PAKISTAN

Middle East Conflicts

NAME VICTORIES AIRFORCE COMMENTS

Azam, Saiful 3 RJAF, IrAF +1 during India-Pakistan War

Alvi, Sattar 1 SyAF

U ... Unconfirmed

Air-to-Air Victories

Date Unit Aircraft Pilot Victim e/a Pilot Country

5Jun67 1 Sqn RJAF Hunter F.Mk.73 S. Azam Mystére IVA (94) M. Bula IDF/AF
Hunter F.Mk.59
7Jun67 4/7 Sqn IrAF S. Azam Mirage IIICJ G. Dror IDF/AF
("702")
Hunter F.Mk.59
7Jun67 4/7 Sqn IrAF S. Azam Vautour II (65) S. Keren/A. Inbar-Meltzer IDF/AF
("702")
No.5 Air Wing
26Apr74 67 Sqn SyAF MiG-21F-13 S. Alvi Mirage IIICJ M.Lutz
IDF/AF
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Hawker Hunter F.Mk.59, No.29 Squadron. Habbaniya AB, Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya (Iraqi Air
Force, 7 ,(‫ اﻟﻘوات اﻟﺟوﯾﺔ اﻟﻌراﻗﯾﺔ‬June 1967

Following the successful interception of the third Israeli air raid on H-3 airfield, on the morning of 7 June
1967, the IrAF Hunter “570” was decorated with two kill markings for two Israeli fighters a Mirage and a
Vautour shot down by the Pakistani pilot Flt.Lt. Saif-ul-Azam. Somewhat unusually, the kill markings
together with appropriate inscription about Azam's achievements have been applied on the right side of
front fuselage, bellow the cockpit. The aircraft continued to serve with the IrAF well into the 1970s,
when it has had the nose and fin painted in red, and was flown by a display team of the IrAF Flying
Leaders School. It was retired from service in the late 1980s, at Habbaniyah AB, but its airframe still
exists at the dump of that airfield.

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