Jamshid Afshar
Iranian Retired fighter pilot
About Jamshid Afshar
Jamshid Afshar 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 or 6 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. He played a key role in planning Operation Sultan 10, along with Major H. Shoghi.
Aerial victories
Cooper and Bishop have verified the following six as confirmed kills of Afshar:
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