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38-595: Doran may refer to: People [ edit ] Abbas Doran (1950–1982), Iranian IRIAF fighter pilot Ann Doran (1911–2000), American character actress Beauchamp Doran (1860–1943), British Army officer during the First World War Bill Doran (disambiguation) Charles Guilfoyle Doran (1835–1909), Irish leading figure in the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and

76-765: A character from George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Doran . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doran&oldid=1218531084 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages English-language surnames Anglicised Irish-language surnames Surnames of Irish origin Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Short description

114-467: Is Iran's most successful fighter pilot . Flying the F-14 Tomcat he claimed 11 aerial victories, with 8 of those being confirmed by western sources. These include 4 MiG-23s, 2 Su-22s , 2 MiG 21 and 3 Mirage F1s . These totals make him the most successful Iranian fighter pilot, the most successful F-14 Tomcat pilot, and the most recent (and last man) to claim ace status. Yadollah Javadpour flew

152-701: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Abbas Doran General Dowraan piloted an F-4 Phantom II in the Imperial Iranian Air Force and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force . He died in action during the Iran–Iraq War . Abbas Dowraan attended the Undergraduate Pilot Training Program at Columbus Air Force Base . He graduated in

190-884: The Dhofar rebellion . During this conflict, one Iranian F-4 Phantom II was shot down by rebels. In 1976, the Imperial Iranian Air Force responded to a UFO incident over the Iranian capital, Tehran. Later in the 1970s, the IIAF became the only military force other than the United States Navy to be equipped with the F-14 Tomcat . Consequently, it also became the only other operator of the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missile. During this era,

228-593: The RCAF , but they were flipped over to the Pakistan Air Force . In the 1960s and 1970s, the air force was used as part of a joint, aerial espionage programme of Iran and the United States, against the former Soviet Union. This was in two parts, known as Project Dark Gene and Project Ibex. The IIAF deployed aircraft to Oman in the 1970s, when Iran provided military assistance to that country, during

266-513: The Shabaviz 2-75 and the Shabaviz 206 . Unlike many other nations with modern air forces, Iran was engaged in an intense and protracted war. The 8 year long conflict with Iraq gave the IRIAF the opportunity to develop some battle-tested and hardened fighter pilots. Though information about the IRIAF is, at best, hard to access, two men stand out as the best Iranian fighter aces . Jalil Zandi

304-790: The Allies and all existing IIAF aircraft were either destroyed or dismantled by the Soviet and British military. A few Iranian planes did manage to get airborne during the invasion and engaged the Royal Air Force (RAF) in dogfights , in which the RAF emerged victorious. A roughly 1946 order of battle for the Air Force can be found in Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. Two regiments were both reported to be based near Tehran. After World War II,

342-1111: The Catholic Church, Roman Catholic bishop Tony Doran (born 1946), Irish retired hurler W. J. Doran (1886–1949), American politician, Missouri senator Walter Doran (born 1945), admiral in the United States Navy William Doran (1834–1903), Canadian mayor of Hamilton, Ontario William C. Doran (1884–1965), American associate justice of the California Court of Appeal Places [ edit ] Doran, Kerman , Iran Doran, Minnesota , USA Doran Regional Park , Sonoma County, California, USA Ben Doran , mountain in Scotland Ships [ edit ] USS  Doran  (DD-185) , Wickes-class destroyer USS  Doran  (DD-634) , Gleaves-class destroyer Fictional characters [ edit ] Vala Mal Doran , Stargate SG-1 character Doran Martell ,

380-502: The Cities". To defend against an increasing number of Iraqi air strikes, the IRIAF leaned heavily on its large fleet of F-14 Tomcat air superiority fighters. Tomcats were mainly deployed in defense of the strategically important Kharg Island (main hub for Iranian oil exports), and Tehran. Over 300 air-to-air engagements against IQAF fighters, fighter-bombers, and bombers, were fought in these areas alone between 1980 and 1988. Confronted with

418-593: The F-14 Tomcat and the F-5 Tiger II . The fighters have been named the Azarakhsh and the Shafaq . Since then the country has also become self-sufficient in the manufacture of helicopters. The country claims that it is capable of producing the old U.S. AH-1 Cobra gunship. Additionally, Iran also produces Bell Helicopter Bell 212 and Bell 206 helicopters in serial production. These are known respectively as

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456-511: The F-5 and claimed five Iraqi aircraft shot down; two being reliably confirmed. This makes him an ace and the most successful F-5 fighter pilot, but his greatest claim to fame happened on August 6, 1983 when he shot down an Iraqi MiG-25 . This was a significant achievement for an F-5 pilot, as the MiG-25 is a much bigger and faster aircraft with a substantial altitude advantage. His other confirmed kill

494-651: The Fenian Brotherhood Chris Doran (born 1979), Irish singer Colleen Doran , American writer-artist and cartoonist Daryl Doran (born 1963), U.S. indoor soccer player. Emma Doran (fl. 2010's), Irish comedian and podcaster Frank Doran (disambiguation) Gerry Doran (1877–1943), Irish rugby union international Henrietta Doran-York (born 1962), Sint Maartener politician Jamie Doran , Irish-Scottish independent documentary filmmaker John Doran (disambiguation) John James Doran (1864–1904), Boatswain's Mate, 2nd Class in

