F-6 of Pakistan Air Force

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Although now retired, it is still standing proud and majestic after having rendered invaluable and meritorious service to the Pakistani Air Force where some time it was facing off enemy's more superior combat aircrafts ! PAF Zinda Bad !

 

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Pakistan Air Force Shenyang F-6 serial 707, wearing the proud markings of the Combat Commanders’ School (CCS) — the PAF’s elite “Top Gun.”

Born in 1976 at Sargodha (now Mushaf), the CCS began with Mirages and F-6s. The F-6 flight soon earned the name “Dashings.” F-16s arrived later, then F-7s and JF-17s, but the spirit remained the same: forge elite leaders through the hardest tactics and weapons training.

The F-6 itself was no ordinary jet. After the 1965 embargo, Pakistan received around 260 of these Chinese-built MiG-19s. Heavily upgraded at Kamra with Western seats, avionics, Sidewinders and rockets, they became true workhorses. In the 1971 war three squadrons flew hundreds of combat sorties and claimed hard-won victories. The single-seaters retired in 2002, their legacy intact.

Serial 707, finished in the school’s clean white scheme and distinctive CCS emblem, still carries that proud history in every line.