Yadollah Javadpour

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Yadollah Javadpour
Allegiance  Iran
Service/branch Iranian Air Force
Rank Major
Battles/wars Iran-Iraq War

Major Yadollah Javadpour (Persian: یدالله جوادپور‎) was a fighter pilot in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, serving for the full duration of the Iran-Iraq War. His record qualifies him as an ace and one of the most successful pilots of that conflict.[1]

He began his service as an elite pilot in the IIAF, and was a member of the Iranian Air Force flying team, the Golden Crown, from 1975 to 1978.[2] He continued to serve with the IRIAF after the revolution, this being a time when it was dangerous for pilots to do so.

Javadpour's fame came while flying the Northrop F-5. He claimed 5 air victories, which makes him an ace, but only two have been definitively confirmed by western sources.[3][4] His greatest fame came on August 6, 1983 when he claimed (later to be reliably confirmed) to have shot down an Iraqi MiG-25. This was a significant achievement for an F-5 pilot as the MiG-25 is a much bigger and faster aircraft with a substantial altitude advantage. His other confirmed kill was an Su-20 on October 17, 1980.

These results make Javadpour one of the most successful F-5 fighter pilots ever.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Imperial Iranian Air Force: Samurai in the skies
  2. ↑ IIAF Golden Crown: Golden Crown Year by Year
  3. ↑ Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1976-1981, Sept. 16, 2003
  4. ↑ Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1982-Today, Sept. 16, 2003
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