Another historic incident occurred when commander of IAF No 22 squadron Brij Pall Singh flying in a formation of Four IAF Gnats, air surrendered his aircraft when confronted by a PAF F-104 Starfighter and promptly landed at an airstrip in Pakistan. The pilot of the F-104, F/L Hakimullaha later rose to become PAF ''Boss''.....the IAF pilot taken POW later became an Air Marshal in the IAF......while the surrendered Gnat is preserved at PAF Museum.
Squadron Leader Brij Pall Singh ...as a POW who later became an Air Marshal and AOC Western Air Command.
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F-104 Pilot F/L Hakim Ullah Khan who went on to become ACM PAF.
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The IAF Gnat soon after it surrendered at landed at a disused airstrip in Pakistan.
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The same aircraft now on display in PAF Museum, Karachi.
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