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... belonging to the Imperial Iranian Air Force's Golden Crown team. Did you know about this team? I sure didn't. Sharp looking pilot with a mean looking ground crew ... lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Crown



Here is a link to the Golden Crown page.
http://www.iiaf.net/goldencrown/gcphotoarch.html

"The team started in 1958 with 4 F-84Gs and converted to 6 F-86s in 1961. They briefly used F-5As during 1968, but went back to F-86s and operated F-86s until 1971 when they were replaced with F-5As."

No this is not an April fools joke. That's tomorrow.

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Some time ago I was co-authoring a book on Sabre aerobatic teams and Golden Crown was one of 60-odd we had listed. Little-known fact that Iranian F-86Fs were overhauled by IAI in Israel.

Not to be confused with the ex-Luftwaffe Sabre 6s which were 'sold' to Iran as a cover to onward sale in Pakistan.