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Old 20th October 2023, 11:09
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Re: Iran-Iraq War fighter pilots

Good morning Goran,

I finished reading OSPREY's "Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat" which I liked quite much. The authors deal with this rather complicated topic in a very balanced and vivid manner. It seems as if the islamic regime undercredited the air kills of their pilots for some crooked political reasons.

On p79 Jalil Zandi is indicated as having scored 9 confirmed+3 probable kills (and having died from a heart failure). However, the kill list on p85-88 indicates 11 as does Wikipedia:
  1. 15May81 MiG-21
  2. ?Jan82 MiG-21
  3. 10 Oct82 MiG-23
  4. 10 Oct82 MiG-23
  5. ?Sep83 Su-22
  6. ?Sep83 Su-22
  7. ?Apr86 MiG-23
  8. ?Apr86 MiG-23
  9. 29Aug87 Mirage
  10. ?Feb88 Mirage
  11. ?Feb88 Mirage
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