Images - Pakistan Air Force in the Mirror of History.

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1979 .. CCS “ combat Commander school” also known as as Top Gun School Sargodha, instructors with Cecil Chaudhry sb on his left Salimuddin sb on his right Najeeb Akhtar sb.

 

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1979, CCS instructors - L-R: Suleiman Nabi sb, Amanullah khan sb, Javed Latif sb, Salimuddin sb

 

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The numbers are GDP course.

Sitting on the wing are (L-R) : Jamal Hussain sb (42nd), Mujahid Salik sb (44th), Iftikhar Chiddi sb (42nd), MHK Dotani sb(42nd).

Standing L-R: Jamal Hussainhatti sb, EjaJamal Hussain6th), Javed LJamal Hussain), Shaukat Islam sb, Moin ul-Islam sb, Khandekar sb (11th), Ansar sb (24th) & Karim Bhatti sb (35th)

 

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Air Commodore Abdul Basit If you want to understand what real courage looks like and what it truly takes to be a fighter pilot, just read what follows. We’ve all seen this kind of bravery dramatized in movies, Bollywood or Hollywood, but this is not cinema. These are real missions, real nights, real missiles, and real men. This is what top gun looks like in real life. Basit sb flew both the F-86 Sabre and the B-57 during the war. Attaching photos.



Air Cdre Abdul Basit, SJ, SI (M), SBt


Citation of Gallantry Award: Sqn Leader Abdul Basit was detailed on an air mission against the IAF Base at Halwara on the night of 10/11 Dec, 1971. He flew the mission as planned. While a few minutes short of the target 4 surface-to-air missiles were fired at his B-57 aircraft. He displayed great courage, skill, and devotion to duty, evaded those missiles, (evading 1 SAM is a problem evading 4 thats some serious flying), he continued on his mission and successfully attacked the target even though there was all the likelihood of the enemy firing more SAM’s. For his courage, determination and devotion to duty Sqn Leader Abdul Basit has been awarded SJ.
The Indian Air Chief in his critique of 1971 War admired the brilliant performance of PAF bomber operations and for the mission flown on 3 Dec 1971 by Sqn Leader Abdul Basit he wrote, “The B-57 dropped 8 bombs which made big craters on the runway that could not be repaired by the night and remained unserviceable for a day”. As regards to Sirsa strike he wrote, “The PAF B-57 bombing……was enough to make the runway unserviceable for a day….the bombs dropped had time-delayed fuses and they kept blowing up.

 

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No. 8 Tactical Attack squadron pilots circa 1987-88

Fighter pilots are warriors of precision, and their battle begins long before the engines roar. In briefing rooms, maps are studied like battle plans—terrain, weather, timing, and threats examined with relentless focus. No detail is too small, from fuel margins to escape routes and backup plans.

By the time the canopy closes and the jet thunders down the runway, the pilot has already flown the mission many times in their mind. In aerial combat, victory belongs to those who prepare with discipline on the ground before taking to the skies.