[🇵🇰-Airforce] PAF , F-86

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Sharbat Ali Changezi prepares for a sortie in F-86F - circa 1962. Sharbat Ali Changezi went on to bag a IAF Hunter flown by Sqn Ldr Deba P. Chatterjee over Lahore on 20 Sep 65’ and retired as an Air Marshal.

 

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PAF technicians and armament fitters pose in front of a F-86F Sabre at Sargodha - circa 1964-1965.

 

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L-to-R: Flt Lt Mazhar Abbas, Flt Lt Fazal Elahi. Mazhar participated in the first strike on Pathankot airbase during ‘65 war & went on to retire as an Air Cdre. Elahi was KIA during 71’ war when his Sabre was hit by AAA during a CAS mission.

 

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Fly Past, Late 1950's...

 

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Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6 (Ex-Luftwaffe).
These Sabres came as a replacement to the wartime losses courtesy the Shah of Iran who was a great friend of Pakistan.

 

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Sidewinder armed F-86F Sabre on ADA

Courtesy: Hasan Riaz Collection

 

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