Yadollah Sharifirad

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Yadollah Sharifirad

Yadollah Sharifirad ( listen ? / I PersianAudio file / audio sample [ jædollɑh ʃæɾifiɾɑd ] یدالله شریفی راد; * March 24, 1946 in Taleghan ) is a former Iranian fighter pilot , military attaché and writer . In 1978 he was a pilot of the Golden Crown aerobatic team .

Sharifirad was one of the most successful Iranian F-5 fighter pilots during the First Gulf War . He scored five kills (three confirmed and two suspected kills) of Iraqi fighter jets . These include one Su-22 and four MiG-21 . During an attack on an Iraqi power plant , he was attacked by three Iraqi fighter planes and shot down. He was able to save himself with the ejection seat and was brought back to Iran by Kurdish fighters. A film based on this operation was made in Iran, entitled "The Eagles".

From 1984 to 1987 he was a military attaché in Pakistan. In 1987 he was recalled by the Iranian government and charged with espionage for the United States . After his arrest and one year in prison, he was released. Then Sharifirad managed to escape to Canada .

In 2010 he wrote a book called "Flight of a Patriot". In this book he tells about his life from youth to participation in the First Gulf War, his arrest, prison and torture until immigration to Canada.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ iiaf.net Golden Crown (accessed on 12 September 2013)
  2. ↑ cieldegloire.com ( Memento of October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1982-Today, Sept. 16, 2003
  4. ^ Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1976-1981, Sept. 16, 2003
  5. ↑ amazon.ca Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran (accessed September 12, 2013)
  6. ↑ داستان یک خلبان ایرانی ، که دیپلمات شد ، به جاسوسی متهم شد و سپس ( Memento of May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 12, 2013)
  7. ↑ amazon.ca Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran (accessed September 12, 2013)
  8. ↑ youtube.com (accessed September 12, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Sharifirad, Yadollah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharifirad, Yadi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian fighter pilot, military attaché and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Taleghan