Pakistan vs Israel - Head to Head

1967 - sent a contingent of its pilots and airmen to Egypt, Jordan and Syria. PAF pilots performed excellently and downed about 10 Israeli planes including Mirages, Mysteres, Vautours without losing a single plane of their own. https://twitter.com/the10th__/status/1391922381430693890

PAF pilot Saif-ul-Azam was decorated by and . The performance of pilots was praised by Israelis too. Eizer Weizman, then COIA said once about Air Marshal Noor Khan (Commander PAF at that time): "He is a formidable person and I am glad that he is Pakistani not Egyptian."

On 07 June 1967 Flight Lt Azam, PAF, destroyed an Israeli Mirage in . In his second encounter with Israelis in the Middle East, he despatched one of the Mirages that were escorting the Israeli Vatour bombers. Moments later, he shot down one of the two escaping Vatour bombers.

Two days earlier he had shot down an Israeli Super Mystere over Mafrak Air Base, Jordan. The officer was decorated with gallantry awards after the war both by Jordan and Iraq. He had already earned Sitara-i-Jurat during the 65 war when he shot down an Indian Gnat.

Yom Kippur War - 1973
- The PAF was active again in the Middle East sector after about 6 years. The PAF contingent deployed at Inchas Air Base (Egypt) was led by Wg. Commander. Masood Hatif and five other pilots plus two air defence controllers.

Syria 1974 - During this war, Lt Sattar Alvi was decorated by the goverment when he shot down an Israeli Mirage over Golan Heights. On 26 April, 1974, in an encounter over Golan Heights between a Mig-21 of the Syrian Air Force, flown by Lt Alvi, PAF, and two Israeli Mirages.

An added feature of this engagement was that the Air Defence Controller, Sqn Ldr Saleem was also a Pakistani. While leading a Mig-21 patrol along the border, Sqn Ldr Arif Manzoor, also of the PAF was apprised of the presence of two Israeli Phantom aircraft and was cautioned...

that these could be decoys while two other fast tracks approaching from the opposite direction might be the real threat. The latter turned out to be Mirages and a moment later Alvi, in Arif's formation saw the No 2 Mirage breaking towards him.

All this time, heavy radio jamming by Israeli ground stations was making things difficult but the pilots were used to such tactics. Sattar forced the Israeli pair into close combat, firing his K-13 missile at the first opportunity...

The Israeli wingman's Mirage exploded into a ball of fire, while the leader quickly disengaged.

Battle trophy at PAF Karachi museum + the pilots who shot down Israeli Jets.

Pakistani Pilots are the only ones in the world who have a superior kill ratio against the Israelis.