532-511: The IIAF began to slowly rebuild its inventory, with aircraft mainly supplied by the United States and Great Britain. A national, aerobatic display team was formed in 1958. Called " Golden Crown ", and a part of the IIAF, this lasted until 1978. Lieutenant General Nader Jahanbani is credited with establishing the Golden Crown and is generally considered the "Father of IIAF". In the 1960s, the IIAF acquired 90 Canadair Sabre fighters from

570-537: The IRIAF had to learn to maintain and keep operational its large fleet of U.S.-built aircraft and helicopters without outside help, due to American sanctions. Reaching back on equipment purchased from the U.S.A. in the 1970s, the Iranians began establishing their own aerospace industry; their efforts in this remained largely unrecognized until recently. However, the IRIAF was able to obtain limited amounts of spare parts and weapons for its American-made aircraft, when Iran

608-716: The IRIAF succeeded in damaging Iraqi oil-producing and exporting facilities; resulting in Baghdad's decision to stop all oil exports for several years. Following a one-week-long counter-air campaign, and due to a critical situation on the ground in Khuzestan Province, the IRIAF was thrown into the land-battle, mainly in the areas of Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, and Dezful. Here, the IRIAF's performance surprised most informed observers, with air strikes against armour and supply columns. Due to heavy losses in troops and armour, Iranian air superiority and an interruption of supply systems,

646-832: The Iranian Air Force The history of the Iranian Air Force , currently known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force , can be divided into two phases—before the Islamic Revolution , and after it. The Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was a branch of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces and was established by Reza Shah , the Shah of Iran, in 1920. It became operational with its first fully trained pilots on February 25, 1925. Iran's first attempt to procure aircraft from

684-456: The Iran–Iraq War. The IRIAF has pressed into service all of the 36 Su-24MKs , 7 SU-25s and 24 Mirage F.1BQs and F.1EQs flown from Iraq, while all the other types—including 40 Su-20/22s and at least ten MiG-23s of various versions—were stored. The exact current composition of the IRIAF is hard to determine, but estimates do exist . Due to the continuous spare parts shortages faced by

722-472: The Iraqis had to stop their offensive, and then became involved in extremely bitter land-battles against Iranian ground forces. However, the IRIAF paid a heavy price for this success, losing dozens of its best pilots and aircraft in the period between September and December 1980. Although the readiness rates of the IRIAF significantly increased in the following months, its overall role and influence declined, as

760-631: The Soviet Union/ Russia and the People's Republic of China . However, it lost most of its leading officers in the course of post-revolutionary chaos, as well as due to the prosecution of those considered as loyal to the Shah, pro-U.S. or elsewhere by the new government in Tehran. Its other personnel were also decimated by the purges, with many pilots removed or leaving the air force. This left

798-888: The United States Navy during the Spanish–American War Kelly Doran (1957–2023), American businessman and politician Kevin Doran (born 1953), Irish prelate and bishop of the Catholic Church Luke Doran (born 1991), Australian cricketer Madeleine Doran (1905–1996), American literary critic and poet Matt Doran (born 1976), Australian actor Michael Doran (disambiguation) Mildred Doran (1905–1927), American aviator Robert Doran (disambiguation) Steve Doran , English community organiser, activist and former radio DJ Thomas G. Doran (1936–2016), American prelate of

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836-426: The United States in the 1920s failed due to Washington's refusal to supply equipment because of a World War I treaty. Until World War II , the IIAF's aircraft inventory consisted entirely of European aircraft, mainly British and German. However, following a coordinated British and Soviet invasion of Iran during World War II in response to Reza Shah's declaration of neutrality, the IIAF's bases were occupied by

874-429: The United States instituted the "Spellout", "Peace Ruby" and "Peace Net" programmes to upgrade the air-defence system of Iran. As well as air defence radars, the network was linked using microwave and troposcatter communications networks. After the 1979 Iranian revolution , some of the IIAF's F-14s were not in working order due to a lack of necessary spare parts, because of an American arms embargo and damage sustained by

912-515: The afternoon of 22 September 1980, came as a complete surprise and caused a shock in the renamed "IRIAF", which was in the midst of reorganizing following the Iranian revolution which had ended 1 year earlier. Nevertheless, the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force retaliated, flying strikes involving up to 146 fighter-bombers against Iraqi airfields, oil industry installations, and communications sites. In addition to striking Iraqi airfields ,

950-442: The air force ill-prepared for the Iran–Iraq War . A series of purges and forced retirements, as a consequence of the 1979 Iranian Revolution , resulted in the manpower of the service being halved between February 1979 and July 1980, leaving the IRIAF ill-prepared for the Iran–Iraq War (also called the "1st Persian Gulf War"). The sudden Iraqi air strikes against six Iranian airfields and four other military installations, launched on

