Military career Manouchehr Khosrovadad, son of Mohammad Ali, was born in 1927 in Amol. After earning his high school diploma in 1946, he joined the army and continued his education at the military high school. Khosrovadad was fluent in both French and English. He was divorced and lived with his only daughter. His brother, Colonel Amir Khosrovadad, also served in the
Army Aviation. On 14 February 1963, following the establishment of the Army Aviation, the Ground Forces decided to train qualified officers for its command. Khosrovadad was selected for this mission and sent to the United States, where he completed U.S. Army regulations and training, including transport helicopter
OH-58 courses and several others at
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He then went to France to study at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, and later to Switzerland to receive mountain warfare training from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst officers. After returning to Iran in March 1972, he was appointed commander of the Army Aviation and became aide-de-camp to the Chief of Ground Forces. He was promoted to Major General in April 1975. Over time, Khosrovadad was stationed at the 23rd Airborne Brigade of the Air Force Special Forces and, with American instructors and the special forces (NOHED), helped establish the Iranian Green Berets. On 29 April 1975, in Ahvaz, along with Colonel E. B. Beely, chief test pilot at Bell Helicopter, he set five new flight records with the first Bell-214 production model delivered to Iran. Their helicopter reached 3,000 meters in 1 minute 58 seconds, 6,000 meters in 5 minutes 13 seconds, surpassed 9,000 meters in 15 minutes 5 seconds, stayed 30 seconds at 9,010 meters, and touched a maximum of 9,070 meters—setting five new records in the medium helicopter class. After completing various military courses in Army Aviation, Khosrovadad served as the second commander of the brigade after Abbas Ghandahari until the 1979 revolution. He was also deployed with the airborne battalion to the Dhofar War. Khosrovadad was known as a record-breaking pilot who surpassed the previous ascent record held by U.S. officer Colonel Beely. He was the second and last commander of Army Aviation.
Death Khosrodad was executed by the Islamist revolutionaries following the
Iranian Revolution in 15 February 1979. He is buried in
Behesht-e Zahra. Sources: Wikipedia – Manouchehr Khosrovadad (Persian) ==References==