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SABRES NINE"
27 OCTOBER 1964 - PESHAWAR AIR BASE
A striking deature of this 1964 aerobatics team of the PAF was that five out of these nine pilots were awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat during the 1965 War. Of these pilots, Rafiqui, Munir and Yunus attained Shahadat and M M Alam became an ace. The leader, Wing Comander Anwar Shamim, later became the Chief of the Air Staff.
The Team:
Wing Commander M Anwar Shamim
Squadron Leader M Arshad
Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Rafiqui
Squadron Leader Mukhtar Ali
Squadron Leader Muniruddin Ahmad
Squadron Leader M M Alam
Flight Lieutenant M M Khalid
Flight Lieutenant Yusaf A Khan
Flight Lieutenant Yunus Hussain
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THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
0525 HOURS, 6 SEPTEMBER 1965
Dawn over Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan in an F-104A Starfighter destroys a Mystere IV and damages another, to mark the start of the India-Pakistan war. India launched the war over West Pakistan with an attack by a formation of four Mystere IV aircraft. The Mysteres crossed the international border to attack a Pakistani train near Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan was on a routine morning combat air patrol in the Chamb/Mangla area. He was directed by the Controller at Sakesar, Flight Lieutenant Farooq Haider, to intercept the intruders. First contact with the enemy was made as the F-104 passed head on through the Mystere formation. In the ensuing combat at tree top level, he skillfully outmanoeuvred the opponents to destroy one Mystere and damage another. The remaining members of the formation managed to slip away in the poor light conditions, only to tell the tale of the "dreaded F-104 and the deadly Sidewinder". Apart from being the first encounter to start the war in earnest, the engagement was also significant in other respects. It marked a new era of dog-fighting at very low altitude. It was also the first combat kill by any Mach-2 aircraft, and the first missile kill for the Pakistan Air Force.
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PATHAMKOT STRIKE
1705 HOURS, 6 SEPTEMBER 1965
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War. Tied escorts consisted of Wing Commander M G Tawab (later Air Marshal and air chief of Bangladesh Air Force) and Flight Lieutenant Arshad Sami while the strike elements were led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider with Flight Lieutenants M Akbar, Mazhar Abbas, Dilawar Hussain, Ghani Akbar and Flying Officers Arshad Chaudhry, Khalid Latif and Abbas Khattak (later Air Chief Marshal and CAS, PAF) in his formation.
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SABRES NINE"
27 OCTOBER 1964 - PESHAWAR AIR BASE
A striking deature of this 1964 aerobatics team of the PAF was that five out of these nine pilots were awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat during the 1965 War. Of these pilots, Rafiqui, Munir and Yunus attained Shahadat and M M Alam became an ace. The leader, Wing Comander Anwar Shamim, later became the Chief of the Air Staff.
The Team:
Wing Commander M Anwar Shamim
Squadron Leader M Arshad
Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Rafiqui
Squadron Leader Mukhtar Ali
Squadron Leader Muniruddin Ahmad
Squadron Leader M M Alam
Flight Lieutenant M M Khalid
Flight Lieutenant Yusaf A Khan
Flight Lieutenant Yunus Hussain
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THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
0525 HOURS, 6 SEPTEMBER 1965
Dawn over Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan in an F-104A Starfighter destroys a Mystere IV and damages another, to mark the start of the India-Pakistan war. India launched the war over West Pakistan with an attack by a formation of four Mystere IV aircraft. The Mysteres crossed the international border to attack a Pakistani train near Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan was on a routine morning combat air patrol in the Chamb/Mangla area. He was directed by the Controller at Sakesar, Flight Lieutenant Farooq Haider, to intercept the intruders. First contact with the enemy was made as the F-104 passed head on through the Mystere formation. In the ensuing combat at tree top level, he skillfully outmanoeuvred the opponents to destroy one Mystere and damage another. The remaining members of the formation managed to slip away in the poor light conditions, only to tell the tale of the "dreaded F-104 and the deadly Sidewinder". Apart from being the first encounter to start the war in earnest, the engagement was also significant in other respects. It marked a new era of dog-fighting at very low altitude. It was also the first combat kill by any Mach-2 aircraft, and the first missile kill for the Pakistan Air Force.
---------- Post added at 03:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:48 PM ----------
PATHAMKOT STRIKE
1705 HOURS, 6 SEPTEMBER 1965
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War. Tied escorts consisted of Wing Commander M G Tawab (later Air Marshal and air chief of Bangladesh Air Force) and Flight Lieutenant Arshad Sami while the strike elements were led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider with Flight Lieutenants M Akbar, Mazhar Abbas, Dilawar Hussain, Ghani Akbar and Flying Officers Arshad Chaudhry, Khalid Latif and Abbas Khattak (later Air Chief Marshal and CAS, PAF) in his formation.
