After entering the IIAF and training to fly jets in the US, he returned to Iran and served in Vahdati AFB in Dezful in the southwest. There he served in the 202nd tactical fighter squadron (TFS) under Captain (later Major General) A. Minousepehr, flying the F-86 Sabre jet fighter. He went on to become an instructor in the newly established Fighter Weapons School at Vahdati. He also became an instructor pilot and member of the IIAF Golden Crown precision aerobatic team, led by Colonel (later General) Jahanbani.