Chiefs of the Air Staff - Pakistan Air Force

ACM Farooq F. Khan posing in an F-104A at Sargodha.

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ACM Jamal A Khan (5 March 1985 - 8 March 1988), ACM Hakimullah Khan Durrani (9 March 1988 - 9 March 1991) and ACM Farooq Feroze Khan (9 March 1991 - 8 November 1994).

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Picture shows a smiling Hakimullah with the IAF Gnat at Sargodha. There were two F-104s in the air during that engagement.

The first F-104A (already airborne) was flown by Abbas Mirza and the second F-104A launched from Sargodha was piloted by Hakimullah.

Note: PAF F-86F Sabre parked behind it under a clear sky with trees in the background.

Source: Eagles of Destiny, Volume 2, by Usman Shabbir and Yawaz Mazhar.

Picture Courtesy: Usman Shabbir
 
Air Marshal Nur Khan checks one of the first F-6 (MiG-19) delivered to Pakistan. The type served PAF for thirty-five years and was finally retired in 2002, when the last F-6 squadron (No. 23 ‘Talons’) re-equipped with new F-7PG aircraft.

The type logged more than 400,000 sorties (approx 300,000 hrs) in 37 years. In total 260 F-6s were procured.

Picture Courtesy: Usman Shabbir

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Air Marshal Nur Khan checks one of the first F-6 (MiG-19) delivered to Pakistan. The type served PAF for thirty-five years and was finally retired in 2002, when the last F-6 squadron (No. 23 ‘Talons’) re-equipped with new F-7PG aircraft.

The type logged more than 400,000 sorties (approx 300,000 hrs) in 37 years. In total 260 F-6s were procured.

Picture Courtesy: Usman Shabbir

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Love that state about the F-6

More sorties then actual hours flown....
 

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