Iran-Iraq War fighter pilots

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Good morning Goran,

I think the notion that Zandi is the Iranian top ace with 11 kills is largely based on "Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat" by Cooper/Bishop (2004) but this book also lists more kills with unknown scorers than kills with known scorers. Razoux in "The Iran-Iraq War" (2015) confirmed Zandi's score and adds 12 for Javidnia and 9 for Ali-Mazandarani but confusingly four years later in "Le siècle des As (1915-1988): Une autre histoire de l'aviation" he reduces Zandi's score to 4+5probables and Javidnia's to 11+2probables while giving Ali-Mazandarani 11. I wonder what his sources were and why he changed his mind.

Have a good start into November,
Michael