# Mohammed Rayyan

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{{Short description|Iraqi fighter pilot and flying ace}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [Colonel](/source/Colonel)
| name             = Mohammed Rayyan
| image            = Mohommed_Rayyan.jpg
| caption          = 
| birth_date       = 1955
| death_date       = 1986
| burial_label     = 
| birth_place      = [Baiji (city)](/source/Baiji_(city)), [Kingdom of Iraq](/source/Kingdom_of_Iraq)
| death_place      = Iran/Iraq Border region
| burial_place     = 
| nickname         = Sky Falcon
| allegiance       = {{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} [Iraq](/source/Baathist_Iraq)
| branch           = 20px [Iraqi Air Force](/source/Iraqi_Air_Force)
| service_years    = 1977–1986
| rank             = 20px [Colonel](/source/Colonel)
| unit             = 47th Squadron
| commands         = 
| battles          = [Iran–Iraq War](/source/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War){{KIA}}
| awards           = 
| relations        = 
| other_work       = 
}}

[Colonel](/source/Colonel) '''Mohammed Rayyan''' (1955–1986) was an Iraqi [fighter pilot](/source/fighter_pilot) and [flying ace](/source/flying_ace) during the [Iran–Iraq War](/source/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War). He scored 5 air combat kills and was the most successful [MiG-25](/source/MiG-25) pilot.<ref name= "Fire">''Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 Units in Combat'', by David Nicolle and Tom Cooper, (2004) Osprey Publishing, p.82</ref><ref name=":0" />

Rayyan, while only a [Flight Lieutenant](/source/Flight_Lieutenant) and flying a [MiG-21](/source/MiG-21)MF, claimed two (later confirmed) kills against Iranian [F-5 Freedom Fighter](/source/F-5_Freedom_Fighter)s in 1980.<ref name= "Fire"/> Later a [Captain](/source/Captain_(land)), he qualified on the [MiG-25](/source/MiG-25)P in 1981 and claimed 5 more victories (3 verified by western sources). Most of his victories were [F-4 Phantoms](/source/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II).<ref name= "Fire"/> Having flown the MiG-25 was evidence of his considerable skill, as [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) "advisers" were stationed in Iraq specifically to limit access to this advanced jet, and only the best pilots flew them.<ref name=":0">[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_247.shtml ''Exhumating the Dead Iraqi Air Force: Short History of MiG-25 in service with the Iraqi Air Force, since 1980'', by Tom Cooper, Air Combat Information Group, Sept. 25, 2003]</ref><ref>[http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=47 Iraqi Air-to-Air Victories since 1967]</ref>

In 1986, having attained the rank of [Colonel](/source/Colonel), Rayyan was shot down and killed by [Iranian Air Force](/source/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force) (IRIAF) [Grumman F-14 Tomcat](/source/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat)s.<ref name= "Fire"/>

==See also==
*[Jalil Zandi](/source/Jalil_Zandi)
*[Hossein Khalatbari](/source/Hossein_Khalatbari)

== References ==
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Category:1955 births
Category:1986 deaths
Category:Iraqi Air Force officers
Category:Iraqi flying aces
Category:Iran–Iraq War flying aces
Category:Iraqi military personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
Category:Aviators killed by being shot down

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