Pilots of Pakistan Air Force ( PAF )

[Arsalan]

PAF F-16 Kills of Soviet-Afghan War Era:
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The Table do not include ALL PAF kill figures of 1979-1988 Soviet Afghan War as some of the data remains classified with PAF
http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/airforce/war/indexafghanwar.html
regards!

 

[Trailer23]

At Sir MuradK's request, i'm gonna stick to the rules of this being about PAF pilots.

Ever notice whenever you type 'PAF F-16' on Google Images, it some how manages to find a very famous picture of Air Commodore (Ret) Kaiser Tufail. The very one which is used in video clips on YouTube & perhaps as Avatars on our this very forum (if not others).

I managed to dig up an interview of his which was taken by a Faisal Riaz in August 2011. It is worth reading as he speaks about joining the PAF in '73, his time on various Jets, comparing US equipment with Russian & life after PAF. If interested, click on the link below:

A Dialogue with an Aviator - Kaiser Tufail

 

[virkambhatt]

Nice photo collection and information about the pilots. I want to ask a question that how a normal man can become a pilot and is there any age limit for pilot. I want to know about it.

 

[Arsalan]

The Deadly Griffins Vs Sukhois :

On 17th May,1986, Sqn Ldr Hameed Qadri shot down two Afghani Su-22s in single sortie(1 AIM-9L Kill,1 Gun Kill) during CAP over Parachinar, while flying F-16A (Sr no 85-723) from No.9 Sqn 'Griffins'.

The thick black portion on F-16's 20mm gun shows the rage spitted by it during the dogfight.

 

[fatman17]

at one time the official LM website boasted that PAF had 16 confirmed kills by its F16's. at that juncture Israel was the only other country employing its F16's in combat.

 

[Arsalan]

Three more Soviet Afghan planes fall victim to PAF Tail Choppers, The F-16 Squadron No. 14

Flt. Lt. Khalid Mehmood (No.14Sqn)
Flt. Lt. Khalid Mehmood have three Soviet-Afghan aircraft kills to his credit.

Flt Lt Khalid Mehmood (RIGHT) being present Ak-47 from Lt.Gen Ghazi-Ud-Din.

Flt. Lt. Khalid Mehmood's F-16

The details are as follow:

On 12th September,1988, Flt. Lt. Khalid Mehmood (No.14Sqn) scrambled from Kamra at 700hrs.He was flying lead in F-16A (Sr.No 85728). He shot down a Soviet Mig-23MLD over Nawagai ,while he was in an altitude of 135 degrees of bank (ie near inverted) at 33,000 ft. His AIM-9L smashed the No.4 aircraft.

On 3rd November,1988, Flt. Lt. Khalid Mehmood & Sqn Ldr Ehetsham Zakariya (No.14Sqn) spotted 6 Afghani Sukhois ( 3 on ground support and 3 flying top cover ) in Tull, near Kohat. Flt Lt Khalid was flying No.2 in F-16A Sr. No 84-717.
Khalid obtained a lock on the No. 2 aircraft, which was flying on the southern side of the formation. The F-16 lead pilot obtained a visual tally, with Khalid following suit moments later. At this time both F-16s were still at 10,000 ft while the bandit - which was confirmed as a Su-22 was some 7000 ft higher.

Khalid's lead elected to press home his attack, but the Su-22 pilot then showed good tactical sense by turning to face the threat. This prevented the first F-16 from getting off a missile, although that its pilot had experienced some difficulty with his Sidewinder which may have prevented him from engaging.

In choosing to evade the threat posed by the leading F-16, the Su-22 pilot placed himself at the risk of attack by Khalid, who wasted no time in making a hard right turn into the Su-22. He duly launched an AIM-9L from a range of 2.7 nm in a head-on pass. While all that was going on, the lead F-16 began maneuvering into a position which would enable him to engage the Su-22 with gunfire from a six-o'clock position. He still had some way to go when Khalid's Sidewinder struck home , smoke and panels falling from the damaged fighter, which continued flying about 10 nm inside Pakistan.

Khalid realised very quickly that the Su-22 was damaged. he waited a few more seconds before launching another AIM-9L at an aspect angle of about 150-160 degrees, this barely leaving the rail before the enemy pilot ejected . This missile also scored a direct hit, causing the Su-22 to break in two and headed earthwards on fire. The Afghani pilot was captured after bailing out and taken POW.

