{{Short description|Iran army general (born 1965)}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Hamid Vahedi | honorific_suffix = | image = Hamid Vahedi 2022 (cropped).jpeg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = حمید واحدی | native_name_lang = fa | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|04|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Rafsanjan | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = {{flag|Iran}} | branch = {{air force|Iran}} | service_years = | service_years_label = | rank = Brigadier General | service_number = | unit = | commands = Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force | known_for = | battles = | awards = | alma_mater = | website = <!--{{URL|example.com}}--> | module = }} '''Hamid Vahedi''' ({{langx|fa|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/97062512877/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87|title= "ارتقاء درجه جانشین و معاون هماهنگکننده نهاجا با حکم فرمانده کل قوا"|publisher=ISNA|accessdate=2024-11-01|language=fa}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://defapress.ir/fa/news/253146/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%81%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF|title="فرمانده جدید پایگاه دوم شکاری شهید فکوری تبریز معرفی شد"|publisher=defapress.ir|accessdate=2024-10-25}}</ref>
He was the Deputy Commander of the Army Air Force from 15 September 2018 to 17 September 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tabriz.navideshahed.com/fa/news/390732/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF%DB%8C|title="مصاحبه با سرتیپ دوم خلبان ستاد حمید واحدی"|language=fa|accessdate=2024-10-25}}</ref>
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,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://defapress.ir/fa/news/307586/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF|title="فرمانده جدید پایگاه دوم شکاری شهید فکوری تبریز معرفی شد"|language=fa|accessdate=2024-10-25|publisher=defapress.ir}}</ref> and as the Deputy Inspector General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 1997 to 1998.
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Aziz Nasirzadeh}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Air Force|years=2021–2025}} {{s-aft|after=Bahman Behmard}} {{s-end}}
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