From The Vault

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Napalm, is it banned now?

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2 PAF F86 Sabres after dropping payload on Indian positions (1965)

 

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Tomb of Captain Sarwar is a mosque, a simple yet elegant white marble canopy towering over a tablet
Upon close examination we figure out it's not a grave but a cenotaph
The soldier is buried elsewhere, in the very battleground where he fell which lies on the Indian side of LOC https://t.co/UjbuxNl7xc

A belated tribute
The first Nishan e Haider
A Param Vir Chakra
An Iconic Artist
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North of Mandra driving due Rawat a road leads to a Potohari village named Sanghori
A monument here remembers Captain Sarwar Shaheed, Awwal Nishan e Haider

(portrait: https://t.co/UUSCJKTK8y) https://t.co/1x8cIlvPKT
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Tomb of Captain Sarwar is a mosque, a simple yet elegant white marble canopy towering over a tablet
Upon close examination we figure out it's not a grave but a cenotaph
The soldier is buried elsewhere, in the very battleground where he fell which lies on the Indian side of LOC https://t.co/UjbuxNl7xc

Tomb of Captain Sarwar is a mosque, a simple yet elegant white marble canopy towering over a tablet
Upon close examination we figure out it's not a grave but a cenotaph
The soldier is buried elsewhere, in the very battleground where he fell which lies on the Indian side of LOC https://t.co/UjbuxNl7xc

 

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The Param Vir Chakra of Tithwal
A few days before Capt Sarwar, and north of Tilpatra battlefield witnessed another display of valour
On ni 17/18 Jul attack on Tithwal, Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat of 6 Rajputana Rifles earned glory
portrait: https://t.co/M6SdOCIm1d https://t.co/XqbiepXHpk

Tomb of Captain Sarwar is a mosque, a simple yet elegant white marble canopy towering over a tablet
Upon close examination we figure out it's not a grave but a cenotaph
The soldier is buried elsewhere, in the very battleground where he fell which lies on the Indian side of LOC https://t.co/UjbuxNl7xcView attachment 656587View attachment 656588

 

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The Param Vir Chakra of Tithwal
A few days before Capt Sarwar, and north of Tilpatra battlefield witnessed another display of valour
On ni 17/18 Jul attack on Tithwal, Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat of 6 Rajputana Rifles earned glory
portrait: https://t.co/M6SdOCIm1d https://t.co/XqbiepXHpkView attachment 656589

CHM Piru Singh neutralized three machine guns despite being hit by splinters
The soldier fell to a bullet in his head but after clearing the third machine gun bunker providing vital support to ongoing attack
He was awarded Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime gallantry medal https://t.co/kYAB9n0HGI

 

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Sqn. Ldr. Abdul Hameed Qadri
Sqn. Ldr. Qadri of No. 9 Squardon (PAF Sargodha) shot down 2 Afghan Su-22s on May 17, 1986. While on a CAP (Combat Air Patrol) with his No. 2, he was directed by the radar controller to intercept 4 enemy planes violating Pakistani air space near Parachinar. The pilots took the appropriate offensive position and after visually identifying the targets, Sqn. Ldr. Qadri shot down 2 of them, one with a AIM-9L sidewinder and the other with guns. He did an outstanding job of engaging the targets, maintaining excellent situation awareness, and remaining extremely cool in trying conditions. The PAF awarded Sitara-i-Basalat to Squadron Leader Hameen Qadri. He is seen in the picture on the left beside the wing of SU-22.
Sqn. Ldr. Qadri also commanded the F-6 and F-7P squardons of CCS (Combat Commanders School, PAF Sargodha) in 1993-94 and then became Officer Commanding CCS.

 

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Air Commodore Ret. Sattar Alvi

 

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Flt Lt Safdar Mahmood

 

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Flt Lt Salimuddin Awan

 

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Blackhawk Down

 

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River crossing Sulimanki sector 71

 

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62nd death anniversary of Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed, recipient of Nishan-e-Haider, is being observed today @MoIB_Official @demp_gov @PTIofficial @OfficialDGISPR https://t.co/GsdJcvYOph https://t.co/TzbEv21DYx

 

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*An Unseen & Unsung PAF Hero*.

4 th Aug marks the 32nd Anniversary of the first ever aerial duel fought between PAF and Soviet Airforce.

On 4th August 1988, a star pilot and an acclaimed hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel Alexander Rutskoi Vladimirovich
Was shot down and captured
https://t.co/0C4VC9zIYs

 

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Victors