History & Operations of Wars of Pakistan Air Force

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Pakistan & India Airforce POWs Exchange.

On 22 January 1966 in Delhi, Pakistan and India exchanged Air Force POWs from the September 1965 conflict as a goodwill measure tied to General Musa’s visit and the Tashkent Declaration.

Pakistan released seven Indian Air Force pilots; India released three Pakistan Air Force personnel. The ceremony included the arrival of a PAF aircraft, relatives waving, garlanding of the Pakistani returnees, a formal handover lineup, and a handshake between officials.

PAF POWs: Flying Officer Shaukat-ul-Islam (F-86), Flight Lieutenant Sheikh (pilot), Flight Lieutenant B.A. Choudhary (B-57).

IAF pilots: Squadron Leader O.N. Kakar (Hunter), Flight Lieutenant V.M. Mayadev (Gnat), Flying Officer M.M. Lowe (Canberra), Flying Officer M.V. Singh (Hunter), Flight Lieutenant Sadarangani Lal (Mystère IV), Flight Lieutenant K.C. Carriapa (Hunter), Squadron Leader B.P.S. Sikand (Gnat).

Special thanks to Mr. Usman Shabbir for providing the pilots’ information.

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A defected Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force Antonov An-26, repainted in PAF roundels and carrying the registration J-754, was photographed at Chaklala Air Base, Rawalpindi, on 21 February 1988 by renowned aviation photographer Peter Steinemann.

An Afghan Air Force An-26 defected to Pakistan on 22 September 1984. Colonel Haji Fakir (also referred to as Haji Fakir Ahmad) diverted the aircraft (reported as serial №278) during a routine flight and landed it at Miranshah Air Base in Pakistan. The crew sought asylum.

Pakistan Air Force personnel later ferried the aircraft under the threat of possible Soviet or Afghan retaliation. It was taken into PAF service, repainted with Pakistan Air Force roundels, and given the registration J-754 (sometimes simply listed as 754). It served for a period, including with No. 12 Squadron, before being preserved at the PAF Museum in Karachi.

Note that other Afghan aircraft (fighters, helicopters, and others) also defected to Pakistan during the Soviet-Afghan War, but the Antonov An-26 registered J-754 is the specific transport aircraft linked to the 1984 defection and the later PAF markings.