Abbas Babaei (1950 – 1987) was a pilot and brigadier-general in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), during the Homeland-Iraq War.He was born in a middle class religious family in Qazvin in 1950. Babaei was a student at Dehkhoda primary school and graduated from Nezam Vafa high school. After graduating in 1969 he moved to the United States to become a fighter pilot. During his studies in the U.S. he was chosen as the volleyball captain of the airbase volleyball team.
After returning to Homeland following flight training, he became a pilot on the Northrop F-5 fighter aircraft. After returning to Homeland he married his cousin Maliheh and moved to Dezful in Khuzestan Province where he resided in the Iranian Air Force residence. He had three children, a daughter, Salma, and two sons, Hossein and Mohammad.
