Images - Pakistan Air Force in the Mirror of History.

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Fokker F-27....

 

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First Jet-powered combat Aircraft for Pakistan Air Force was "Attacker".

 

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HISTORY OF PAF
1959
On 10 April 1959, on the occasion of the Islamic Eid ul-Fitr festival holiday in Pakistan, anIndian Air Force (IAF) English Electric Canberra B(I)58 entered Pakistani airspace on a photo reconnaissance mission. Two PAF F-86F Sabres from No. 15 Squadron on Air Defence Alert (ADA) were scrambled from Sargodha Air Base to intercept the IAF aircraft. The Sabre pilots were Flt. Lt. M. N. Butt (leader) and Flt. Lt. M. Yunis (wingman)(Later Air Vice Marshal) whereas Pilot Officer Rab Nawaz was the on-duty Air Defence Controller for this mission. Nawaz successfully vectored both Sabres to the location of the high-flying Canberra. Butt attempted to bring down the Canberra by firing his Sabre’s machine guns, but the Canberra was flying at an altitude of more than 50,000 feet – beyond the operational ceiling of the F-86F. When Yunis took over from his leader, the Canberra suddenly lost height while executing a turn over Rawalpindi. Yunis grabbed this opportunity and fired a burst from his 12.7 mm guns that struck the Canberra at an altitude of 47,500 feet and brought it down over Rawat, near Rawalpindi. Marking the first aerial victory of the PAF . ’55-5005′ was the serial number of the F-86F Sabre that was flown by Flt. Lt. Yunis that day. Both the occupants of the IAF Canberra, namely Sqn. Ldr. J.C. Sen Gupta (pilot) and Flt. Lt. S.N. Rampal (navigator) from the IAF’s No. 106 Sqn., ejected and were captured by Pakistani authorities and were subsequently released after remaining in detention for some time.

 

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Air Force Day Celebrations At Pakistan Air Force Station, Drig Road, Karachi on 10 January, 1965.

Courtesy - Ahmed Alvi

 

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US once offered 110 A-7 H Corsairs to Pakistan Air Force.​

 

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T-37 B “Tweety Bird” ...

 

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This is First Jeep being loaded at Gilgit..1950..

 

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Defenders of a new republic - Pakistan Air Force​

 

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PAF also operated H 5(Based on IL 28) Bombers given by China to complement B 57 bombers.
But then they were sent back to China in exchange for F 6 fighters.

 

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Pakistan Air Force participated in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Pakistan during 1997, along with the Royal Air Force's aerobatics team 'Red Arrows'.

PAF Academy Risalpur flew a flypast over Fatima Jinnah Park Islamabad, comprising 21 MFI-17 ( Mushshak Training Aircraft); displaying figure of 50 (as seen from ground).

This was a historical event because it was first time ever (and perhaps the last too) that such a large number of Mushshak aircraft flew a flypast close formation, displaying a complicated figure of 50.

This was 24 Nov 1997, RAF team 'Red Arrows' also displayed after this flypast.

 

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Air Commodore Farhat Hussain (below image) receiving F-16 model then Wing Commander completed this daring task & received Sitara-e-Basalat.
He retired as Air Marshal in 2014.

Lt General Ehsan Ul Haq wearing Griffins jacket as Joints Chief of Staff giving away model around when embargoed F-16s started coming in part of EDA stock somewhere 2005.

 

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The Supermarine Attacker was a British single-seat naval jet fighter built by Supermarine for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air arm (FAA). It was the FAA's first jet fighter.

36 Type 538 Attackers; land based version powered by Nene 4 engine were delivered to Pakistan Air Force in 1951. These first jet powered fighters in Pakistan Air Force’s service equipped No.11 squadron. Attackers had a relatively short service life and were phased out in 1958. The fighter aircraft was armed with 4 × Hispano No.3 Mark 5 20mm cannon.

 

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