Strait of Hormuz – The Aviationist

Iran destroys mock U.S. aircraft carrier in naval wargames

February 25, 2015 David Cenciotti 68

Do you remember Iran’s mock Nimitz class flattop? Here’s what it was built for. On Feb. 25, a mock U.S. aircraft carrier, was destroyed by missiles launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps missiles during […]

The Pasdaran have published on Twitter how they would attack a U.S. ship in the Strait of Hormuz

May 22, 2014 David Cenciotti 58

The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution have used the social network to make public their plan to attack enemy ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), the […]

Iran unveils its latest helicopter Toufan 2: an indigenous AH-1 Cobra

January 2, 2013 David Cenciotti 23

Toufan 2 (English for Storm 2), is the name of Iran‘s latest combat helicopter that was unveiled on Jan. 2 on the sixth and final day of naval exercises spanning the Strait of Hormuz to […]

The "USS Enterprise fired upon enemy fighters" story: why attacking a U.S. aircraft carrier with four (or more) combat planes would be a suicide.

June 9, 2012 David Cenciotti 1

On Jun. 8, the news of a presumed attack on USS Enterprise spread on Twitter. It all had started few days earlier, with someone who had heard from a “credible source” (reportedly a wife of […]

U.S. aircraft carriers face Iranian stealth subs in the Persian Gulf. And remote controlled ones too…

January 19, 2012 David Cenciotti 14

Although the U.S. Navy has just rescued sailors of an Iranian boat in distress for the third time in 10 days, Tehran doesn’t seem to appreciate the aid that the American warships are giving to […]