ّFallen Eagles / Iranian Pilots Killed in Action during Iran-Iraq War

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Date: 4 Mehr 1359

Place: Um al Khosh, Iraq

Plane: RF - 4 E Photophantom

Crew: Maj. Naser Arkaan Abadi / Lt. Hasan Vaziri

Mission: Photography flight.

Their plane was detected by Iraqi radars, Intercepted and shot by An Iraqi Mig 21, flown by Lt. Zia al Hamd.

[Source: Iraqi Air Force After Action Reports]

Major Arkaan Abadi was Killed in His plane, Lieutenant Vaziri, Ejected and Became Prisoner of war.

This was 1st Iranian R plane shot.
According to Air Force Archives, we have lost 6 R planes.
 
I found my book, but alas, my memory failed me. The Irani pilots were in the class ahead of me and I have no access to their pixs or names. We had two Norwegians and an Afghani in our class. The Afghani took three classes to graduate.

I have been to Tehran. Back in the Shah days we crew rested there prior to heading south to Saudi Arabia and Africa. I think we stayed at the Hilton downtown. I remember going to the Bazaar. I think I bought a brass pot, which I still have. I remember an unusual four ADF approach there.
 

Good old days ...

Sometimes I really wish that 1979 uprising was defeated.

The only positive thing after 1979, was that we stopped 2nd Qadessiah. What Saddam called Iran Iraq war.

Hotel Hilton is now called "Esteqlal" Hotel. It's one if best hotels available in Iran, nowadays ...

A long way from there to bazaar ...

You can send a photo to my photo topic of that pot.

Sorry, but I don't know what does Adf mean.

And have you learnt Persian language?
Or remember any word?
 
AbdolShahi, Qolam-Hossein, Sarvaan (Capt.)



Born: 1 Shahrivar 1328 (23 Aug 1949) - Qom
KIA: 25 Farvardin 1360 (14 Apr 1981) - 15 Km NW of Bandar -e Pohl, Bushehr

Plane: F-14 Tomcat
 
Hmmm, I don't remember the trip from the hotel to the bazaar being that long. Maybe I was mistaken about the hotel, it was a long time ago. Sorry for not stating what ADF stood for. ADF is automatic direction finding. It points to a radio station. Just tune into your local AM station and it will point to it. It is old technology which doesn't correct for wind. You kinda fly a looping course to the station as the wind blows you in some direction. Modern nav aids such as very high frequency omni-directional ranging, VOR, allows you to fly straight to the station in spite of winds. Of course we were long before GPS. Sorry, no Persian language, all aircraft communications are standardized as English.
 
Thank you.
Yes, I know Communications are in English!
I remember when i was in Western Border, we sometimes had foreigners on Guard frequency! or sometimes listening to their Radios! (Mostly music or news)
If we were enough lucky, we might see foreigners along Border line at meeting points or passages...
Other times, we seen Iraqi Border Guards and Speaking in Arabic! and listening to Kuwaiti or Iraqi Radios!

على أي حال، أتمنى أن تصبح بلادنا أصدقاء مرة أخرى ...
Anyway, I wish our countries become friends again...
Különben is, szeretném, ha országaink ismét barátokká válnának ...

Good days!
 

I am interested in finding out about one particular Iranian pilot that was killed in the Iran/Iraq war. I believe I saw his name listed but I need more information to verify. Would you help me in this questions?
 
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Thank you for your quick reply! I am looking for Khosrow Akhbari or I saw a Khosrow Ekhbari that was listed as killed on 2/4/81. I know he was born in Tehran, in 1954, an only son with 2 sisters I believe and his father was a banker. He was in the United States in 1976 to 1977 being trained as a fighter pilot. That is pretty much all the information I know.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
 
Yes, 1Lt. Ekhbari was killed on that day.
He was an F-4 E WSO, and Pilot was Capt. Mansour Qoreishi, Mohammad Taqi.
Their plane had hit ground near Bandar -e Emam!

Any more info needed?
 
So the difference between the two spellings isn't indicating 2 different people? When I knew him I understood his last name to be spelled with an A. What other information can you get? Did he leave behind a wife and any children? When he went back to Iran there was no contact from him and it was many years later that I found out he died. I guess I am trying to fill in the last few years of his life. I understand if you don't have that information but I thought I would ask.
Again thank you.
 
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