Windjammer
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AIR CDRE (RETD.) JAMAL HUSSAIN 42ND GDP.
After landing as I met Razzak on the tarmac, he wore a grin that would have made the Cheshire cat proud. What? I asked him. You should see the gunshot I have exposed on the F-15, he burst out. Let’s check it out, I answered. We assessed our films. Both my claims were valid and so were Razzak’s but there was a catch. The minimum safe distance specified in the Rules of Engagement (ROE) during gunshot was 600 feet. In Razzak’s gunshot cine, the Mirage gun sight was the same size as the F-15 canopy he had closed into less than a 100 feet of the F-15 and still had the sight sitting pretty and steady. Oh my God! I exclaimed. Hide it. If the bosses see it, both of us would get grounded, if not worse, But don’t you agree it is a beautiful sight, he countered. I am impressed, I answered and just could not help marvel at the enthusiasm and ego of my irrepressible no 2.
Damn, the image of an F-15 (Still regarded as one of the best air superiority fighter in the world) in the gunsights of an F-6 (Which even before 1978 was obsolete) would send shockwaves through any airforce.
Once again the professionalism of PAF stands out as this image was never released.