# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yadollah-sharifirad
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:25.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yadollah-sharifirad"
name: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
slug: "yadollah-sharifirad"
description: "Yadollah Sharifirad is an Iranian former fighter pilot, former military attaché and writer. In 1978, he was a member of Golden Crown aerobatic team. Sharifirad was one of the most successful Iranian Northrop F-5 pilots during the Iran–Iraq War. He shot down five Iraqi fighter aircraft. The victories include one Su-22 and four MiG-21s. In an air raid on an Iraqi power station, he was attacked by three Iraqi fighters and shot down. He ejected and was returned to Iran by Iraqi Kurdish guerrillas. A movie called Eagles was made about this event."
tagline: "Iranian fighter pilot, writer, military attaché"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SHARIFIRAD_Y-02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1946-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.27
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.086286666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadollah_Sharifirad"
    title: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadollah_Sharifirad"
    title: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadollah_Sharifirad"
    title: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "یدالله شریفی‌راد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadollah_Sharifirad"
    title: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadollah_Sharifirad"
    title: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%2C_%D0%99%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Шарифиерад, Йадолла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadollah_Sharifirad"
    title: "Yadollah Sharifirad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14848366"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump