Extreme rare visit of Iran Air Force Boeing 747 to Europe
At May 27 2020 an Iranian Air Force Boeing 747 flew from Iran to Belgrade, Serbia. It is extrem rare a transport aircraft operated by the Iran Air Force visits Europe. Most likely the last visits to Europe were to Amsterdam Schiphol airport during the Iran-Iraq war.
The aircraft registred EP-SHB/5-8113 is normally used to fly weapons from Iran to Syria. Iran supports the regime of Assad. The aircraft was damaged while in Damascus in 2018 by an Israelian airstrike.
The flight to Belgrade used a strange flightnumber. DLF is registered to a Polish company. Most likey this code was used to make the flight less suspicious . It landed at Belgrade around 11:00 local time and took off around 16:00.
The reason for this flight is still unknown. But likely it collected weapons as Serbia has a lot of weapon factories. For example Zastava Arms
On May 28 another Iran Air Force Boeing 747 visited Belgrade. This time it was EP-SHH/5-8114. It used callsign DLF156. It landed at 10;27 local time according Flightradar24. At 14:30 local time the aircraft departed again heading towards Iran.
Credit to Gerjon for spotting this flight!
