[Gallery] Iran - Iraq war

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martyr Ali akbar shirodi , The nightmare of Saddam's Tanks and the bravest helicopter pilot world ever seen

He had the highest flight hours in the world , more than 40 accidents .
His helicopter had been shot more than 300 times but he still fought hard .
After several thousand missions and surviving 360 times He was shot and achieved what he was waiting for .

His Testamentary

Rest in peace

 

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Martyr Ahmad Keshvari

He was Shirodi's wing and closest friend .

Shirodi and Keshvari

In Loving memory of Havanirooz martyrs

 

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Iranian Air Force during imposed war

 

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Martyr Homayoon Hekmati , who was shot by Saudi Arabian F-15

During Iran-Iraq war , Iraqi Air Force had the plan of drowning Iranian oil tankers in order to disable Iran from selling oil . but most of their fighter jets were SHOT by Iranian F-14 and F-4E(s) . These failures and losing dozens of their fighters such Mirage F1 - Super etendard and Sukhoi 22s made Saddam to use Gulf states' air space like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for air refueling and escaping . Since then the Iraqi fighters had no problem in aiming Iranian tankers but during one of these attacks 2 Iranian F-4E were sent to support the tankers but they were aimed and shot by Saudi Arabian Eagles which were guided by American awacs aircrafts .

The pilots' bodies never came back to their mother land and Persian Gulf became their eternal tomb .

 

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i thought it's an Iran - Iraq war picture gallery thread, but you are sending pics of IIAF and IRIAF in last years..

 

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Martyr Abbas Doran , The Heavenly Man

Major General. Abbas Doran (October 22, 1950 Shiraz - July 21, 1982 Baghdad), also spell Dowran or Dooran, Persian: عباس دوران &#8206 was an acclaimed Iranian fighter pilot and a national hero.

He flew for the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF), and continued flying after the fall of the Iranian kingdom in 1979. General Doran piloted an F-4 Phantom II. He was shot down over Baghdad in 1982 trying to prevent NAM conference from taking place in Baghdad by showing the city as insecure during the Iran–Iraq War.

Education

Prior to combat training in the F-4 Phantom, Lt Doran received his basic flying training at Columbus AFB, Columbus, Mississippi. He was a member of Undergraduate Pilot Training Program Class 73-02, graduating in the fall of 1972.

Career

General Doran, known for flying the Phantom II beyond its limits, lower and faster than anybody in the Iranian Air Force, was good with the M-61A1 Vulcan gun, and had a high number of AGM-65 Maverick kills. He participated in the destruction of the Iraqi Navy during Operation Morvarid in October 1980. One of his greatest values to the IRIAF was being the mission planner, because, according to the IRIAF, 90% of his missions in Iraq were successful. When Israel invaded south Lebanon in 1982, Doran was the first pilot to volunteer in case of necessary strike missions into Israel. Some of his mission plans for striking Israel are still kept secret to this day in case of a possible conflict between Iran and Israel. He is also known for writing numerous letters to the new government's heads asking them to stop executing and arresting former IIAF pilots during the time of war.

Last mission

In 1982, Saddam Hussein planned to host the 7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Baghdad to show that Iraq enjoyed stability during the ongoing war. The conference was scheduled to take place at Baghdad’s Al-Rashid Hotel and would have been a big blow to Iran, if Saddam Hussein were to hold it successfully.[1] Iran tried to show that Baghdad was not safe, as the IRIAF planned to bomb Baghdad for the first time. This was the last sortie of Doran. He flew on Wednesday, July 21, 1982 at noon. Doran flew to Baghdad in an F-4E and bombed the Al-Doura refinery in Baghdad. His F-4E was then hit by a Roland 2 SAM. His weapon systems officer ejected from the plane and was taken prisoner. Knowing that he was the most wanted pilot in Iraq and also the key IRIAF mission planner, he chose to die crashing his plane into the Al-Rashid Hotel. His actions caused the summit to be held in New Delhi instead of Baghdad.

i thought it's a Iran - Iraq war picture gallery thread, but you are sending pics of IIAF and IRIAF in last years..

I'm trying to send pics of those days however they're kinda rare . most of the pics are for the war but there should be some taken lately .

 

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