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==The Iran-Iraq war== ==The Iran-Iraq war==
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==Death== ==Death==

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Abbas Babaei
Brigadier General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
Personal details
Born5 December 1950
Qazvin, Iran
Died6 August 1987 (age 37)
Sardasht, Iran
Resting placeQazvin, Iran
SpouseMaliheh Hekmat
ProfessionPilot
Military service
AllegianceIslamic Republic of Iran
Branch/service Air Forces
RankBrigadier General
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Abbas Babaei (Template:Lang-fa) (5 December 1950 – 6 August 1987) was an Iranian pilot and Brigadier General in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, during the Iran-Iraq War. He was killed in 1987 during an operation in Sardasht, Iran.

Education

He was born in a middle class religious family in Qazvin in 1950. Babaei was a student at Dehkhoda primary school and graduated from Nezam Vafa high school. After graduating in 1969 he moved to the United States to become a fighter pilot. During his studies in the United States he was chosen as the volleyball captain of the airbase volleyball team.

Return to Iran

After returning to Iran following flight training, he became a pilot of Northrop F-5 and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighters in the Imperial Iranian Air Force. In 1975 he became a Grumman F-14 Tomcat pilot at the military airbase at Esfahan. Upon returning to Iran he married his cousin Maliheh and moved to Dezful in Khuzestan Province where he was given a house by the Iranian Air Force. He had three children, a daughter, Salma, and two sons, Hossein and Mohammad.

The Iran-Iraq war

He became the commander of 8th Tactical Airbase in 1981.

Death

General Abbas Babaei was killed on August 6, 1987 while conducting an operation over Sardasht and his airplane was destroyed by friendly fire.

References

  1. ^ "martyr abbas babaee". Babaee en Sahid. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. http://babaei.shahidblog.com/about/#bio

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