Shahram Rostami

{{Short description|Iranian fighter pilot}}

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| honorific_prefix = Timsar

| 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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11981-10-2282 TFS/TFB 7AIM-54AMirage F1EQ
21981-10-2282 TFS/TFB 7AIM-54AMirage F1EQ
31981-10-2282 TFS/TFB 7AIM-54AMirage F1EQ
41981-10-2282 TFS/TFB 7AIM-7EMiG-21MF
51982-09-16TFB 8AIM-54AMiG-25RB
61982-12-01TFB 8AIM-54AMiG-25RB

See also

{{Portal|Biography|Iran|Aviation}}

References