Hossein Khalili (born November 24, 1956, in Varamin) is a former Northrop F-5 and Grumman F-14 Tomcat pilot and brigadier general in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.
[1][2] Together with Behrooz NaqdiBeyk, he was one of the youngest fighter pilots of this force since the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war.
[3] With more than 2,000 hours of non-random flight over Iraq, he is one of the luckiest pilots in the history of air warfare.
[4] He completed his secondary education in Varamin and entered the pilot school at the age of 18, and in 1975 he was sent to the United States to complete a two-year pilot training course.
Khalili was one of the youngest pilots to fly a fighter jet in the United States.