Jamshid Afshar

Jamshid Afshar
AllegianceIran
Service / branch
Battles / warsIran–Iraq War

Jamshid Afshar (Persian: جمشید افشار) is an Iranian retired fighter pilot who flew with Grumman F-14 Tomcat during the Iran–Iraq War. He has been credited him with 5[1] or 6[2] confirmed aerial victories, a record that qualifies him as a flying ace.

Career

Afshar was part of the second group of Iranian pilots who were sent to the United States for training in June 1974. He ranked captain at the time he was assigned to the VFA-101 of the Naval Air Station Oceana.[3] He played a key role in planning Operation Sultan 10, along with Major H. Shoghi.[4]

Aerial victories

See also: List of Iranian aerial victories during the Iran–Iraq war

Cooper and Bishop have verified the following six as confirmed kills of Afshar:[2]

# Date Unit Weapon Victim
1 13 October 1980 TFB 8 AAM MiG-23BN
2 21 November 1980 TFB 8 AIM-7E4 MiG-21
3 27 November 1980 TFB 8 AIM-54A MiG-21
4 7 October 1986 TFB 6 AAM Mirage F1EQ
5 February 1987 72 TFS/TFB 1 AIM-54A Su-22
6 15 May 1988 72 TFS/TFB 1 AIM-9P Mirage F1EQ

See also

References

  1. ^ Razoux, Pierre (2019), "31", Le siècle des As (1915-1988): Une autre histoire de l'aviation (in French), Place des éditeurs, p. 15, ISBN 978-2-262-04827-3
  2. ^ a b Cooper, Tom; Bishop, Farzad (2004), Holmes, Tony; Hales-Dutton, Bruce (eds.), Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat, Osprey Combat Aircraft, vol. 49, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, Appendices: Iranian F-14A Tomcat Victories, pp. 85–88, ISBN 1-84176-787-5
  3. ^ Cooper, Tom; Bishop, Farzad (2004), Holmes, Tony; Hales-Dutton, Bruce (eds.), Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat, Osprey Combat Aircraft, vol. 49, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, pp. 13–14, ISBN 1-84176-787-5
  4. ^ Cooper, Tom; Bishop, Farzad (2004), Holmes, Tony; Hales-Dutton, Bruce (eds.), Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat, Osprey Combat Aircraft, vol. 49, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, pp. 28–30, ISBN 1-84176-787-5


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