Pakistan Air Force
Vigil in the Sky

"A COUNTRY WITHOUT A STRONG AIR FORCE IS AT
THE MERCY OF ANY AGGRESSOR. PAKISTAN MUST
BUILD UP HER AIR FORCE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
IT MUST BE AN EFFICIENT AIR FORCE SECOND TO NONE."

Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(P.A.F. Academy, Risalpur April 13, 1948)

Khudi Ko Kar Buland Itna,
Kai Har Takdeer seh Pehlai,
Khuda Bandai Seh Khud Poochey,
Bata Teri Raza Kya Hai.

- Iqbal

SOME MISSIONS ARE IMPOSSIBLE....BUT PAF SEES IT POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF ALLAH!
listen to the background muziq!

Our great hero, Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas is someone who is remembered very sincerely and honoured till today by everyone in Pakistan.
May God rest his soul. Amen

PILOT OFFICER RASHID MINHAS

Born: 17 February 1951

Commissioned as a pilot in the Pakistan Air Force. Pilot Officer Minhas was taxiing for take-off on a routine training light when an Instructor Pilot forced his way to rear cockpit, seized control of the aircraft and took off. When Minhas realized that the absconding pilot was heading towards India, he tried to regain control of the plane but was unable to do so. Knowing that it meant certain death, he damaged the controls and forced the aircraft to crash thirty-two miles short of the border on 20 August 1971.

We as being the citizens of The Land of Pure have an obligation to remember and follow the path of our Defenders and those men who fought to keep The Pride of A Nation alive!! Therefore, we should keep our nation a peaceful land which was dreamt by our founder and the others who fought for the establishment of peace.

Pakistan's highest award for bravery: "Nishan-i-Haider"
It was also awarded to Officer Minhas, age

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I personally recommend you to go to Karachi, Pakistan and visit PAF museum! I went there in summer of '99 & 2000.
And DON'T forget to check out the PAF Souvenier shop. It's got awesome PAF stuff you would like to keep, like PAF wallet, PAF t-shirt, PAF Aircraft Models, Pakistan souveniers, etc...
Thinking about where to go next summer holidays??

HINT: Why not go to Pakistan for your next coming vacations!

ANSWER: Good idea,eh...

I bet you'll enjoy the wonderful mountains of Pakistan and the great cities.
'N Don't forget to go to THE PAF MUSEUM!! *CHEERS*

PAF RULES!

Let's Enjoy the Beauty of the F-16 'Fighting Falcon' !

WARS

Kashmir Operations - 1948:
This war ws the first combat test of PAF. It flew 437 sorties,
dropping 500 tons of supplies at Bunji, Skardu, Gilgit and Chilas
and losing no aircraft. Its fighters saw no action. During this war,
PAF got its first Sitara-i-Jurat when Sq.ldr. M.A.Dogar won it after
successfully dodging the Indians who were determined to shoot down his
Dakota Plane.

War Of 1965:
The 23 day conflict in September 1965 represented the zenith for the
Pakistan Air Force and could justify claims to be its country's crowning
glory. During this war, sq.ldr.M.M.Alam set a world record by shooting
down five Indian planes in just one battle. PAF proved the performance of
ts pilots by bombing Pathankot and Kalaikunda Air Bases, two of the most
important and heavily guarded complexes of the Indian Air Force.
PAF downed a total of about 65 Indian planes while losing only 19 planes.

The Arab-Israel War-1967:
During this war, PAF sent a contingent of its pilots and airmen to Egypt,
Jordan and Syria. PAF pilots performed excellently and downed about 10
Israeli planes including Mirages, Mysteres, Vautours without losing
a single plane of their own. Flt.Lt. Saif-ul-Azam was decorated by Jordan
and Iraq.
The performance of PAF pilots was praised by Israelis too.
Eizer Weizman ,then Chief Of Israeli Air Force said once about Air Marshal
Noor Khan :
"...He is a formidable person and I am glad that he is Pakistani not Egyptian..."

The Battle Of Sharoora - 1969:
In 1969, South Yemen, which was under the communist regime and a strong
ally of USSR, attacked and captured Mount Vadiya inside the province of
Sharoora in Saudi Arabia. Many PAF officers and men from different
branches who were serving in Khamis Mushayt (the closet airbase from the
battlefield), took active part in this battle in which the enemy was
ultimately driven back.

War Of 1971:
This war was mostly confined to the Eastern sector where only one PAF
squardon (no.14) was pitched against 10 Indian Air Force squardons. The
western sector saw limited action in the Punjab area. The war resulted in
the separation of the Eastern wing from Western Paksitan as Bangladesh.
PAF destroyed a total of 110 Indian plans while losing about 40 planes.
One major reason for the slightly poor performance of PAF can be given as
the defection of its Bengali crew to the Indians.

War Of Attrition - 1973:
The PAF was active again in the Middle East sector after about 6 years.
The PAF contingent deployed at Inchas Air Base (Egypt) was led by
Wg.Cmdr. Masood Hatif and five other pilots plus two air defence
controllers.
During this war, Flt.Lt Sattar Alvi was decorated by the Syrian goverment
when he shot down an Israeli Mirage over Golan Heights.

The Afghan War 1980-88:
During 1981-88, Pakistan experienced about 2000 air intrusions by Afghan/
Soviet forces. It shot down about 14 Afghan/Soviet aircraft over the years
and suffered one loss while chasing the intruders,albeit to its own
shooting down of an F-16.
This war helped Pakistan to acquire the latest F-16s aircraft from U.S.A
and modernise its air-defence system.

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