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SQUADRON LEADER ALAUDDIN AHMED a.k.a 'BUTCH' (SHAHEED)
One of the most influential of the paf pilots. Sqn Ldr Alauddin nicknamed 'Butch' was a fearless pilot. His squadron attacked the heavily guarded trains at gurdaspur and destroyed large amount of supplies to the IAF. While doing a low level dive his sabre was hit by a sharpenel from an exploding train. He ejected from his aircraft but was shot in mid air. As said by Sqn Ldr Sajjad 'Nosey' Haider "If he would have made it to the ground, no one on earth could have stopped him from reaching Pakistan". He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jura't.
One of the most influential of the paf pilots. Sqn Ldr Alauddin nicknamed 'Butch' was a fearless pilot. His squadron attacked the heavily guarded trains at gurdaspur and destroyed large amount of supplies to the IAF. While doing a low level dive his sabre was hit by a sharpenel from an exploding train. He ejected from his aircraft but was shot in mid air. As said by Sqn Ldr Sajjad 'Nosey' Haider "If he would have made it to the ground, no one on earth could have stopped him from reaching Pakistan". He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jura't.
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Shaheed Lieutenant Faiz Sultan
When the father of Shaheed Faiz Sultan was informed on telephone, he (the father) remained cool and composed and said
'' If the bullets are in his back, then bury him there, and, if in front then send his body here and I will bury him ''
When the father of Shaheed Faiz Sultan was informed on telephone, he (the father) remained cool and composed and said
'' If the bullets are in his back, then bury him there, and, if in front then send his body here and I will bury him ''
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List of recipients of Sitara-e-Jurat
PA - Captain Mujeeb Faqrullah Khan 25th FFR (Chamb-Jorian Sector 1971, for taking Picket 707 with the 1 Masud Battalion and defending it to death on December 4, 1971)
PA-136 Brigadier/Colonel Sher Muhammad Khan SJ (First Sitara.e.Jurat-Kashmir Operation 1948) as Sector Commander
PA- Capt Sher Badshah Mahsud SJ (Kashmir Operation 1948)
Lt. Col. Ihsan Ali Khan SJ,FK (War of liberation of Gilgit & Baltistan)1948-49 as Area Commander Kargil-
PA4117 Major Malik Aftab Ahmed Khan S.J.(Corps of Engineer) 1965(For blowing "BATAPUR BRIDGE") Author of "Persian Pipeline" Year 1955.
PA 5954 Brig. Syed Hazur Hasnain, SJ & Bar (1965 & 1971)
PA3611 Brig. Jamal Mohammad S.J. S(IM). SBt. (18 Baloch Fazilka - Sulaimanki Sector 1971)
PA - Lt. Col. Abdur Rehman (Shaheed) SJ, (The First (SP) Med Regt Arty (FF)), Battle of Phillaurah, 1965
PA - Major Khadim Hussain Bangash (1 Armoured, 5 Brigade) destroyed three enemy tanks with an abandoned recoilless rifle at Khem
Kiran.
PA - Maj M.Zia Ud Din Uppal SJ (30 SP ARTY Reg-War of 1965)
PA - Lt. Col. Rasheed Kayani, SJ, (The First (SP) Med Regt Arty (FF))Battle of Phillaurah and Chawindah, 1965
PA - Lt. Col. Sahibzad Gul (Shaheed) SJ, 6 Lancers, Khem Karan, 1965-
PA - Lt. Col. Haq Nawaz Kayani (Shaheed) SJ & Bar, (Kashmir, 1965) 9th Bn Azad Kashmir Regular Forces , (Leepa Valley, 1972)-
PA - Brig Pervez hassan khan niazi, Sitare Jurat, Sitare Imtiaz, 1971
PA - Brig K Parvez Nasir, Sitare Jurat, 13 Lancers, 1971
PA - Capt. Israr Haider (Shaheed) SJ, Kargil 1999
PA - Capt. Kashif Khaleel,SJ 12 NLI, Kargil 1999
Sep. Bakhmal Jan (Shaheed) SJ, 12 NLI Kargil, 1999
