Pakistan Air Force
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The Pakistan Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan A
Pakistan Air Force's Cold War Fleet of the 1960s heavily used during the September War of 1965. Above is a PAF's 3-ship formation consisting of a Shenyang F-6, Lockheed F-104 & Dassault Mirage-III.
PAF B-57 Canberra bombers lined up at an airbase
A Pakistan Air Force F-16D Falcon
Pakistan Air Force Mirage III aircraft drops two 500-pound bombs during Falcon Air Meet 2010 at Azraq Royal Jordanian Air Base in Azraq, Jordan
Anwar Shamim
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Mohammad Anwar Shamim was a former fighter pilot who was the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, serving in the post from 1978 until retiring in 1985.
ACM Anwar Shamim (1931–2013)
A F-104A in flight in 1963: Wing Commander Shamim commanded the wing against the Indian IAF, leading bombing missions in 1965.
F-16A in flight: ACM Shamim's tenure acquire F-16As from the United States in 1981.