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Iran to test-fly home-made fighter jet: report

TEHRAN, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi said on Wednesday that the Iranian military will soon test-fly a home-made fighter jet, local Fars news agency reported.

The newly-built Iranian fighter jet would be tested during war games in this summer, Salehi told reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony in Tehran to commemorate Iran's military martyrs.

He said the date of the maneuvers has not been decided yet and he did not elaborate on further information about the home-made fighter jet.

Meanwhile, Iran's Defense ...

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