| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1-Sep-65 |
Artwork Located:
Officer's Mess Headquarters 10 Corps
Description:
PAF scored its first victories in 1965 on 1st September when four Indian Vampire fighters which were attacking Pakistani troops in Chamb were shot down by two F-86 Sabres flown by Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Rafiqui and Flight Lieutenant Imtiaz Bhatti, two by each pilot. No Vampires were seen again for the remainder of the 1965 War. Controller on radar during this interception was Flight Lieutenant Farooq Haider from Sakesar.
Officer's Mess Headquarters 10 Corps
Description:
PAF scored its first victories in 1965 on 1st September when four Indian Vampire fighters which were attacking Pakistani troops in Chamb were shot down by two F-86 Sabres flown by Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Rafiqui and Flight Lieutenant Imtiaz Bhatti, two by each pilot. No Vampires were seen again for the remainder of the 1965 War. Controller on radar during this interception was Flight Lieutenant Farooq Haider from Sakesar.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1954 |
Artwork Located:
Private Collection
Description:
The artist pays a well-earned tribute to the memory of the F-86 in the F-86. Sadly, after 25 years of sterling service, the last F-86s fighter. No other war plane ever matched the affection that the were retired in 1979. Sabre received from all those PAF pilots who flew and fought
Private Collection
Description:
The artist pays a well-earned tribute to the memory of the F-86 in the F-86. Sadly, after 25 years of sterling service, the last F-86s fighter. No other war plane ever matched the affection that the were retired in 1979. Sabre received from all those PAF pilots who flew and fought
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1962 |
Artwork Located:
Auditorium Gallery - Air Headquarters
Description:
In 1962, the PAF received its first F-104 Starfighter interceptor, a uniquely different design which could fly in excess of Mach-2 (or twice the speed of sound) and reach altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. This was the first Mach-2 fighter to go into squadron service and was, understandably the envy of all those flying less capable aircraft. In the PAF it was received with justifiable pride as it was a very demanding aeroplane to operate, and its very possession indicated the high esteem in which the PAF was held with regard to flying and engineering skills. The painting shows the first F-104 piloted by Squadron Leader Mian Sadruddin, landing at the Sargodha runway. Following behind as No 2 is Flight Lieutenant M L Middlecoat.
Auditorium Gallery - Air Headquarters
Description:
In 1962, the PAF received its first F-104 Starfighter interceptor, a uniquely different design which could fly in excess of Mach-2 (or twice the speed of sound) and reach altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. This was the first Mach-2 fighter to go into squadron service and was, understandably the envy of all those flying less capable aircraft. In the PAF it was received with justifiable pride as it was a very demanding aeroplane to operate, and its very possession indicated the high esteem in which the PAF was held with regard to flying and engineering skills. The painting shows the first F-104 piloted by Squadron Leader Mian Sadruddin, landing at the Sargodha runway. Following behind as No 2 is Flight Lieutenant M L Middlecoat.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1955-1956 |
Artwork Located:
Auditorium Gallery - Air Headquarters
Description:
Standard advanced trainer in the PAF since the first 15 were delivered in 1955-56 to replace the Tempests and Furies of No. 2 (Fighter Conversion) Squadron at Mauripur, the Lockheed T-33A was also pressed into service in ground-attack roles against forward area Indian targets in 1965 and 71 wars.
Auditorium Gallery - Air Headquarters
Description:
Standard advanced trainer in the PAF since the first 15 were delivered in 1955-56 to replace the Tempests and Furies of No. 2 (Fighter Conversion) Squadron at Mauripur, the Lockheed T-33A was also pressed into service in ground-attack roles against forward area Indian targets in 1965 and 71 wars.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 10-Apr-59 |
Artwork Located:
PAF Academy Risalpur
Description:
The first PAF jet fighter to shoot down an enemy aircraft was F-86F Sabre No 55-005 of No 15 Squadron, the unit also known as the "Cobras". Flying this aircraft, Flight Lieutenant M Younis downed an Indian Air Force Canberra while it was on a photo reconnaissance mission high over the Rawalpindi area on 10 April 59, an Eid day. Pilot Officer Rab Nawaz was the Air Defence Controller on radar for this mission.
