After graduating from the American High School in Tehran, Khatami then attended the military high school.[1] In 1939, he began to study at the air force branch of the military college and graduated as a second lieutenant.[2][2] Next he went to the United Kingdom and joined pilot training courses.[3] He graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell.[4] He was also trained at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, Germany, in the 1950s.[5]