On 31st January ,1989, Flt. Lt. Khalid Mehmood (No.14Sqn) while flying solo night 'hot' scramble in F-16B was directed to investigate a border violation near Bannu and he duly headed towards the area at 10,000 ft under GCI direction. As Khalid moved closer under GCI control, the aircraft put its lights on and was revealed to be An-24. Under the rules of engagement then in fore, Khalid was directed to let it go, so he pulled up and began flying above it, advising GCI that it looked like the An-24 was planning to land. Ultimately the transport made an approach to the River Kuram ( a dried-up river bed) and the pilot may have been under the impression that it was paved runway.

Moments after touching down, the An-24 Struck a palm tree and engulfed in a massive explosion, followed by numerous detonations as the load of ammunition it was carrying 'cooked-off' in the intense heat .
This is regarded as 'Manoeuvre' Kill.

Then Flt. Lt. Khalid Mehmood is now a Group Captain and is serving in the Project JF-17 Thunder.

 

[asad71]

1.The only one from Asia (except Israel) who is listed as a Jet Ace. There are only 3/4 of the original Living Legends. Saiful Azam is one. He is regularly invited to attend their gathering in USA. Azam is a hero of BD, a hero of PAF where had earned an SJ, a hero of the Arabs who lavished honors on him and whose mothers rushed to name new born sons after him, and a legend of the Muslim world.

2. "To my friend friend, Saiful Azam / Anytime anywhere." That is how King Hussein had autographed the portrait presented to Azam.

3. "What Saiful Azam has achieved in a few moments, my Foreign Office had failed in years.", wrote FM Ayub. The Arabs, unhappy over Pakistan's CENTO Pact and attitude during the Suez crisis, opened up to Pakistan without reservation only after Azam had shot down the Israelis in 1967.

 

[Arsalan]

Squadron Np. 14: Tail Choppers
Flt Lt Badar-ul-Islam and Khalid Pervez Marwat

On 16th April , 1987 Flt Lt Badar-ul-Islam and Khalid Pervez Marwat were advised by the GCI that a border violation has occurred and that there are multiple targets almost directly ahead. Badar who is lead, was cruising at about 450 kt at an altitude of 11,000 ft on a heading of 240 degrees. He maintains altitude and heading and is reminded by his wingman of the need to undertake arming procedures. Badar completes the necessary drill and acknowledges that he has done so to his wingman. Moments later GCI informs him that there are four enemy aircraft at a 22-mile range.

Moments later, GCI reports that another enemy aircraft is still inside Pakistani airspace, so Badar rejects the original lock at a range of 16 miles. He changes to a new course of 260 degrees in order to engage the second pair, which is soon confirmed as being 4 miles inside the border. Badar is now at 16,000 ft and informs GCI that he has four contacts, with a lock-on at 15 miles. Two of the contacts are high and might be Mig-23s flying 'top cover'. The other two are lower, so Badar opts to pursue these, accelerating to 550 kt as he continues to close.

At a range of 6 miles, the growling tone of an AIM-9 becomes audible. Dynamic Launch Zone (DLZ) parameters are not satisfied so Badar continues to close , until at a range of 4 miles, the DLZ parameters are achieved. Visual evidence of this provided by a flashing circle on the HUD. At 3.4 miles from the target, while flying at an altitude of 21,500 ft on a heading 0f 280 degrees, Badar fires his first missile. This appears to come from the port wingtip rail and is almost certainly an AIM-9L.
He continues to close and lets go a second missile at 2.9 miles on the same heading but now at 23,000 ft. This comes from the starboard side and is probably an AIM-9P from the underwing stores station. The second missile has only been in flight for a few moments when a hit is observed at a range of 2.5 miles, with the target quite clearly flaming and entering a rapid left-hand spiraling descent. Badar watches for a moment or two, before breaking away at 2.1 miles and initiating a sharp left-hand descending turn as he dives for cover and heads for home. By then, the surviving 'bogie' is at 4 miles range and running almost as fast in the opposite direction as it hurries to get back across the border.

This was the first kill of No. 14's Sqn in this war Squadron leader Badar destroyed one Su-22 . The following is based on HUD film and voice transmissions between GCI (Ground Control Intercept), Badar and his wingman, but it is not known whether this was a standing CAP or a 'hot' scramble mission.

