After completing the Jet Instructor pilot course and returning to Iran, Jahanbani formed Iran's first aerobatic team, called the Golden Crown (Taje Talaii) together with other officers, including Mohammad Amir Khatami and Amir Hossein Rabii. Jahanbani played a crucial role in the Iranian air force during the 1960s and 1970s by helping to create an effective air force. He served as the deputy commander of the Air Force. As such, he worked hard to inculcate world-class air to air combat skills among the Iranian fighter pilots. This work, led by Jahanbani, on improving the pilots' abilities, would prove crucial to the Iranian air force in the later Iran-Iraq war, when the IRIAF pilots clearly prevailed over their Iraqi counterparts. He was also general secretary of the National Sports Federation.
