Yadollah Javadpour

Yadollah Javadpour (Persian: یدالله جوادپور) was a fighter pilot flying Northrop F-5 Tiger II in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, serving for the duration of the Iran–Iraq War.

[5] He began his service as a pilot in the IIAF and was a member of the elite flight demonstration team, the Golden Crown.

He claimed 5 air victories, which makes him an ace, but only two have been reliably confirmed by western sources.

This was a significant achievement for an F-5 pilot as the MiG-25 is a much bigger and faster aircraft with a substantial altitude advantage.

Air Combat Information Group (ACIG) gives credit of the following confirmed kills to Javadpour: