Images - Pakistan Air Force in the Mirror of History.

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Painting depicting an RPAF Officer with his Harvard in Gilgit, 1947.

 

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Shenyang F-6 & Mirage IIIEP Over Karakorum.

 

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US once offered 110 A-7 H Corsairs to Pakistan air force,

A-7 were offered by Dr. Kissenger as a "carrot" to Pakistan for its nuclear program. Pakistan never entertained this offer because these aircrafts had no tactical value to PAF. Read all the official and unofficial records or reports of PAF and you will never find them showing any interest in these aircrafts.

PAF was offered 50 F-5E by Carter Administration in 1978 but again PAF never entertained this offer. Prior to this offer US offered more F-104 which again were never entertained by PAF because by than they had withdrawn their depleted fleet of F-104A from service. After the invasion of Afghanistan by the Russian, Carter Admin. offered Pakistan $400 million aid for five-years which included forwarding on impounded Iranian F-4 which was later withdrawn because of trade for hostage with Iran.

Again, after Russian invasion of Afghanistan some congressman made a suggestion that PAF offered those 110 A-7 but the administration never gave a second thought. Prior to agreeing offer F-16 A/B to PAF a combo of F-5G and F-16 J79 were offered to PAF which they rejected. Portugal, Thailand, and Greece received used A-7 in the mid-80's not in 70's.

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The Mi-6 Helicopter Crashed During Evaluation Flight for Pakistan Air Force. The PAF crew and the Russian pilot were killed.1 Air Man Survived The flight Engineer Syed Irshaad Hussain.

 

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The Mi-6 Helicopter Crashed During Evaluation Flight for Pakistan Air Force. The PAF crew and the Russian pilot were killed.1 Air Man Survived The flight Engineer Syed Irshaad Hussain.

That happened in the year 1968, the narration which I heard was that at the time of the crash the helicopter was carrying some external cargo thru the cargo hook.

 

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Harbin H-5/B-56 jet bomber, Chinese copy of the Soviet Ilyushin Il-28 "Beagle" jet bomber.
These bombers served PAF for very short period of time from 1966 to 1969 before their return to China in favour of more F-6's..

 

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49 GD, 4 Sqn, PAF Academy 1969.

 

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Pilots of No # 18 Squadron with their Officer Commanding, 1990.

 

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late'1980s classic shot of Mirages and F-16 flying over snow clad mountains of Karakoram range.

 

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Quaid visit to PAF Risalpur in April, 1948...

 

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Legendary Falcons of the PAF Wing Commander Masood Ahmed Sikandar (Sitara-i-Juraat) flew his last sortie today at 5:17 PM CST to meet his maker.

May Allah SWT raise him to the highest of abodes & grant the family the strength & fortitude to bear this tremendous loss. Ameen

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

Wing Commander Masood Ahmed Sikander, in the capacity as Wing Leader, proved to be an excellent operational commander.

He flew with zeal and enthusiasm and completed seventeen close support sorties and three air defence missions during these operations.
Whilst attacking enemy armor, he was wounded when his aircraft was hit by ground fire.

For his valour, courage and excellent leadership Wing Commander Masood Ahmed Sikander was awarded Sitara-i-Juraat.

(Flt Lt Masood Sikander in front of the Fighter aircraft "Tempest" in 1958 at PAF Mauripur.)

 

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Today in History 5th December marks the martyrdom anniversary of three brave sons of soil, Squadron Leader Ishfaq Qureshi (SJ), Flight Lieutenant Zulfiqar Ahmad (SJ) and Flight Lieutenant Javed Iqbal (TJ) and Flight Lieutenant Javed Iqbal, the youngest pilot in his squadron volunteered to take part in the bomber operations of PAF. In recognition to the courage, enthusiasm and dedication of these exemplary airmen, the government of Pakistan awarded them with gallantry awards.




Today we honor the brave Pakistan Air Force martyrs who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. We will never forget the valiant souls who sacrificed their lives for our country.