Colonel Fereidoon Izadseta | |
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Native name | فریدون ایزدستا |
Born | 1940 Tehran, Iran |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | IIAF IRIAF |
Years of service | 1960–1984 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | USAF: UPT: Lackland AFB, Craig AFB Fighter Weapons School: Nellis AFB IIAF: 202nd TFS Vahdati FWS Vahdati Golden Crown Team 11th TTS Mehrabad 12th TFS Mehrabad 63rd TFS Bushehr IRIAF: 3rd TFB Hamedan IRIAF Advisory Planning Group |
Commands | 12th TFS Mehrabad 63rd TFS Bushehr 3rd TFB Hamedan Air Training Command Undergraduate Pilot Training (ATC UPT) |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Awards | Air Force Distinguished Conquest Medal |
Colonel Fereidoon Izadseta (born 1940) is an Iranian veteran fighter pilot and commanding officer who served in the Iranian Air Force, as well as a strategist during the Iran–Iraq War. He joined the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) in 1960 and retired from the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) in 1984. Over the course of his career, he held multiple commands and flew thousands of hours in jet fighters, primarily the F-86 Sabre and the F-4 Phantom II.