PAF Academy Risalpur
Description:
The first PAF jet fighter to shoot down an enemy aircraft was F-86F Sabre No 55-005 of No 15 Squadron, the unit also known as the "Cobras". Flying this aircraft, Flight Lieutenant M Younis downed an Indian Air Force Canberra while it was on a photo reconnaissance mission high over the Rawalpindi area on 10 April 59, an Eid day. Pilot Officer Rab Nawaz was the Air Defence Controller on radar for this mission.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 6-Sep-65 |
Artwork Located:
Officer's Mess PAF Base Rafiqui
Description:
Deep into enemy territory three F-86s - not the originally planned eight - tightly manoeuvre in mortal combat against ten or more IAF Hunters near their Halwara air base. Seconds earlier, the formation commander, Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Rafiqui, has shot down a Hunter and now his second mark is perfectly under his guns. Suddenly, Rafiqui slides back, his guns jammed and useless, but determined to fight on. Saving precious moments he instructs his No 2, "Cecil, take over lead" and falls behind to let his wingman shoot and to give him cover, and while doing so loses his life. Cecil downs another Hunter but there are many more, in every direction. The remaining two, Flight Lieutenants Yunus Hussain and Cecil Chaudhry fight on in the footsteps of their leader. Between them No 5 Squadron's three F-86s account for five Hunters, before Cecil returns to Sargodha alone.
Officer's Mess PAF Base Rafiqui
Description:
Deep into enemy territory three F-86s - not the originally planned eight - tightly manoeuvre in mortal combat against ten or more IAF Hunters near their Halwara air base. Seconds earlier, the formation commander, Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Rafiqui, has shot down a Hunter and now his second mark is perfectly under his guns. Suddenly, Rafiqui slides back, his guns jammed and useless, but determined to fight on. Saving precious moments he instructs his No 2, "Cecil, take over lead" and falls behind to let his wingman shoot and to give him cover, and while doing so loses his life. Cecil downs another Hunter but there are many more, in every direction. The remaining two, Flight Lieutenants Yunus Hussain and Cecil Chaudhry fight on in the footsteps of their leader. Between them No 5 Squadron's three F-86s account for five Hunters, before Cecil returns to Sargodha alone.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 6-Sep-65 |
Artwork Located:
Headquarters Air Defence Command
Description:
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Tied escorts consisted of Wing Commander M G Tawab (later Air Marshal and air chief of Bangladesh Air Force) and Flight Lieutenant Arshad Sami while the strike elements were led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider with Flight Lieutenants M Akbar, Mazhar Abbas, Dilawar Hussain, Ghani Akbar and Flying Officers Arshad Chaudhry, Khalid Latif and Abbas Khattak (later Air Chief Marshal and CAS, PAF) in his formation.
Headquarters Air Defence Command
Description:
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Tied escorts consisted of Wing Commander M G Tawab (later Air Marshal and air chief of Bangladesh Air Force) and Flight Lieutenant Arshad Sami while the strike elements were led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider with Flight Lieutenants M Akbar, Mazhar Abbas, Dilawar Hussain, Ghani Akbar and Flying Officers Arshad Chaudhry, Khalid Latif and Abbas Khattak (later Air Chief Marshal and CAS, PAF) in his formation.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 6-Sep-65 |
Artwork Located:
Inter Services Intelligence - Mess Hall
Description:
On the morning of 6 September 1965, a formation of 6 F-86s of No 19 Squadron attacked the advancing columns of Indian Army at Wagah. In 20 minutes of action, the Grand Trunk Road was littered with scores of burning tanks, armoured and soft vehicles. The formation was led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider with Flight Lieutenants M Akbar, Dilawar Hussain, Ghani Akbar and Flying Officers Khalid Latif and Arshad Chaudhry in his formation.
The vehicles of Indian armour which were advancing bumper to bumper on the G T Road had saffron roundels painted on them to help their own aircraft recognize them. But things happened the other way round: the PAF fighters spotted them first. The 5" rockets, which were used for the first time in combat by the PAF, had a devastating effect on the enemy armour.
