Shahram Rostami

Timsar

Shahram Rostami
Timsar; Shahram Rostami
Born	7 June 1948 (age 76); Ābkhāreh, East Azerbaijan, Iran
Allegiance	Iran
Service / branch	Air Force
Years of service	1967–2007
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Joint Staff
Battles / wars	Iran–Iraq War;

Shahram Rostami (Persian: 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.^[2]

Aerial victories

Confirmed victories of Rostami include:^[5]

#	Date	Unit	Weapon	Victim
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

^ Nigel John Ashton; Bryan R. Gibson (2013), The Iran-Iraq War: New International Perspectives, Routledge, p. 90, ISBN 978-0-415-68524-5
^ John Sadler; Rosie Serdville (2017), Fighter Aces: Knights of the Skies, Casemate Publishers, p. 21, ISBN 978-1-61200-483-9
^ Iran Report, vol. 3, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 14 August 2000, retrieved 15 May 2017
^ Iran Report, vol. 4, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 12 February 2001, retrieved 15 May 2017
^ Tom Cooper; Farzad Bishop (2004), Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat, Osprey Publishing, pp. 85–88, ISBN 1-84176-658-5

Military offices
Preceded by Mostafa Torabipour	Chairman of the Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army 2000–2001	Succeeded by Abdolali Pourshasb

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