Jehangir Irani
Jehangir Irani was born in Bombay, India, in 1975, and immigrated to Queens, N.Y., in 1981.
In 1997, he received his B.S. in aeronautical science, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. For the past decade, “Jay” flew the C-130, a small, yet extremely versatile, transport aircraft, and saw three tours in combat over Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a pilot engaged in the conflict, he saw a side of the war unlike anything reported in the media. To counter that, Jay began blogging for Newsday, giving a more nuanced perspective of what deployed life was really like.
Jay is now a student at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and looks forward to future assignments that will combine the art of storytelling with his love of flying.
