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Our Heroes need their identity back

He was the only child of his parents. Despite having many opportunities,
he chose to become a soldier. He loved wearing the khaki uniform.
He initially joined the Pakistan Army and later became part of the
Army Aviation No. 3 Squadron.

On July 3, 1975, he took off in his Cessna.

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Original Pic of P/O Rashid Minhas Shaheed NH standing at PAF Mauripur Base
looking very smart circa April'1971 aged 20 years where he was last posted.
Mashallah !!

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RAF now PAF Base Kohat..... Feb. 1944
پی اے ایف بیس کوہاٹ ۔۔۔۔۔فروری 1944
A No. 2 squadron pilot is helped with his parachute by an airman at RAF now PAF Base Kohat.
Cecil Beaton's visit to RIAF Kohat
Beaton arrived at Kohat on 25th Feb 1944 and got to photograph Indian pilots of No.2 Squadron during the visit and some of these have recently surfaced on the IWM website.
Photo By
Cecil Beaton

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A-5 destroyed a lot of careers...lot of very talented pilots got posted to A5 sqns and never really went much further
 
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Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam (MM Alam), SJ with Bar, SI (M), Popularly nicknamed as 'Little Dragon'


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Ground Crew

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