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7 unusual facts about Pakistan Air Force


Azra Sherwani

She married Nafees Sherwani, Air Commodore in the Pakistan Air Force.

Chaklala, Rawalpindi

It is home to a Pakistan Army garrison and a Pakistan Air Force base, along with associated unit HQs, depots and workshops, most of them present since the British era.

An important air base of the Pakistan Air Force, the Chaklala Airbase is also located here, and houses a permanent US military presence.

Dhok darbal

Most people of the Dhok Darbal prefer to join armed forces like Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force.

Highway strip

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has used the M2 motorway as a runway on two occasions: for the first time in 2000 when it landed an F-7P fighter, a Super Mushak trainer and a C-130 and, again, in 2010.

PAF F.C.

PAF F.C. is a Pakistani football representing the Pakistan Air Force based in Islamabad.

Zafar Chaudhry

Air Marshal Zafar Ahmed Chaudhry, SQA (born 19 August 1926) was the first Chief of Air Staff and a three-star general of the Pakistan Air Force from March 1972 to April 1974.


Battle of Garibpur

An intimately entangled part of this battle is the air battle over the Boyra Salient, the actual Battle of Boyra where the Mitro Bahini successfully engaged and destroyed strike elements of the Pakistan Air Force.

M. M. Alam Road

The road is named after flying ace of Pakistan Air Force, Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam who was the recipient of the Pakistani military decoration, the Sitara-e-Jurrat (The star of courage) and a bar to it for his dog fight during the Indo Pakistan War of 1965 when he downed five Indian aircraft in less than a minute, the first four within 30 seconds, establishing a world record.

Mushtaq Ahmed Baig

He was the leader in making improvements in the medical services in the Air Force and the Navy as well.

PAC MFI-17 Mushshak

MFI-17 Mushshak (Urdu: مشاق) (English: Proficient) is a licence-built fixed-gear basic trainer aircraft version of the Saab Safari, used by the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force.

Sattar Alvi

Alvi was commissioned in Pakistan Air Force in 1965 as a pilot officer, and had participated in 1965 Indo-Pak war and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 where had flown F-6 aircraft.

Underground hangar

Pakistan has an underground hangar facility for the Pakistan Air Force at PAF Base Mushaf, Sargodha, Punjab.


see also

Aamir Masood

He is one of the few pilots of the Pakistan Air Force that have flown the Sukhoi Su-30 Mk I with the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy.

PAF Public School

PAF Public School Sargodha -- a Pakistan Air Force operated boarding school in Sargodha, Pakistan

Perry-Keene

Allan Perry-Keene (1898–1987), British air marshal, first Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force

Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed

Krishna Tirath, Minister of Women and Child Development, apologized on behalf of her ministry for publishing a photograph of a former Pakistan Air Force chief in a government advertisement and said an inquiry will ascertain who was responsible for it.