F-86 Sabres of Pakistan Air Force

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Air Vice Marshal Abdul Masood Khan, HI(M), SJ, a decorated Ghazi of the 1965 War.

 

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Legendry men above, may Allah bless their souls.

 

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Flt Lt Yusuf Ali Khan nurses his damaged F-86F Sabre back to Sargodha on 3 September 1965 after surviving a 6 vs 1 melee with IAF Gnats. Later in the war, Flt Lt Yusuf would get his pound of flesh when he would shoot down an IAF Gnat flown by F/L A.N. Kale, who managed to eject safely.

The image shows the damaged F-86F (S/N 553870) at Sargodha.