Abolfazl Mehreganfar

Abolfazl Mehreganfar (Persian: ابوالفضل مهرگان‌فر‎) is an Iranian retired fighter pilot of Grumman F-14 Tomcat who served during the Iran–Iraq War.[1]

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Abolfazl Mehreganfar
Mehreganfar in 1979
AllegianceIran
Service/branch
Rank2nd brigadier general
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

French military historian Pierre Razoux has credited him with 6 aerial victories, a record that qualifies him as a flying ace.[2][3] He achieved the rank of 2nd brigadier general.[4]

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References
  1. Cooper, Tom; Bishop, Farzad (2004), Holmes, Tony; Hales-Dutton, Bruce (eds.), Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat, Osprey Combat Aircraft, 49, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, p. 48, ISBN 1 84176 787 5
  2. Razoux, Pierre (2015), The Iran-Iraq War, translated by Nicholas Elliott, Harvard University Press, Table 1.3: Victories by Iranian pilots (3 or more victories), p. 571, ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8
  3. Razoux, Pierre (2019), Le siècle des As (1915-1988): Une autre histoire de l'aviation (in French), Place des éditeurs, Section 31, p. 15, ISBN 978-2-262-04827-3
  4. Mehrnia, Ahmad (29 May 2016), translated by Zahra Hosseinian, "Air Raid to Al-Waleed (21): The Story of Demolishing Fighters and the Equipment in Al-Waleed Triple Military Bases Known as H-3", Iranian Oral History, Resistance Literature and Culture Researches and Studies Center, retrieved 5 November 2020


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