PAF Squadrons History

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No: 9 Griffins..

 

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Pakistan Air Force No. 84 Combat Support Squadron nicknamed as "Dolphins" stationed at PAF Masroor under 32 Tactical Attack Wing equipped with State of the Art Agusta Westland AW139.

These AW139's are integrated with SAR, IR & Ultra Light weight FLIR suite allowing..

 

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Pilots Of No.9 Sqn Griffns (1994) at Sargodha Base....

 

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No. 7 Squadron, nicknamed the Bandits, is a tactical attack squadron of the #Pakistan Air Force. Which is under the No. 31 Tactical Attack wing. At firstx 7 Sqn was equipped with B-57 Canberra. It was later decided to reequip the Bandits with Dassault Mirage IIIO fighters procured from Australia in 1991. In 1997 the unit received the ex-Australian Mirage IIIO fighters, which had been upgraded under Project ROSE. These ROSE I fighters had been installed with new avionics, including FIAR Grifo M3 radar, which allowed the squadron's role to be changed from tactical attack to multi-role. The squadron was deployed over Balochistan for air defence prior to Pakistan's nuclear tests in 1998. Mirage of No 7 Squadron carried out test of Ra'ad missile.

 

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In 1952 No 11 Sqn, Drigh Road (now Faisal) Air Base formed an aerobatics team with the curious name "The Paybills" which happened to be the sqn's call sign. This was PAF's first jet aerobatics team flying the squadron's Attackers.

 

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50 years ago Today,

PAF F-86E (Canadair CL-13) flown by F/L Maqsood Amir from No.18 Sqn "Sharp Shooters" shot down

IAF MiG-21 flown by F/L Tejwant Singh who became POW.
Dogfight took place over Kasur.

 

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An Excellent Painting By Kamran Ahmad, Depicting All The Aircraft Used By No # 9 Squadron Of Pakistan Air Force.

A) Hawker Tempest
B) Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
C) Dassault Mirage V
D) F16-A

 

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Men at work....

 

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Few know that #Griffins were first PAF squadron to induct Mirage V when they phased out F-104 in 1972, 50 years ago. They also became first dedicated OCU for Mirages.
They flew Mirages for 11 years before converting to F-16s. 22 Sqn was raised to replace #Griffins as Mirage OCU..

 

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Mirage from No.8 TA Sqn "Haiders" taking off with REK Standoff Munition Haiders, a battle hardened unit of PAF is privileged to drop 600 tons of munition over Indian Targets in 1965 and 1971.
Haiders with their B-57s destroyed 16 enemy aircraft on ground and damaged another 17.

 

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A pair of Martin B-57 Canberra from No. 8 TA Sqn. "Haiders" flying in the skies of Karachi circa 70's.

These aircrafts + squadron played a very exceptional role in 1965 PAK-INDO War..

 

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