Hamid Vahedi
Iran army general (born 1965)
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Hamid Vahedi (Persian: حمید واحدی; born 14 April 1965 in Rafsanjan) is a Brigadier General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, a Sukhoi-24 pilot, who was the Commander of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 19 September 2021 to 17 December 2025.[1]
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| Native name | حمید واحدی |
| Born | 14 April 1965 |
| Allegiance |  Iran |
| Branch |  Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands | Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
Biography
Vahedi was born in Farvardin 1965 in Rafsanjan, Kerman Province. He began his career in the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1984, and after completing a preparatory course at the Shahid Khazraei Air Training Command, he graduated from the Nahaja Pilot School in 1988 and officially began his career as a fighter pilot in Nahaja. He completed the Su-24 fighter jet simulator course in Russia in 1990 and 2000. In 2008, he also completed the Command and Staff School (DAFS) course in the defence affairs management field.[2]
He was the Deputy Commander of the Army Air Force from 15 September 2018 to 17 September 2019.[3]
He joined the Islamic Republic of Iran Army in 1984, and after graduating from the Nahaja Pilot School, he began his career as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Force in 1988. Vahedi served as the Commander of the Second Fighter Base in Tabriz from 1993 to 1997,[4] and as the Deputy Inspector General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 1997 to 1998.