Hamid Vahedi (Persian: حمید واحدی; born 14 April 1965 in Rafsanjan) is a Brigadier General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, a Sukhoi-24 pilot, who has been the Commander of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army since 19 September 1965.
[1] Hamid Vahedi was born in Farvardin 1965 in Rafsanjan, Kerman Province.
He began his career in the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1984, and after completing a preparatory course at the Shahid Khazraei Air Training Command, he graduated from the Nahaja Pilot School in 1988 and officially began his career as a fighter pilot in Nahaja.
In 2008, he also completed the Command and Staff School (DAFS) course in the defense affairs management field.
Vahedi served as the Commander of the Second Fighter Base in Tabriz from 1993 to 1997,[4] and as the Deputy Inspector General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 1997 to 1998.