General Akbar Compani-Tabrizi

His contributions to IIAF were mainly in constructing air force bases, assessing the training needs of the IIAF personnel, and developing and constructing the curriculum and training facilities to generate and maintain expert air force personnel.

General Compani was born in Tehran in 1295 (Shamsi) and entered the Daneshgahe Afsari of IIAF in 1318. After graduating in 1320 with a technical degree, he started working for IIAF at Mehrabad Pilot Training Center.

In 1338, General Compani started the construction of Vahdati Air Force Base in the Khoozestan province, and in 1342, he developed the Shahrokhi Air Force Base in Hamedon. In 1343, he was appointed as the deputy commander of the Air Training Center in Dushantapeh, which at the time had 200 Air Force trainees, and later that year, he became the center's commander. On 11/28/1357, when he retired from Air Training Command and IIAF, more than 23000 Air Force personnel were being educated in over 300 different specialties at this center.

General Compani died on 25/Day/1380 (January/15/2002) in Atlanta, Georgia.