The Shah of Iran, in St. Louis to discuss buying F-4 Phantom jets built by McDonnell Douglas Aircraft (1968)

He would come to St. Louis often, staying at the Chase Park Plaza.

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My dad worked on F4’s in the Air Force (1968-1972). I’ve always kinda had a thing for the F16. We went to air shows each year. EAA is pretty neat. Love me some airplanes.

A photo he took in a ride along. Pretty cool!

That’s so cool!

Yeah, he’s pretty cool. Love you dad

I worked with a guy whose father was a top ranking officer in Iran’s Air Force during the Shah era. He told me the crazy story of how he basically smuggled him, his sister and his wife after the ‘79 Revolution. He flew F4s, which I thought was pretty cool since my grandfather also flew F4s in Korea with the USAF

Yes, the Shah was the West's chosen puppet after Mosaddegh was deposed in the UK orchestrated coup in 1953

Until he wasn’t. Then the American Anglo establishment had the Shah overthrown