Shahram Rostami
{{Short description|Iranian fighter pilot}}
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| name = Shahram Rostami
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|06|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ābkhāreh, East Azerbaijan, Iran
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| allegiance = Iran
| branch = Air Force
| serviceyears = 1967–2007
| rank = Brigadier General{{citation|title=The Iran-Iraq War: New International Perspectives|publisher=Routledge|page=90|year=2013|isbn=978-0-415-68524-5|author=Nigel John Ashton |author2=Bryan R. Gibson }}
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Shahram Rostami ({{langx|fa|{{audio|Fa-شهرام_رستمی.ogg|شهرام رستمی}}}}) is a former Iranian fighter pilot who was active in the Iran-Iraq War. With six definite aerial victories, against three MiGs and three Mirage F.1s (with a single AIM-54 missile), he qualifies as a flying ace and one of the best scoring pilots of F-14 Tomcat.{{citation|title=Fighter Aces: Knights of the Skies|publisher=Casemate Publishers|page=21|year=2017|isbn=978-1-61200-483-9|author=John Sadler |author2=Rosie Serdville }}
Rostami held office as the deputy commander of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and the chairman of Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.{{citation|title=Iran Report|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1342890.html|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=15 May 2017|date=14 August 2000|volume=3|number=31}}{{citation|title=Iran Report|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1342817.html|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=15 May 2017|date=12 February 2001|volume=4|number=6}}
Aerial victories
{{see also|List of Iranian aerial victories during the Iran–Iraq war}}
Confirmed victories of Rostami include:{{citation|title=Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat|publisher=Osprey Publishing|pages=85–88|year=2004|isbn=1-84176-658-5|author=Tom Cooper |author2=Farzad Bishop }}
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!Date !Unit !Weapon !Victim | ||||
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1 | 1981-10-22 | 82 TFS/TFB 7 | AIM-54A | Mirage F1EQ |
2 | 1981-10-22 | 82 TFS/TFB 7 | AIM-54A | Mirage F1EQ |
3 | 1981-10-22 | 82 TFS/TFB 7 | AIM-54A | Mirage F1EQ |
4 | 1981-10-22 | 82 TFS/TFB 7 | AIM-7E | MiG-21MF |
5 | 1982-09-16 | TFB 8 | AIM-54A | MiG-25RB |
6 | 1982-12-01 | TFB 8 | AIM-54A | MiG-25RB |
See also
{{Portal|Biography|Iran|Aviation}}
References
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{{s-bef|before=Mostafa Torabipour}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army|years=2000–2001}}
{{s-aft|after=Abdolali Pourshasb}}
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Category:Iran–Iraq War flying aces
Category:Iranian military aviators
Category:Islamic Republic of Iran Army brigadier generals
Category:Islamic Republic of Iran Army personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
Category:People from East Azerbaijan province
Category:20th-century Iranian people
Category:21st-century Iranian people
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