I was in Air when he surrendered but was over Risalpure, his release papers were delivered to him by S/L Siddurdin, To be honest If I was in his position I would have fought he had bullets in the Gnat and if he would have been an experience pilot he would have engaged the 2 f-104s , He knew he couldn't run from F-104s and put his gear's down, Hakmin Sabib just moved his plane to right to left indicating that follow him and he showed a thumps up. Why Pusrur we wanted the panes as a trophy and we thought if we take him to sargodha or any other FOB he might run out of gas. Indian made a bad call he should have ejected that was one reason the IAF Top Brass was pissed about it. All PAF knows that when we gave him back he was retired with the release papers in his hands later on what happend between IAF and him God knows but I doubt he was taken back and became a AVM . A Coward like that doesn't deserve to called a fighter pilot. Multiple times in Decca and in Peshawar I was out numbered specially in Decca but if you take into account A Dog Fight in those days were very close encounters guns shots only sidewinders we as bad a throwing the shoe at bush
it would miss until the plane was straight. And you hardly find a plane flying straight in a Dog Fight. I could have put my wheels down but no I choose to fight. I would have been the luckiest man to die in Dog fight in other words for my Country.
My views are mine only.
mk