[custom_adv] Reza Pahlavi was born as the eldest legitimate son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of and Farah Pahlavi, the Shahbanu. [custom_adv] Pahlavi's siblings include his sister Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 12 March 1963), brother Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi (28 April 1966 – 4 January 2011), and sister Princess Leila Pahlavi (27 March 1970 – 10 June 2001), as well as a half-sister, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 27 October 1940). [custom_adv] Pahlavi studied at the eponymous "Reza Pahlavi School", a private school located in the royal palace and restricted to the imperial family and court associates. [custom_adv] He was trained as a pilot; his first solo flight was at the age of 11, and he obtained his license a year later. [custom_adv] As a cadet of the Imperial Air Force, he was sent to the United States in August 1978 to continue his pilot training, and was one of 43 cadet pilots in the one-year pilot training program at the former Reese Air Force Base, TX, which included flying the Cessna T-37 Tweet and Northrop T-38 Talon.