988-524: The air force, a decision was made in the late 1980s to develop a local aerospace industry to support the air force. In 2002, Iran with the co-operation of Ukraine , successfully started the manufacture of the Iran-140; a licence-built version of the Antonov An-140 transport aircraft. Simultaneously, Iran began construction of two 100% domestically produced fighters, upgraded using technology from

1026-415: The aircraft during the 1980 Iraqi invasion . Some were brought back into service, through localised production of reverse-engineered, Iranian-made, spare parts, as well as "cannibalism", the process of taking working parts from damaged aircraft and using them to repair others. The IIAF had also placed an order for over 150 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft in 1976, but deliveries were never made due to

1064-716: The autumn of 1972 as a member of Class 73–02. While serving in the Iranian Air Force, he participated in air strikes against the Iraqi Navy during Operation Morvarid in October 1980. He was valued for planning IRIAF operations missions against the Iraqi military with a high rate of success. During the Iran-Iraq war he petitioned Islamic Republic political leaders, asking them to stop arresting and executing former Imperial Iranian Air Force pilots. In 1982, in an attempt to show

1102-654: The clerical government searched to put the emphasis in fighting on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) militias, but also attempted to develop a separate air arm for this service. After the successful liberation of most Iranian areas captured by the Iraqis, in late spring 1982, the situation of the IRIAF changed completely. From an air arm that was offensive by nature, it was largely relegated to air defense and, relatively seldom, tasks of flying bombing attacks against targets of industrial and military significance inside Iraq. Simultaneously,

1140-473: The ejection seat might have malfunctioned, while others believe that he did not want to go through the burden of evading Iraqis or becoming a prisoner. His actions caused the summit to be held in New Delhi instead of Baghdad. Due to his actions and sacrifice during the war, General Dowraan became a hero of the IRIAF. Iraq returned Doran's remains (a leg bone) to Iran on 21 July 2002. History of

1178-511: The fact that it could not obtain replacements for equipment lost in what became a war of attrition against Iraq, for the rest of the conflict, the IRIAF remained defence-orientated, conserving its surviving assets as a "force in being". From mid-1987, the IRIAF found itself confronted also with U.S. Navy fighters over the Persian Gulf. A number of confrontations that occurred between July 1987 and August 1988, stretched available IRIAF assets to

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1216-481: The limit, exhausting its capability to defend Iranian airspace against Iraqi air strikes. Immediately after the end of the Iran–Iraq War, the IRIAF was partially re-built by limited purchases of MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the Soviet Union, as well as F-7 M and FT-7 fighters from China. While a welcome reinforcement, these types never replaced the older, U.S.-built F-4 Phantoms or F-14 Tomcats (now

1254-413: The only air arm in the world to continue using the fighter), or even Northrop F-5 Tiger IIs. Instead, the IRIAF continued efforts to maintain these types in service, and began a number of projects with the intention to refurbish and upgrade them. A Russian attempt to sell a large number of MiG-27s , MiG-31s , and Tupolev Tu-22Ms to Iran, launched in 1993, was spoiled by a lack of interest and money on

1292-486: The part of Iran. Following an alleged agreement (no proof exists for it) between the regimes in Baghdad and Tehran, in February 1991 a significant number of Iraqi Air Force (IrAF) aircraft were evacuated to Iranian airfields, to avoid destruction in the 1991 Persian Gulf War . The agreement was for Iran to return them after the war, but the Iranians impounded these aircraft instead, claiming them as war reparations for

1330-592: The revolution. These aircraft would go on to serve in the Israeli Air Force . The overthrow of the Shah in the Islamic Revolution of February 1979, was followed by changes to the organization of the Iranian military. The air force was renamed the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), and largely inherited the equipment and structure of the former IIAF. Due to strained relations with the west, Iran had to procure new equipment from Brazil ,

1368-547: The world that Iraq was stable and safe and has the upper hand in the war, Saddam Hussein planned to host the 7th Summit of the international Non-Aligned Movement in Baghdad . The conference was planned to take place at Baghdad's Al-Rashid Hotel . Iran tried to show that Baghdad was vulnerable to IRIAF air strikes. On July 21, 1982, Doran flew his F-4E Phantom to Baghdad and attacked the Al-Doura refinery in Baghdad. His F-4E

1406-783: Was able to buy American spare parts and weapons for its armed forces, during the Iran–Contra affair . Deliveries came via Israel and later, from the USA. From 1984 and 1985, the IRIAF found itself confronted by an ever-better organized and equipped opponent, as the Iraqi Air force—reinforced by deliveries of advanced fighter-bombers from France and the Soviet Union—launched numerous offensives against Iranian population centres, industrial infrastructures, powerplants, and oil-export hubs. These became better known as "The Tanker War" and "The War of

1444-482: Was then hit by a Roland 2 SAM . His weapon systems officer ejected from the aircraft and was taken prisoner . In order to force the cancellation of the conference and show Baghdad insecurity, Doran directed his aircraft into the Al-Rashid Hotel and crashed in a square near the hotel in Baghdad. To this date, no one really knows for certain why Abbas did not eject from his aircraft. Some people say that

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