Nader Jahanbani

Timsar
Nader Jahanbani
Timsar Nader Jahanbani
نادر جهانبانی
	General Nader Jahanbani
Director of Physical Education Organization
	In office; 7 August 1977 – 11 February 1979
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime Minister	Jamshid Amouzegar ; Jafar Sharif-Emami ; Gholam Reza Azhari ; Shapour Bakhtiar
Preceded by	Ali Hojjat Kashani
Succeeded by	Hossein Fekri
Personal details
Born	16 April 1928; Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Died	13 March 1979 (aged 50); Qasr Prison, Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e Zahra
Relations	Amanullah Jahanbani (father); Amanullah Mirza Jahanbani (grandfather); Khosrow Jahanbani (brother); Shahnaz Pahlavi (sister in-law);
Nickname	Blue-eyed General
Military service
Allegiance	Imperial State of Iran
Branch/service	Imperial Iranian Air Force
Years of service	1950–1979
Rank	Lieutenant General (Sepahbod)
Unit	Fighter Brigade Tehran ; Golden Crown Aerobatic Team ; TFB 1 (Mehrabad) Tehran ; TFB 4 (Vahdati) Dezful; Air Training Command; IIAF High Command
Commands	Fighter Brigade (pilot instruction); Golden Crown Aerobatic Team (founder); Deputy Wing Commander TFB 4 (Vahdati) Dezful; Deputy Commander Air Training Command ; Deputy Commander Planning and Organization IIAF
Battles/wars	Cold War Joint Operation Arvand; 1974-1975 Shatt al-Arab conflict; ;
Awards	Order of Aryamehr; Order of Merit; (see § Honours and awards);

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Nader Mirza Jahanbani (Persian: نادر جهانبانی, romanized: Nāder Jahānbānī; 16 April 1928 – 13 March 1979) was a distinguished general, fighter pilot, and deputy commander of the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. He is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Iranian Air Force along with General Mohammad Khatami and General Amir Hossein Rabii, for growing and modernizing the IIAF to become a world class air force with advanced equipment and training, including the F-14 Tomcat, which would save Iran's crucial infrastructure during the Iran–Iraq War. He was the founder and leader of the Golden Crown, Iran's first and only precision flying demonstration team, and one of the oldest in the world.