The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq lasting from September 1980 to August 1988. The confirmed victories are bold and probable victories are italic in the column of victims.
The list includes victories by Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force as well as the "kills" by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation helicopters.
Sorted by the pilots who shot down more aircraft|
Pilot | Total number of kills | Victims | Weapons | -----Date----- | Fighter type | Notes |
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| Jalil Zandi | 11 | MiG-21
MiG-21
MiG-23
MiG-23
Su-22
Su-22
MiG-23
MiG-23
Mirage F1
Mirage F1
Mirage F1[1] | AIM-9P
AAM
AIM-54A
AIM-54A
AAM
AAM
AAM
AIM-54A
AAM
AIM-9P
AIM-9P | 15 May 81
? Jan 82
10 Oct 82
10 Oct 82
? Sep 83
? Sep 83
? Apr 86
? Apr 86
29 Aug 87
? Feb 88
? Feb 88 | F-14 Tomcat | The most successful pilot of the war in air combats, with 11 aerial victories. The most successful F-14 Tomcat pilot worldwide.[2][3] |
|
| Shahram Rostami | 6 | Mirage F1
Mirage F1
Mirage F1
MiG 21
MiG-25
MiG-25[1] | AIM-54A
AIM-54A
AIM-54A
AIM-7E
AIM-54A
AIM-54A | 22 Oct 81
22 Oct 81
22 Oct 81
22 Oct 81
16 Sep 82
1 Dec 82 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| A. Afshar | 6 | MiG 23
MiG-21
MiG-21
Mirage F1
Su-22
Mirage F1[1] | AAM
AIM-7E
AIM-54A
AAM
AIM-54
AIM-9P | 13 Oct 80
21 Nov 80
27 Nov 80
7 Oct 86
? Feb 87
15 May 88 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Yadollah Sharifirad | 5 | Su-22
MiG-21
MiG-21
MiG-21
MiG-21[4] | See the notes
Maneuver
20 mm
20 mm
Maneuver | 21 Oct 80
21 Nov 80
24 Nov 80
16 Dec 80
16 Dec 80 | Northrop F-5 | On 21 Oct 80 the Iraqi fighter hit the ground during the chase.
The most successful F-5 Pilot in aerial combat during the Iran-Iraq war. |
|
| ّFarahavar | 4 | MiG-23
MiG-23
MiG-23
MiG-23[7] | AIM-54A
AIM-54A
AIM-54A
AIM-54A | 7 Jan 81
7 Jan 81
7 Jan 81
7 Jan 81 | F-14 Tomcat | Just dowend 4 migs with lunch of one AIM-54 missle |
|
| Shafi / Alaei | 4 | SA.342M
SA.342M
SA.316B
Mil Mi-24[5] | 20 mm
20 mm
20 mm
20 mm | 2 Nov 82
2 Nov 82
3 Nov 82
21 Nov 82 | AH-1J | These may be some of the few incidents of a helicopter shooting down fighter jets in military history. Other instances listed on this page, by different helicopter pilots. |
|
| Assadollah Adeli / Mohammad Masbough | 3 | MiG-23
MiG-23
MiG-23[6] | AIM-54 | 7 Jan 81 | F-14 Tomcat | Adeli, with his RIO Mohammad Masbough, shot down three MiG-23s, which were in a close formation, by only one AIM-54.[6] |
|
| Hossein Rabeie | 3 | Mirage F1
Mirage F1
Mirage F1[1] | AIM-7E
AIM-9P
AIM-9P | 9 Feb 88
9 Feb 88
9 Feb 88 | F-4 Phantom II | (Transfer from Army Aviation) |
|
| Abbas Doran | 3 | MiG-23
MiG-23
MiG-21[7] | AIM-7E
AIM-7E
AIM-7E | 29 Sep 80
29 Sep 80
2 Nov 80 | F-4 Phantom II |
|
| Rahnavard | 3 | Su-22
Mirage F-1
Mirage F-1[1] | AIM-7E
AIM-9P
AIM-9P | ? May 87
16 Feb 88
16 Feb 88 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Zoghi | 3 | MiG-23
MiG-23
Mirage F1[1] | AIM-9P
AIM-7E
AIM-9P | 23 Jan 87
23 Jan 87
9 Jul 88 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Khosrodad | 3 | MiG-21
MiG-23
MiG-23[1] | AIM-7E
AIM-54A
AIM-54A | 21 Nov 82
21 Nov 82
21 Nov 82 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Mohammad Hashem Aleagha | 3 | MiG-21
Mirage F1
Mirage F1[1] | AIM-7E
AIM-54A
AIM-54A | 20 Oct 80
11 Dec 81
11 Dec 81 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Yadollah Javadpour | 2 | Su-20
MiG-25[7][5] | 20 mm
AIM-9J | 17 Oct 80
6 Aug 83 | Northrop F-5 |
|
| Hassan Afghantoloee | 2 | Mirage F1
Mirage F1[7] | AIM-7E
AIM-9P | 18 Feb 87
18 Feb 87 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| G. Malej | 2 | MiG-23
MiG-23[1] | AIM-9P
AIM-9P | 18 Oct 80
18 Oct 80 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Ali Azimi | 2 | MiG-21
MiG-23[1] | AIM-54A
AIM-54A | 23 Sep 80
23 Sep 80 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| R. Azad | 2 | MiG-21
MiG-21[1] | AIM-54A
AIM-54A | 11 Dec 81
11 Dec 81 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Joshan/ Hashemzade | 2 | Su-22
Su-22[5] | AIM-7E
AIM-9P | 11 May 85
15 May 85 | F-4 Phantom II |
|
| G. Esmaeli | 2 | Silkworm (missile)
Xian H-6[1] | AIM-54A
AIM-54A | 25 Feb 88
