facilitate surprise air operations from an unexpected location in an unexpected time.
