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'''Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani''' ({{ |
'''Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani''' ({{langx|fa|فریدون علیمازندرانی}}) is an Iranian retired [[fighter pilot]] and a [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] [[flying ace]] during the [[Iran–Iraq War]]. |
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== Career == |
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Mazandarani claims 16 aerial victories against Iraqi aircraft during the 1980s, including eight |
Mazandarani claims 16 aerial victories against Iraqi aircraft during the 1980s, including eight using AIM-54 missiles, one using a MIM-23 missile, two with the Vulcan M61A gun, as well as five manoeuvre kills.<ref>{{cite interview|title=Interview with the greatest living fighter ace: F-14 Tomcat pilot Col. Fereydoun A. Mazandarani (rtd)|url=https://hushkit.net/2020/04/07/interview-with-the-greatest-living-fighter-ace-f-14-tomcat-pilot-col-rtd-fereydoun-a-mazandarani/|date=7 April 2020|publisher=Hush-Kit|interviewer=Kash Ryan}}</ref> French military historian [[Pierre Razoux]] has credited him with 9<ref>{{citation|last1=Razoux|first1=Pierre|date=2015|translator=Nicholas Elliott|title=The Iran-Iraq War|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-91571-8|at=Table 1.3: Victories by Iranian pilots (3 or more victories), p. 571}}</ref> or 11<ref>{{citation|last1=Razoux|first1=Pierre|date=2019|title=Le siècle des As (1915-1988): Une autre histoire de l'aviation|publisher=Place des éditeurs|isbn=978-2-262-04827-3|language=French|at=Les as de la guerre Iran-Irak (1980-1988), section 31, p. 15}}</ref> confirmed kills. |
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According to Austrian aviation historian Tom Cooper, Mazandarani and his co-pilot Qassem Soltani may be the first pilots to have ever |
According to Austrian aviation historian Tom Cooper, Mazandarani and his co-pilot Qassem Soltani may be the first pilots to have ever shot an aircraft down using [[AIM-54 Phoenix]] missile, with a claimed victory against a MiG-23 on 17 September 1980 despite the fact the Iranian air force does not officially acknowledge this victory.<ref>{{citation|first=David|last=Axe|title=How Iran's F-14 Tomcats Used a Deadly Missile To Kill Their Enemies|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-irans-f-14-tomcats-used-deadly-missile-kill-their-enemies-76401|date=27 August 2019|work=The National Interest}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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{{Portal|Biography|Iran|Aviation}} |
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* [[List of Iranian flying aces]] |
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Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani | |
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Nickname(s) | Ferry |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service | |
Years of service | 1971–1999 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles / wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani (Persian: فریدون علیمازندرانی) is an Iranian retired fighter pilot and a Grumman F-14 Tomcat flying ace during the Iran–Iraq War.
Career
[edit]Mazandarani claims 16 aerial victories against Iraqi aircraft during the 1980s, including eight using AIM-54 missiles, one using a MIM-23 missile, two with the Vulcan M61A gun, as well as five manoeuvre kills.[1] French military historian Pierre Razoux has credited him with 9[2] or 11[3] confirmed kills.
According to Austrian aviation historian Tom Cooper, Mazandarani and his co-pilot Qassem Soltani may be the first pilots to have ever shot an aircraft down using AIM-54 Phoenix missile, with a claimed victory against a MiG-23 on 17 September 1980 despite the fact the Iranian air force does not officially acknowledge this victory.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with the greatest living fighter ace: F-14 Tomcat pilot Col. Fereydoun A. Mazandarani (rtd)" (Interview). Interviewed by Kash Ryan. Hush-Kit. 7 April 2020.
- ^ Razoux, Pierre (2015), The Iran-Iraq War, translated by Nicholas Elliott, Harvard University Press, Table 1.3: Victories by Iranian pilots (3 or more victories), p. 571, 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, Les as de la guerre Iran-Irak (1980-1988), section 31, p. 15, ISBN 978-2-262-04827-3
- ^ Axe, David (27 August 2019), "How Iran's F-14 Tomcats Used a Deadly Missile To Kill Their Enemies", The National Interest