Thursday, December 10, 2009

"PAF In Jordan's Defence"

The painting depicts a Jordanian Hunter flown by F/L Saif ul Azam of PAF shooting down an Israeli Mystere IV A over Mafraq Air base Jordan, The encounter took place on 5th June 1967 during the Arab- Israel War

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

"Al-Saqoor, The show begins"

The painting depicts a Royal Saudi Arabian Airforce F-15S of No. 6 Sqn. Releasing flares as a PAF F-16 of No. 11 Sqn made a head on pass at the start of dogfight during Al-Saqoor Exercise 2006.
"The First Encounter"

The painting depicts a PAF F-104 of No. 9 Squadron, flown by F/L Aftab Alam Khan destroying an IAF Mystere and damaging the other. The Indian formation was attacking a train at Wazirabad, Pakistan. This encounter took place on 6th September, 1965 at 0525 am (PST).
"PAF In The Battle of Sharoora"

In 1969, South Yemen (strong ally of USSR at that time) attacked and captured Mount Vadiya in Sharoora Province of Saudi Arabia. PAF pilots (and officers and men of other branches) who were serving in Saudi Arabia, along with the Saudi pilots drove the enemy away. The painting depicts two RSAF Lightnings successfully carrying out the close air support mission against the enemy tanks. RSAF Lightnings and F-86s took part in that battle