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The history of the IIAF Golden Crown finds its beginning in 1955
with the
delivery of the F-84G Thunder Jet, the first jet fighter of the
Imperial
Iranian Air Force. Prior to delivery of the first jets, the IIAF
sent 15
pilots (including Gen. Mahammad Khatami who later became the
commander of
the Air Force) to Fursten Feldbrook USAF Base in Germany to attend
the Jet
Pilot Training School. Upon completion of the training program,
10 pilots
(including Gen. Khatami) returned to Iran while 5 of them (Capt.'s
Nader
Jahanbani, Siamak Jahanbini, and 1st Lt.'s Iraj Mokhaberi, Amirhossain
Rabii, and Abdolhossain Minousepehr) continued their training
by going to
Jet Pilot Instructor Course.
Luckily, Fursten Feldbrook AFB was
the home of
the "Sky Blazers" USAF Acro team at the time, and
their day-to-day practices
were carefully being watched by Capt. Nader Jahanbani. He wished
that
someday the IIAF would also have such a team of their own. This
wish was the
source of a close friendship between Capt. Jahanbani and the
members of the "Sky Blazers", especially
with team leader Maj. Smallen. This friendship
enabled Capt. Nader Jahanbani to participate in some of the Sky
Blazers team
practices by flying in the backseat of Maj. Smallen.
After completing
the
Jet Instructor Pilot Course and returning back to Iran, Nader
Jahanbani (now
Maj.) formed Iran‚s first AcroJet team by practicing with
Gen. Khatami (now
Air Force Commander), Capt. Jahanbini, Capt. Rabii, and 1st Lt.
Minousepehr.
Finally, after 72 practice sessions, in June 1958, the dream
of Maj. Nader
Jahanbani turned to reality and the beautiful blue Iranian sky
witnessed a
new flock of high-flying birds called the Imperial Iranian Air
Force Golden
Crown AcroJet Team (Teame Acro Jete Taje Talaee Niroueh Havaee
Shahanshahi
Iran ). Because Maj. Nader Jahanbani was able to turn his vision
and dream into reality, he became the Father of the IIAF Golden
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Courtesty IIAF website, Farhad Nassirkhani
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