| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | Number | Years | Notes |
| HESA Saeqeh | Iran | Light fighter | Saegheh-1/2 | 6 | 2006–present | Is claimed to be heavily upgraded and indigenously made |
| HESA Kowsar | Iran | Fighter aircraft | | 5 | 2018–present | Variant of the Northrop F-5. Western analysts have described the plane as inefficient as a weapon, but having potential for training a new generation of Iranian fighter pilots. According to Iranian state-media, this fighter jet has "advanced avionics" and multipurpose radar, and it was "100-percent indigenously made". It uses digital data networks, |
| HESA Azarakhsh | Iran | Light fighter | First Generation (includes twin-seat version) | 4 | 2015 | Rebuilt F-5E. |
| Chengdu J-7 | China | Fighter aircraft | N/MB | 24 | 1991–present | |
| Mirage F1 | France | Multirole-fighter | F1EQ/F1BQ | 23 | 1991–present | Iran received 24 F1BQs and F1EQs flown over from Iraq, during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. One Mirage F1BQ from Mashhad AFB (TFB ) was shot down in July 2001 by the Taliban with Sa-16/18 Manpad while involved in countering drug-smuggling at the Afghan border. |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II | US | Fighter-bomber | F-4D/ERF-4E | 63 | 1968–present | 225 ordered and delivered. In 2014, 60 F-4D/E and 4 RF-4Es remained. 10 are F-4Ds and 50 are F-4Es. F-4Ds/Es are currently undergoing an upgrade program which includes a new Chinese-built radar and other avionics and weapons, namely PL-5E, PL-11 and C-801. In October 2013, the anti-ship Qader cruise missile was successfully tested on an F-4. |
| Northrop F-5 Tiger II | US | Light fighter | F-5EF-5F | 60 | 1974–present | 181 ordered and delivered. In 2014, 60 F-5s remained. This included about 16 F-5F dual seat trainers and 44 F-5E fighter bomber. |
