Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Cdt. M. Haseeb Paracha
Country Pakistan
Unit 9th squadron "Griffins"
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 2000
Squadron Leader M Haseeb Paracha completed 1000 hours on the F-16 in 1998. He is presently (2003) an active pilot in the PAF and is serving as Wing Commander with 1400+ hours on the Viper.

2003: His latest assignment is Commanding Officer at 9 sqn, PAF AB Sargodha


2003: Commanding Officer at 11 Squadron

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Wg.Cmd. Aamir Masood
Country Pakistan
Unit 9th squadron "Griffins"
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 2000
Currently flying Su-30MK1 for the Chinese Navy.

2006: Commanding Officer of 9 sqn.

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Wg.Cmd. Tariq Zia
Country Pakistan
Unit 9th squadron "Griffins"
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 2150
Commanding 9 sqn in 2007.

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Irfan Ahmed
Country Pakistan
Unit N/A
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 2015
2008: Undergoing course at NPS Monterey, CA , USA

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Cdr. Sayed Muzaffar Ali (Ret.)
Country Pakistan
Unit N/A
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 1000
He was the first PAF pilot to reach 1000 Viper hours, now Group Captain

Air commodore S. Muzaffar Ali passed away in the early morning on October 26th, 2005. He was one the first three pilots of the PAF who took training on the F-16 in a very short time period which set a record in the US Air History. Sayed Muzaffar Ali was one of three pilots who flew the very first fleet of three F-16s to Pakistan. Later he served as a Pakistan Air Attaché in the USA.

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Air Vice Marshall Athar Bokhari (Ret.)
Country Pakistan
Unit N/A
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 1500
See also April 8th, 1988, Sqn. Ldr. Athar Bokhari
Went to the PAF Combat Commanders School (an equivalent of Top Gun) as an instructor.

2006: Now flying the F-7 Skybolt and French made Mirage 3.

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Sqn.Ldr. Ali Asad Khan (Ret.)
Country Pakistan
Unit N/A
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 1000
Sadly Group Captain Ali Asad Khan died in a tragic accident while flying a Mirage aircraft in July 2001. His last assignment was (flying) CO at Masroor AB, Pakistan.

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Sqn.Ldr. Khalid Mahmood (Ret.)
Country Pakistan
Unit N/A
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 1350
See also Sqn. Ldr. Khalid Mahmood
Shot down 2 Mig-23MLD Floggers of the Russian AF on the Pakistani-Afghan border on September 12th, 1988 in an encounter with 6 Mig-23's.

Shot down an Afghan SU-22 on November 3rd, 1988.


Also intercepted an Afghan An-12 on January 12th, 1989 at night, but didn't fire a missile because the aircraft surrendered by flashing its lights. The aircraft crashed however, during landing in Pakistan.



2004: Currently he is the Project Manager of the JF-17 project.


2008: Retired.

 

[fatman17]

Viper Driver

Name Sqn.Ldr. Muhammad Azam
Country Pakistan
Unit N/A
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 1000

 

[Windjammer]

Viper Driver

Name Cdt. M. Haseeb Paracha
Country Pakistan
Unit 9th squadron "Griffins"
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 2000
Squadron Leader M Haseeb Paracha completed 1000 hours on the F-16 in 1998. He is presently (2003) an active pilot in the PAF and is serving as Wing Commander with 1400+ hours on the Viper.

2003: His latest assignment is Commanding Officer at 9 sqn, PAF AB Sargodha


2003: Commanding Officer at 11 Squadron

Currently, as a Group Captain, he is serving at PAF HQ Peshawar.

 

[Jigs]

That is actually a pretty good number of flight ours considering the small size of the PAK F-16 force. Good number of vets out their in the PAF.

This is also considering these guys probably flew other aircraft before this.

 

[fatman17]

That is actually a pretty good number of flight ours considering the small size of the PAK F-16 force. Good number of vets out their in the PAF.

This is also considering these guys probably flew other aircraft before this.

the list is possibly not complete!

 

[TaimiKhan]

Viper Driver

Name Wg.Cmd. Aamir Masood
Country Pakistan
Unit 9th squadron "Griffins"
Flying F-16s
Viper Hours 2000
Currently flying Su-30MK1 for the Chinese Navy.

2006: Commanding Officer of 9 sqn.

This is something amazing and kind of shocking.

 

[fatman17]

This is something amazing and kind of shocking.

why shocking - its good to know what the adversary is flying - thanks to our chinese friends!

 

[Jigs]

the list is possibly not complete!

Are you doing all the PAF viper pilots ?