Golden Crown

The Golden Crown (Persian: تاج طلایی Tāj-e Talāyi) was Iran's first national aerobatics display team and part of the former Imperial Iranian Air Force from 1958 to 1979.

It was formed by Nader Jahanbani, an Iranian fighter pilot, and mainly inspired by the USAFE Skyblazers [ja], an American aerobatics team.

Nine of them returned to Iran after a couple of months while five remained and underwent further training in order to become instructors.

One of the five pilots, Nader Jahanbani, happened to observe a practice session of the USAFE Skyblazers at Fürstenfeldbruck.

With the Shah's blessing, Jahanbani and three of the four remaining Iranian pilots, Amir Hossein Rabii, Siamak Jahanbini, and Abdolhossein Minusepehr formed the Golden Crown aerobatic team.

6 F-5Es of the Golden Crown display team