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'''Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani''' ({{lang-fa|فریدون علی‌مازندرانی}}) is an Iranian retired [[fighter pilot]] and a [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] [[flying ace]] during the [[Iran–Iraq War]].
'''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]].

== Career ==
== Career ==
Mazandarani claims 16 aerial victories against Iraqi aircraft during the 1980s, including eight and one using AIM-54 and MIM-23 missiles respectively, 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.
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.


According to Austrian aviation historian Tom Cooper, Mazandarani and his co-pilot Qassem Soltani may be the first pilots to have ever shoot 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>
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>

== References ==
== See also ==
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{{Portal|Biography|Iran|Aviation}}
* [[List of Iranian flying aces]]

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Latest revision as of 09:14, 9 November 2024

Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani
Nickname(s)Ferry
AllegianceIran
Service / branch
Years of service1971–1999
RankColonel
Battles / warsIran–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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Axe, David (27 August 2019), "How Iran's F-14 Tomcats Used a Deadly Missile To Kill Their Enemies", The National Interest