Fereidoon Izadseta

Colonel

Fereidoon Izadseta
Native name
فریدون ایزدستا
Born1940
Tehran, Iran
AllegianceIran
Service / branchIIAF
IRIAF
Years of service1960–1984
RankColonel
UnitUSAF:
UPT: Lackland AFB, Craig AFB
Fighter Weapons School: Nellis AFB
IIAF:
202nd TFS Vahdati
FWS Vahdati
Golden Crown Team
11th TTS Mehrabad
12th TFS Mehrabad
63rd TFS Bushehr
IRIAF:
3rd TFB Hamedan
IRIAF Advisory Planning Group
Commands12th TFS Mehrabad
63rd TFS Bushehr
3rd TFB Hamedan
Air Training Command Undergraduate Pilot Training (ATC UPT)
Battles / warsIran–Iraq War
AwardsAir Force Distinguished Conquest Medal

Colonel Fereidoon Izadseta (born 1940) is an Iranian veteran fighter pilot and commanding officer who served in the Iranian Air Force, as well as a strategist during the Iran–Iraq War. He joined the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) in 1960 and retired from the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) in 1984. Over the course of his career, he held multiple commands and flew thousands of hours in jet fighters, primarily the F-86 Sabre and the F-4 Phantom II.