The interesting part of this encounter was that PAF F-16 didn't jettisoned fuel tanks during the dogfight. Flt Lt Badar left flying due to medical reasons and retired as Sqn Ldr, where as his wingman Khalid Pervez Marwat is still serving as Air Cdre.

 

[Last Hope]

Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail, today's birthday boy.

 

[fatman17]

Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail, today's birthday boy.

this pic was taken in china when the AirC was evaluationg the F-7PG prior to its induction into the PAF.

 

[Arsalan]

Tail Choppers are back..

Squadron No. 14 Tail Choppers first “Night Kill”

On 4th August ,1988 Sqn Ldr Athar Bokhari No.(14 Sqn) scrambled inF-16A 85-725 from Kamra at about 1900 hours, when he reached the area the four bandits returned back, so he began ‘Caping’.

At 1950 hrs GCI reported presence of four more bogies. At 5 nm, Athar was abeam the Su-25 and closing fast. In just a few moments, DLZ criteria were met, but Athar allowed the HUD circle to flash three or four times before firing his starboard AIM-9L at a range of 2.5 nm.

Within seconds of being hit by Athar's sidewinder, the Su-25 pilot (Colonel Alexandrov of the Soviet Armed Forces) ejected. He was subsequently captured and interrogated. He is currently serving PAF as AM

This was the highest-ranking victim of an aerial engagement involving the PAF.The Su-25 was being flown by Soviet Col Alexander Rutskoi. He later rose to be the Vice President of Russia!

 

[mylovepakistan]

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[Tehmasib]

 

[MM_Haider]

please don't troll.. just prove if the facts below are wrong...

On August 14, Pakistan celebrated its 65th Birthday. One thing missing during the celebration, as in the past, is media’s not mentioning of stories of many Pakistani pilots who acted beyond their duty to defend brotherly Arab nations from Israeli attacks.

During the so-called ‘Six Day War‘ (1967) which generated American Jewish support for the Zionist entity for the first time – Pakistani pilot Saiful Azam joined tiny Jordanian Airforce. On June 5, Saiful Azam engaged four Israeli jets over Jordanian Mafraq air base. He shot down a Mystére commanded by Israeli pilot H. Boleh and damaged another that crash-landed in Israeli territory. Two days later, Jordanian airforce commander sent Saiful Azam to help Iraqi airforce. While piloting the Iraqi Hunter Azam shot down two of the Israeli attacking planes. Pakistani pilots shot down a total of ten Israeli jets during 1967 war without losing a pilot or aircraft.[/B]

Saiful Azam, native of East Pakistan – joined Bangladesh Air Force in 1971. Both the US and Israel helped India to create Bangladesh out of East Pakistan. Saiful Azam has the unique honor of the only pilot in the world who downed four Israeli jets – and served in four airforces; Pakistan, Jordan, Iraq and Bangladeshi. He also hold world record of shooting-down three kinds of military aircrafts in two different air forces.

During October 1973 Israel’s Yom Kippur war on its Arab neighboring countries – A squadron of Pakistan’s Pakistan Air Force (PAF) arrived in Syria to fight alongside the SAF and halt the Israeli advance over the Golan Heights. The PAF pilots Sattar Alvi and Arif Mansoor, engaged and shot down an Israeli F-4 Phantom over Egyptian airspace. Another dogfight between the PAF and IAF over Syrian airspace came to a memorable end with Pakistan obliterating the Israeli Mirage IICJ flown by M. Lutz with air-to-air missiles. This was enough to convince other Israeli fighter planes to bug out and abort all further incursions into Syria.

Other Pakistani pilots who joined Syrian force as volunteers included future Air Marshal Nur Khan, Salem Metla and Shahbaz Khan. Late President of Syria Hafiz Assad awarded two of the pilots the country’s highest decorations Wisaam Faris and Wisaam Shuja'at for their gallantry.

Pakistani air force states that all its 12 volunteer pilots scored direct hits against Israeli aircrafts and suffered no losses. During the 1973 war, Flt. Lt. A. Sattar Alvi became the first Pakistani pilot, flying a Syrian aircraft to shoot down an Israeli Mirage in air combat. Similarly on the Egyptian front, PAF pilot Flt. Lt. M. Hatif , flying an Egyptian MiG-21 shot down an Israeli F-4 phantom in an air combat. Pakistani Air Force did not lose a single pilot or aircraft in any of the wars.




Terminal X: Pakistani pilots who shot down 10 Israeli jets

 

[Manticore]