Mohammad Masbouq | |
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Born | June 4, 1950 Hamadan |
Died | December 29, 2021 Tehran |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | |
Rank | Second brigadier general (Iran) |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Mohammad Masbouq ( Persian: محمد مسبوق), (June 4, 1950 – December 29, 2021) was an Iranian fighter pilot on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat who served during the Iran–Iraq War. [1] He was an elite pilot in the Iranian Air Force, and he mainly flew with Assadullah Adeli in the rear cabin as a pilot and radar intercept officer. [2] [3] [4] [5]
French military historian Pierre Razoux has credited him and his leader Assadullah Adeli with five aerial victories, a record that qualifies them as a flying ace. they hold the record for shooting down three aircraft with one single missile. This took place on 7 January 1981, when they shot down three MiG-23 fighter aircraft of the Iraqi Air Force that were flying in a close formation at around 2,000 feet over Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. they shot them down with one AIM-54 Phoenix missile, hitting the one in the middle and damaging the other two from the explosion. Cooper and Bishop list the three MiG-23s among confirmed kills by Iranians, without being able to identify the pilots. [6] [7]
In 1968, he was hired by the army's ground force, but after a while, due to his interest in piloting, after passing the relevant tests in 1972, he was sent to Lackland, Texas, to continue. After a long period of illness, Mohammad Mesbouq died on 29 December 2021, in Tehran. [8] [9] [10]
Mohammad Masbouq | |
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Born | June 4, 1950 Hamadan |
Died | December 29, 2021 Tehran |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | |
Rank | Second brigadier general (Iran) |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Mohammad Masbouq ( Persian: محمد مسبوق), (June 4, 1950 – December 29, 2021) was an Iranian fighter pilot on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat who served during the Iran–Iraq War. [1] He was an elite pilot in the Iranian Air Force, and he mainly flew with Assadullah Adeli in the rear cabin as a pilot and radar intercept officer. [2] [3] [4] [5]
French military historian Pierre Razoux has credited him and his leader Assadullah Adeli with five aerial victories, a record that qualifies them as a flying ace. they hold the record for shooting down three aircraft with one single missile. This took place on 7 January 1981, when they shot down three MiG-23 fighter aircraft of the Iraqi Air Force that were flying in a close formation at around 2,000 feet over Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. they shot them down with one AIM-54 Phoenix missile, hitting the one in the middle and damaging the other two from the explosion. Cooper and Bishop list the three MiG-23s among confirmed kills by Iranians, without being able to identify the pilots. [6] [7]
In 1968, he was hired by the army's ground force, but after a while, due to his interest in piloting, after passing the relevant tests in 1972, he was sent to Lackland, Texas, to continue. After a long period of illness, Mohammad Mesbouq died on 29 December 2021, in Tehran. [8] [9] [10]