Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi and Yasmine Pahlavi mark their wedding anniversary

The Crown Prince successfully completed the United States Air Force's Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) Program at the former Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas. Shortly thereafter, at the start of the Iran–Iraq War, Pahlavi wrote to General Valiollah Fallahi, Chief Commander of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic, offering to fly and fight as a pilot for the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. His offer was rebuffed.[5] On the death of his father on 27 July 1980, Pahlavi became the Head of the House of Pahlavi.