The following is a list of flying aces from Iran.
Flying aces
Iran–Iraq war (1980–1988)
- Fazlollah Javidnia, 12[1] or 11 (+2 probable)[2] victories
- Jalil Zandi, 11[1] or 9 (+3 probable)[3] victories
- Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani, 9[1] or 11[2] victories
- Abolfazl Mehreganfar, 6 victories[1][2]
- Hassan Harandi, 6 victories[1][2]
- Shahram Rostami, 5[1] or 6[4] victories
- Jamshid Afshar, 5[1] or 6[4] victories
- Hossein Khalili, 5 victories[1][2]
- Jalil Moslemi, 5 victories[1]
- K. Sedghi, 5 victories[1][4]
- Mostafa Roustaei, 5 victories[2]
- Assadollah Adeli, 5 victories[2]
Other
- Mohammad Taqi Pessian who flown several combat missions for the Imperial German Air Service during World War I, reputedly shoot down up to 25 aircraft in aerial dogfights along the western front.[5]
References
Citations
Sources
- Cooper, Tom; Bishop, Farzad (2004), Holmes, Tony; Hales-Dutton, Bruce (eds.), Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat, Osprey Combat Aircraft, vol. 49, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1-84176-787-5
- Razoux, Pierre (2015), The Iran-Iraq War, translated by Nicholas Elliott, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8
- Razoux, Pierre (2019), Le siècle des As (1915-1988): Une autre histoire de l'aviation (in French), Place des éditeurs, ISBN 978-2-262-04827-3
- Sadler, John; Serdville, Rosie (2017), Fighter Aces: Knights of the Skies, Casemate Publishers, p. 21, ISBN 978-1-612-00483-9
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