From The Vault

[fatman17]

A memorial for 20 Punjab at the Haji Pir Pass, in the Haveli District.

The battalion suffered 38 fatal casualties in 1965 Operations, including 2 young officers; one being a Sword of Honour winner, and the other an SJ recipient - albeit posthumously.

lest we forget. https://t.co/3W7ee1lH5P

 

[fatman17]

Captain Nisar Ahmed
Sitara-e-Jurat
Corps of Engineers/SSG
Salahuddin Force
Operation Gibraltar
13th August, 1965
Buried at Khag, Budgam, 20km from the LoC.

Standing with his wife, Dr. Shameem Abbas, who is now living in the US after blasphemy allegations forced her to flee. https://t.co/Cb8cUA02jY

 

[fatman17]

circa March 1995

an M48A5 Patton of the 19 Lancers rolls out of the Mogadishu Airport.

the bloodied UN contingent was making the withdrawal.

the Habr Gedir would soon take over. https://t.co/oR6lM1Ham1

 

[fatman17]

http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/action/inpakistan

A good read

http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/action/inpakistan

 

[AMRAAM]

A good read

A great read. Thanks for sharing.

 

[fatman17]

Air Cdre (then Wing Commander) Turowicz (second from right) with Air Marshal Asghar Khan (father of Pakistan Air Force). https://t.co/WTcC3YuGvs

 

[fatman17]

Air Cdre (then Wing Commander) Turowicz (second from right) with Air Marshal Asghar Khan (father of Pakistan Air Force). https://t.co/WTcC3YuGvs
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Note the starched uniform

 

[fatman17]

A Thread on Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan - Air Commodore Jozef Marian Turowicz #PAF

Turowicz was a prominent and noted Polish Pakistani military scientist and an aeronautical engineer. He is considered as one of the chief architects of the Pakistan Air Force
(1/7) https://t.co/SskhFzmlP2

 

[JPMM]

circa March 1995

an M48A5 Patton of the 19 Lancers rolls out of the Mogadishu Airport.

the bloodied UN contingent was making the withdrawal.

the Habr Gedir would soon take over. https://t.co/oR6lM1Ham1
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Its an M60A1

 

[Ghost 125]

Blackhawk Down View attachment 657339

op gothic serpent

 

[Cuirassier]

Its an M60A1

Does seem like it. I went with the picture description so had assumed it's type. Thanks for the correction.

 

[fatman17]

“Tribute to the ‘White’ of the Pakistani Flag”

1. Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry was a Pakistani academic, human rights activist and veteran fighter pilot who fought in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat.

#NationalMinoritiesDay https://t.co/x46NOJwuec

 

[fatman17]

big shot thread

MG (retd.) Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi
Hilal-e-Jurat

Son of the 7th Nawab of Pataudi, and brother of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi - successor to his father, former Indian cricket team captain, and grandfather of Saif Ali Khan. https://t.co/dTspUjQuwI

 

[fatman17]

Commanded the 14 Para Brigade during the Kashmir War, and later on served as Chief of General Staff and ambassador to Yugoslavia.

In picture, conversing with MG Abrar Hussain of Chawinda fame, and the then Commander I Corps, LTG Bakhtiar Rana, after the war of '65. https://t.co/uN4m0rjjT8

big shot thread

MG (retd.) Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi
Hilal-e-Jurat

Son of the 7th Nawab of Pataudi, and brother of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi - successor to his father, former Indian cricket team captain, and grandfather of Saif Ali Khan. https://t.co/dTspUjQuwI
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[fatman17]

He was my father's CO right around independence time 45-48, 1st Punjab Regiment.
Apologise for the picture quality. Sher Ali with FM Auchinleck and other officers. My father is 3rd from right

Commanded the 14 Para Brigade during the Kashmir War, and later on served as Chief of General Staff and ambassador to Yugoslavia.

In picture, conversing with MG Abrar Hussain of Chawinda fame, and the then Commander I Corps, LTG Bakhtiar Rana, after the war of '65. https://t.co/uN4m0rjjT8
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