Mahmoud Eskandari | |
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Born | 1950 Karaj, Iran |
Died | 2001 after a suspicious car accident |
Allegiance | The Imperial Iranian Air Force IIAF, then Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force IRIAF |
Service/ | The Imperial Iranian Air Force IIAF, then Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel dismissed due to false accusations that still make the Iranian fighter pilits angry. |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War includes: H-3 airstrike |
Mahmoud Eskandari (Persian: محمود اسکندری; 1950–2001) was a [Fighter Aircraft pilot] of the F-4 Phantom ll for IIAF and IRIAF. He served his country as one of the most sophisticated F4 E-Phantom ll pilots during Iran–Iraq War and he could reach the title of (Man of the impossible missions) such as the liberation of Khorramshahr, H-3 airstrike[1] and Operation Baghdad. He is considered as one of the most prominent pilots of the Iranian Air Force.[2]
During Baghdad operation, Eskandari managed to pass again the firewall that was protecting Baghdad and return to Iran against multiple damages to his airplane and very severe and threatening injuries to him and his RIO, when the plane of Abbas Doran crashed due to SAM impact.[3][4][5]
Operations
- He had always been on missions the way that he knew every single landmarks to be able to get into Irak and completing his mission. But some of the most prominent missions are as followings:
- H-3 airstrike (April 6, 1981) That is one of the masterpieces in the world's war histories.
- Flying a F4E Phantom ll from Syria back to Iran, right inside Iraq when Iraqi fighter airplanes are waiting for him by the borders near Turkey and near Iran. He flight all the way through Iraq on very low-level supersonic flight.
- Liberation of Khorramshahr (May 6, 1982) when his highly skilled flight tended to hit a bridge that other pilots could not hit.
- Battle of Khorramshahr (1982) (July 1982)[6]
References
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- ^ "Radio drama "Beehive" spotlights 1983 Iran Air Force operation in Iraq". Tehran Times. 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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