25 Feb 88 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Rassi | 1 | MiG-23[8] | 20mm | 25 Sep. 80 | F-4 Phantom II |
|
| Adibi | 1 | Super Etendard[9] | AIM-7E | 2 Apr 84 | F-4 Phantom II |
|
| Esmail Sehati / Mohammad Sahrai | 1 | MiG-21[4] | 20 mm | 14 Feb 86 | AH-1J | This may be one of the few incidents of a helicopter shooting down fighter jets in military history. Other instances listed on this page, by different helicopter pilots. |
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| Amir | 1 | MiG-23[8] | AIM-9P | 21 Apr 81 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| Hasibi | 1 | MiG-23[8] | AIM-9P | 13 Oct 80 | F-4 Phantom II |
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| Abbassi / Kuchmezgi | 1 | MiG-23[9] | AIM-9P | 26 Apr 81 | F-4 Phantom II |
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| Salari | 1 | MiG-23[9] | AIM-9P | 14 Jun 88 | F-4 Phantom II |
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| Moslemi | 1 | MiG-23[1] | AIM-7E | 23 Jan 87 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Reza ? | 1 | MiG-23[1] | AIM-7E | 12 Jul 86 | F-14 Tomcat |
|
| Hadavand | 1 | Mirage F1[1] | AIM-54A | 22 Oct 81 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| Amiraslani | 1 | Mirage F1[1] | AIM-54A | 20 Feb 87 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| Mohammad Reza Ataei | 1 | MiG-23[1] | AIM-54A | 13 Sep 80 | F-14 Tomcat | The first killer of an Iraqi aircraft during the border conflicts between Iran and Iraq, nine days before the official beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. |
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| Hashemi | 1 | Mirage F1[5] | Aim-54 | 26 Mar 85 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| S. Naghdi | 1 | MiG-23[1] | AIM-54A | 25 Sep 80 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| Sarlak | 1 | MiG-21[9] | 20 mm | 25 Apr 81 | F-4 Phantom II |
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| Afkhami | 1 | MiG-21[9] | ? | ? Dec 80 | F-4 Phantom II |
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| Mahlouji / Goudarz | 1 | MiG-21[9] | AIM-9P | 26 Apr 81 | F-4 Phantom II |
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| Mofidi | 1 | MiG-21[9] | AIM-9P | 22 Sep 81 | F-4 Phantom II |
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| Abbas Hazin | 1 | MiG-21[1] | AIM-9P | 26 Oct 80 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| K. Akhbari | 1 | MiG-21[1] | AIM-9P | 26 Oct 80 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| Farhad Dehghan | 1 | MiG-21[1] | AIM-54A | 2 Dec 80 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| Ebrahimi | 1 | Su-20[8] | 20mm | 17 oct 80 | Northrop F-5 |
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| Moussavi | 1 | Su-22[1] | AIM-54A | 21 Jul 82 | F-14 Tomcat |
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| Bozorgi | 1 | Mil Mi-8[8] | 20 mm | 3 Dec 80 | Northrop F-5 |
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| Alireza Yassini | 1 | SA.321GV[5] | AGM-65A | 12 Jul 86 | F-4 Phantom II |
1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat by Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop, 2004, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, pp. 85-88, {{ISBN|1 84176 787 5}}
2. ^Imperial Iranian Air Force: Samurai in the skies
3. ^Fire in the Hills: Iranian and Iraqi Battles of Autumn 1982, by Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop, Sept. 9, 2003
4. ^1 http://www.cieldegloire.com/as_45_00_victoires.php#zandi {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017182246/http://www.cieldegloire.com/as_45_00_victoires.php |date=2013-10-17 }}
5. ^1 2 3 4 Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1982-Today, Sept. 16, 2003
6. ^1 http://www.aerospacetalk.ir/vb/archive/index.php/t-50336.html
7. ^http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/country-by-country/Iraq.htm
8. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1976-1981, Sept. 16, 2003
9. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat by Farzad Bishop & Tom Cooper , 2003, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, pp. 87-88, {{ISBN|1 84176 658 5}}
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