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…”
Pak-India War-1965: PAF downed a total of about 65 Indian planes while losing only 19 planes.
Pak-India War- 1971: PAF destroyed a total of 110 Indian planes while losing about 40 planes.
War of Attrition- Middle East – 1973: The PAF got chance to prove their abilities and expertise in air combats in 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.
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