The Golden Crown (Persian: تاج طلایی‎‎) was the national aerobatics display team of Iran and part of the former Imperial Iranian Air Force.The Golden Crown was officially founded in 1958. Fourteen Iranian pilots were sent to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, Germany, in order to learn aerobatics in jet aircraft. Nine of them returned to Iran after a couple of months and the remaining five went on to undergo further flying training.