Painting of Pakistan Air Force

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First Blood 64 Years Ago (10-4-1959) ...

On the Day of Eid ul Fitr, Flt Lt: Muhammad Yunis piloting a F-86 Sabre from No.15 Sqn shot down an IAF English Electric Canberra. IAF crew Sqn Ldr Jagdish Chandra Sengupta & Flt Lt Satendarnath Rampal ejected & were apprehended. Flt Lt: Muhammad Yunis was awarded Sitara e Jurat for drawing the first blood.

 

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F86 Sabre of No. 11 Sqn , flown by S/L M M Alam SJ plus bar.

 

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F-6 pilot of No. 26 Squadron

 

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Flying over Karakoram 1980s.

 

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"Red Dragons" Pakistan Air Force, Peshawar.

Painting by Gp Capt S M A Hussaini (R)

The first formation aerobatics team, formed by No 9 Squadron on its Furies, was called 'The Red Dragons'. The painting shows the team performing officially for the first time in 1951 at Peshawar.
The occasion was the farewell ceremonies for the PAF's outgoing C-in-C, Air Vice-Marshal R L R Atcherely. 'The Red Dragons' thus gained the honour of being the first aerobatic team in the Indo-Pak subcontinent.

The Team:
Squadron Leader Zafar Chaudhry
Flight Lieutenant Saeedullah Khan
Flying Officer T H Gotting
Flying Officer M Hayat Khan

 

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JF-17 Thunder of No 2 Sqn on Combat Air Patrol over southern Pakistan.
© Rehan Siraj

 

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Originally, Aurangzeb had an all silver camouflage but operational duties resulted in it being refurbished with the classic Desert Camo.Aurangzeb went on to serve with either the No. 5 (Blue) or No. 14 Squadron (White) judging by it's nose colour which RPAF used for Squadron ID.

 

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Miranshah Aerodrome, Waziristan, 1940's (c).

The painting depicts Flight Lieutenant (Later Air Marshal) Asghar Khan flying Hurricane Mk IIc, coming to land at Miranshah airfield. Air Marshal Asghar Khan served in No. 3 Squadron of Royal Indian Air force, positioned at Miranshah in Waziristan during early 1940's.

© Aviation Art Of Rehan Siraj

 

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Rehan Siraj
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New pencil sketch depicting bravo on a training mission.