PA - Lt. Col Ghulam Rasul Raja MC, SJ (16th Punjab - 1948 -> capture of territory in Indian kashmir)
PA - Maj. Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed (3rd Punjab - Indo-Pakistani War of 1965)
PA - 7415 Colonel Sher ur Rehman SJ (29 Cavalry - 1971 War East Pakistan) (Called by the name of "the Desert Fox" at that time) (A P.O.W. at Agra jail in India for a year facing several death sentences at that time, but he came to Pakistan during the P.O.W. exchange treaty b/w the two countries and later served in the Army)
PA - 1986 Major General Amir Hamza Khan HJ , SJ (10-Punjab, Commander 105 Independent Brigade 1971 War)
PA Brigadier Mohammad Akhlaq Abbasi, SJ ( 4 FF-1971 War East Pakistan)
PA - Maj Abdul Ghani SJ (9 Heavy Regiment Artillery)
PA - ? Maj M.Zia Ud Din Uppal SJ (30 SP ARTY Reg-War of 1965)
PA – 882. Maj Gen Muhammad Jamshed MC, SJ
PA - Brigadier Liaqat Asrar Bokhari
PA - Brigadier Muzaffar Khan Zahid (11th PAVO Cavalry FF)
PA – 959. Brig Nisar Ahmed Khan SJ
PA – Brig Tanvir Ahmed Khan SJ, SI(M), FF, (Commanding Officer 5 NLI, Kargil)
PA - ? Maj Malik Munawar Khan Awan SJ (21 Azad Kashmir Regiment)
PA – 3682 Maj. Saiyed Naseem Haider Rizvi (Shaheed) SJ (14 Baloch)
PA – 4865. Capt Agha Abdul Rehman Ahmedzai Baloch SJ
PA – 5274. General Shamim Alam Khan NI(M), HI(M), SJ, SBt-(28 CAVALRY-CHAMB HUNTERS)
PA – 5505. Maj Saeed Tiwana SJ
PA – 5779. Maj Gen Hidayatullah Khan Niazi SJ
PA - ? . Lt. Gen. Shah Rafi Alam SJ, HI(M) SBt.
PA – 6487. Lt Gen Muhammad Tariq SJ
PA – 6726. Maj Raja Nadir Pervez SJ
PA – 6910. Maj Farouk Adam Khan SJ
PA – 7280. Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal Janjua HI(M), SJ, SBt
PA – 31999. Capt Umair Iftikhar Ahmed Shaheed, SJ (1st Punjab) (Kargil Front 1999)
PA – 12855. Brig Arshad Zaman SJ
PA Major later Brigadier Muhammad Aslam Janjua (Late), Indo-Pak War of 1965, R/o village Wagh, Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, District Jhelum.
PA – ? Lt Gen Masood Aslam SJ, HI
PA – ? Lieutenant Mohammad Qais Bangash SJ (A.M.C)
PA – ? Major Raza Shah SJ (Armored Corps)
PA – ? Capt Sagheer Hussain SJ
PA - ? Major Saeed Ullah Jung SJ (39 Baluch)
PA -335139 Sepoy Maqbool Hussain
Captain Zahoor Afridi Shaheed , SJ (Baluch) 1965
Major Sabir Kamal Meyer Shaheed, SJ and Bar ( FF) 1971
Honorary Captain Raja Sultan Sikandar SJ (2nd Punjab) 1965
PJO - ? Risaldar Riaz Ul Hassn (Risala)
PA - ? Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed, NH, SJ (6 FF) SJ (1965) NH (1971)
PA - 3263. Lt. Col. Mazhar-ul-Qayyum Shaheed, SJ
PA - 6988. Capt. Farooq Nawaz Janjua. SJ (1965)
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PA - Captain Mujeeb Faqrullah Khan 25th FFR (Chamb-Jorian Sector 1971, for taking Picket 707 with the 1 Masud Battalion and defending it to death on December 4, 1971)
PA-136 Brigadier/Colonel Sher Muhammad Khan SJ (First Sitara.e.Jurat-Kashmir Operation 1948) as Sector Commander
PA- Capt Sher Badshah Mahsud SJ (Kashmir Operation 1948)
Lt. Col. Ihsan Ali Khan SJ,FK (War of liberation of Gilgit & Baltistan)1948-49 as Area Commander Kargil-
PA4117 Major Malik Aftab Ahmed Khan S.J.(Corps of Engineer) 1965(For blowing "BATAPUR BRIDGE") Author of "Persian Pipeline" Year 1955.
PA 5954 Brig. Syed Hazur Hasnain, SJ & Bar (1965 & 1971)
PA3611 Brig. Jamal Mohammad S.J. S(IM). SBt. (18 Baloch Fazilka - Sulaimanki Sector 1971)
PA - Lt. Col. Abdur Rehman (Shaheed) SJ, (The First (SP) Med Regt Arty (FF)), Battle of Phillaurah, 1965
PA - Major Khadim Hussain Bangash (1 Armoured, 5 Brigade) destroyed three enemy tanks with an abandoned recoilless rifle at Khem
Kiran.
