I agree with most of your points.
Regarding regional air forces, Iran shouldn't compare itself to regional powers if it wants to become a military superpower. However if you want to talk about regional air forces lets talk about Israel.
I think that if our airforce upgrades and overshadows Isreal's airforce, Isreal will have nothing left to threaten us with, infact if this were the case the Isreal vs Iran war question would be nothing more than a joke.