WORK IN PROGRESS
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List being compiled |
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Chronological Listing of Iranian Air Force
Grumman F-14 Tomcat Losses & Ejections all are works in progress and do not claim to be definitive |
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Front Row - Left to Right |
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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 30th April 1977 |
IIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | 160311 | Martin-Baker | ||||
| Pilot ejected | RIO ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 14th November 1977 |
IIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | Martin-Baker | |||||
| Pilot ejected | RIO ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 1st April 1979 |
Iran proclaimed an
Islamic Republic following fall of Shah. |
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| 14th April 1981 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | SAM hit by MIM-23 Hawk. Crashed into the Persin Gulf. |
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| Captain Jafar Mardani KIA |
1st Lt. Gholam-Hossein Abdolshahi KIA |
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| 21st April 1981 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | Damaged by MiG-23 cannon fire | |||||
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22nd March 1882 or Is this a loss on 22nd March 1987 ?? |
IRIAF |
F-14 Tomcat | Engine stalled, crashed on landing, Khatami | Martin-Baker | ||||
| Pilot ejected | RIO ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 21st November 1982 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Shot down by a Mirage F1EQ |
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| ?? March 1983 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Shot down by a MiG-21 |
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| 11th September 1983 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | CLAIM~Shot down while trying to intercept Iraqi aircraft | |||||
| 11th September 1983 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | CLAIM~Shot down while trying to intercept Iraqi aircraft | |||||
| 4th October 1983 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Shot down in a dogfight |
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| 21st November 1983 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Lost during air battle over Bahragan |
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| 24th February 1984 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Shot down |
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| 1st July 1984 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Shot down |
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| 11th August 1984 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Shot down |
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| 11th August 1984 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
CLAIM Shot down |
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| 11th August 1984 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | 81st TFW | Shot down by MiG-23ML South of Mahshahr crashed into the sea to the outskirts of Bandar Khomeini |
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Colonel Mohammed-Hashem
All-e-Agha KIA |
ejected | |||||||
| 17th January 1987 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | TFB. 7 | Shot down by MiG-23ML |
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| Capt. Bahram Ghaneii. OK | Assl-e Davtalab KIA | |||||||
| Feedback | In March 1987 a F-14 crewed by Major Arsalan Khamedi and Captain Mansoor Khanpour was shot down by an Iranian hawk missile. The crew ejected safely. | |||||||
| ?? February 1988 |
IRIAF |
F-14 Tomcat | Hit by several R 550s and single Super 530D fired from IrAF Mirage F-1EQ. Flew towards Iran but remaining engine failed. | Martin-Baker | ||||
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Pilot Major Jalal Zandi ejected [responsible for shooting down 9 Iraqi fighters during the 8 year war] |
RIO ??? ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 14th July 1987 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat |
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Major Alireza Bitaraf KIA |
RIO ??? KIA |
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| Feedback | On July 14 rio in the crashed f-14 flown by Alireza Bitaraf was the same guy Mansoor Khanpour. He survived albeit with injuries. | |||||||
| 19th July 1988 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | TFB. 8 | Shot down by Mirage F.1EQ-6 | ||||
| 19th July 1988 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | TFB. 8 | Shot down by Mirage F.1EQ-6 | ||||
| Feedback | The two f-14 that were shot down on July the 19th 1988 were manned by Colonel Reza Nezam Abadi and an unknown rio the first one and Major Hassan Harandi with rio First Lieutenant Mohammad Rousta the second. All ejected safely. | |||||||
| Feedback | You should add another crash that took place on April the 6th 1991 in which an unknown pilot and rio Lt. Colonel Gholamreza Khorshidi were killed. | |||||||
| Feedback | Another F-14 crashed in 1993 but no further information is available. | |||||||
| 21st June 2004 |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | Eighth Air Base | crashed during a training flight while it was trying to land at a base near the central city of Isfahan | ||||
| pilot Brigadier Ali Abu-Ata killed | wso ???? killed | |||||||
| Feedback | The crash of 21/06/2004 in which rio Ali Abou Ataa was killed cost the life of the pilot too, his name was Darioush Yavari (a captain). | |||||||
| DATE needed |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | loss of control when the aircraft entered into a spin | |||||
| pilot killed | wso killed | |||||||
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DATE needed or is this one of the above mentioned losses ??? |
IRIAF |
F-14A Tomcat | Hit by Ground to air missile over "Khark" island |
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Pilot Capt. Hazin IS THIS CORRECT Photo is of Maj. Abbas Hazin |
RIO ??? | |||||||
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 18:46