PA - Maj M.Zia Ud Din Uppal SJ (30 SP ARTY Reg-War of 1965)
PA - Lt. Col. Rasheed Kayani, SJ, (The First (SP) Med Regt Arty (FF))Battle of Phillaurah and Chawindah, 1965
PA - Lt. Col. Sahibzad Gul (Shaheed) SJ, 6 Lancers, Khem Karan, 1965-
PA - Lt. Col. Haq Nawaz Kayani (Shaheed) SJ & Bar, (Kashmir, 1965) 9th Bn Azad Kashmir Regular Forces , (Leepa Valley, 1972)-
PA - Brig Pervez hassan khan niazi, Sitare Jurat, Sitare Imtiaz, 1971
PA - Brig K Parvez Nasir, Sitare Jurat, 13 Lancers, 1971
PA - Capt. Israr Haider (Shaheed) SJ, Kargil 1999
PA - Capt. Kashif Khaleel,SJ 12 NLI, Kargil 1999
Sep. Bakhmal Jan (Shaheed) SJ, 12 NLI Kargil, 1999
PA - Lt. Col Ghulam Rasul Raja MC, SJ (16th Punjab - 1948 -> capture of territory in Indian kashmir)
PA - Maj. Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed (3rd Punjab - Indo-Pakistani War of 1965)
PA - 7415 Colonel Sher ur Rehman SJ (29 Cavalry - 1971 War East Pakistan) (Called by the name of "the Desert Fox" at that time) (A P.O.W. at Agra jail in India for a year facing several death sentences at that time, but he came to Pakistan during the P.O.W. exchange treaty b/w the two countries and later served in the Army)
PA - 1986 Major General Amir Hamza Khan HJ , SJ (10-Punjab, Commander 105 Independent Brigade 1971 War)
PA Brigadier Mohammad Akhlaq Abbasi, SJ ( 4 FF-1971 War East Pakistan)
PA - Maj Abdul Ghani SJ (9 Heavy Regiment Artillery)
PA - ? Maj M.Zia Ud Din Uppal SJ (30 SP ARTY Reg-War of 1965)
PA – 882. Maj Gen Muhammad Jamshed MC, SJ
PA - Brigadier Liaqat Asrar Bokhari
PA - Brigadier Muzaffar Khan Zahid (11th PAVO Cavalry FF)
PA – 959. Brig Nisar Ahmed Khan SJ
PA – Brig Tanvir Ahmed Khan SJ, SI(M), FF, (Commanding Officer 5 NLI, Kargil)
PA - ? Maj Malik Munawar Khan Awan SJ (21 Azad Kashmir Regiment)
PA – 3682 Maj. Saiyed Naseem Haider Rizvi (Shaheed) SJ (14 Baloch)
PA – 4865. Capt Agha Abdul Rehman Ahmedzai Baloch SJ
PA – 5274. General Shamim Alam Khan NI(M), HI(M), SJ, SBt-(28 CAVALRY-CHAMB HUNTERS)
PA – 5505. Maj Saeed Tiwana SJ
PA – 5779. Maj Gen Hidayatullah Khan Niazi SJ
PA - ? . Lt. Gen. Shah Rafi Alam SJ, HI(M) SBt.
PA – 6487. Lt Gen Muhammad Tariq SJ
PA – 6726. Maj Raja Nadir Pervez SJ
PA – 6910. Maj Farouk Adam Khan SJ
PA – 7280. Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal Janjua HI(M), SJ, SBt
PA – 31999. Capt Umair Iftikhar Ahmed Shaheed, SJ (1st Punjab) (Kargil Front 1999)
PA – 12855. Brig Arshad Zaman SJ
PA Major later Brigadier Muhammad Aslam Janjua (Late), Indo-Pak War of 1965, R/o village Wagh, Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, District Jhelum.
PA – ? Lt Gen Masood Aslam SJ, HI
PA – ? Lieutenant Mohammad Qais Bangash SJ (A.M.C)
PA – ? Major Raza Shah SJ (Armored Corps)
PA – ? Capt Sagheer Hussain SJ
PA - ? Major Saeed Ullah Jung SJ (39 Baluch)
PA -335139 Sepoy Maqbool Hussain
Captain Zahoor Afridi Shaheed , SJ (Baluch) 1965
Major Sabir Kamal Meyer Shaheed, SJ and Bar ( FF) 1971
Honorary Captain Raja Sultan Sikandar SJ (2nd Punjab) 1965
PJO - ? Risaldar Riaz Ul Hassn (Risala)
PA - ? Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed, NH, SJ (6 FF) SJ (1965) NH (1971)
PA - 3263. Lt. Col. Mazhar-ul-Qayyum Shaheed, SJ
PA - 6988. Capt. Farooq Nawaz Janjua. SJ (1965)
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