Ali Akbar Shiroodi (Persian: ???????? ???????) was one of the best helicopter pilots of the Iranian Army during Iran-Iraq war.
Ali Akbar Shiroodi, according to some war experts, was one of the most prominent helicopter pilots and even the best Cobra AH-1J International pilot in history.
They consider him a prolific pilot in flights and air combats because of the way he attacked the enemy.
Shiroodi would use his Cobra like a jet plane, maneuvering, and engaging enemy like a fighter plane.
Also he had the highest number of flights for a Cobra pilot in the world.
He was injured 40 times and shelled 300 times.
He defended the Western Iranian territories during the initial years of Iran-Iraq war.