Inter Services Intelligence - Mess Hall
Description:
On the morning of 6 September 1965, a formation of 6 F-86s of No 19 Squadron attacked the advancing columns of Indian Army at Wagah. In 20 minutes of action, the Grand Trunk Road was littered with scores of burning tanks, armoured and soft vehicles. The formation was led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider with Flight Lieutenants M Akbar, Dilawar Hussain, Ghani Akbar and Flying Officers Khalid Latif and Arshad Chaudhry in his formation.
The vehicles of Indian armour which were advancing bumper to bumper on the G T Road had saffron roundels painted on them to help their own aircraft recognize them. But things happened the other way round: the PAF fighters spotted them first. The 5" rockets, which were used for the first time in combat by the PAF, had a devastating effect on the enemy armour.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 6-Sep-65 |
Artwork Located:
Air War College - PAF Faisal
Description:
Dawn over Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan in an F-104A Starfighter destroys a Mystere IV and damages another, to mark the start of the India-Pakistan war. India launched the war over West Pakistan with an attack by a formation of four Mystere IV aircraft. The Mysteres crossed the international border to attack a Pakistani train near Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan was on a routine morning combat air patrol in the Chamb/Mangla area. He was directed by the Controller at Sakesar, Flight Lieutenant Farooq Haider, to intercept the intruders. First contact with the enemy was made as the F-104 passed head on through the Mystere formation. In the ensuing combat at tree top level, he skillfully outmanoeuvred the opponents to destroy one Mystere and damage another. The remaining members of the formation managed to slip away in the poor light conditions, only to tell the tale of the "dreaded F-104 and the deadly Sidewinder". Apart from being the first encounter to start the war in earnest, the engagement was also significant in other respects. It marked a new era of dog-fighting at very low altitude. It was also the first combat kill by any Mach-2 aircraft, and the first missile kill for the Pakistan Air Force.
Air War College - PAF Faisal
Description:
Dawn over Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan in an F-104A Starfighter destroys a Mystere IV and damages another, to mark the start of the India-Pakistan war. India launched the war over West Pakistan with an attack by a formation of four Mystere IV aircraft. The Mysteres crossed the international border to attack a Pakistani train near Wazirabad. Flight Lieutenant Aftab Alam Khan was on a routine morning combat air patrol in the Chamb/Mangla area. He was directed by the Controller at Sakesar, Flight Lieutenant Farooq Haider, to intercept the intruders. First contact with the enemy was made as the F-104 passed head on through the Mystere formation. In the ensuing combat at tree top level, he skillfully outmanoeuvred the opponents to destroy one Mystere and damage another. The remaining members of the formation managed to slip away in the poor light conditions, only to tell the tale of the "dreaded F-104 and the deadly Sidewinder". Apart from being the first encounter to start the war in earnest, the engagement was also significant in other respects. It marked a new era of dog-fighting at very low altitude. It was also the first combat kill by any Mach-2 aircraft, and the first missile kill for the Pakistan Air Force.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 3-Sep |
Artwork Located:
Office of the AOC Central Air Command
Description:
Squadron Leader Brijpal Singh Sikand, Commander of an Indian fighter squadron, surrenders to a PAF F-104 in combat. The painting shows him landing his Gnat fighter at Pasrur, a Pakistani airfield near Gujranwala. The F-104 was flown by Flight Lieutenant Hakimullah who became the air chief two decades later. Sikand was taken prisoner and later rose to be an IAF Air Marshal. This encounter was the most unusual event of the 1965 Air War.
Office of the AOC Central Air Command
Description:
Squadron Leader Brijpal Singh Sikand, Commander of an Indian fighter squadron, surrenders to a PAF F-104 in combat. The painting shows him landing his Gnat fighter at Pasrur, a Pakistani airfield near Gujranwala. The F-104 was flown by Flight Lieutenant Hakimullah who became the air chief two decades later. Sikand was taken prisoner and later rose to be an IAF Air Marshal. This encounter was the most unusual event of the 1965 Air War.
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