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| Abbas Babaei | |
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| Brigadier General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1950 Qazvin, Iran |
| Died | 6 August 1987 (age 37) Sardasht, Iran |
| Resting place | Qazvin, Iran |
| Spouse | Maliheh Hekmat |
| Profession | Pilot |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Branch/service |  Air Forces |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | Iran–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. Babaei was "notorious for his merciless treatment of the pilots and officers" considered disloyal to the new regime.
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
- ^ "martyr abbas babaee". Babaee en Sahid. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat by Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop, 2004, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, p. 23, ISBN 1 84176 787 5
- http://babaei.shahidblog.com/about/#bio