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RAF
fighters at Peshawar - 1925.
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Courtesy: DPR, PAF]
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Formation
of RAF fighters en route Risalpur to Gilgit along Indus valley - 1937.
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Courtesy: DPR, PAF]
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An previously unpublished picture of Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam
Mohammad Ali Jinnah being received at Lahore Airport by a PAF
Officer.
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Courtesy: Tanweer Abbas]
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Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah taking RPAF
contingent's salute on December 25, 1947 at Race Course Karachi. The RPAF
contingent was led by Squadron Leader Umar (from Lahore) followed by two
Flying Officers, Malik Mohammad Khan who was the parade marker and the
other: Abu Qasim Shahabudin. Unfortunately, both officers (respectively,
navigator and pilot of the aircraft) died in an aircrash near Khewra (Dist.
Jhelum) few years later.
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Courtesy: Tanweer Abbas]
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Quaid-e-Azam
being greeted at RPAF Station Lahore by station commander J R Khan - circa
end-1947.
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Asghar
Khan briefing pioneering team at Risalpur - 1947.
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1948 -
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan with pioneering staff at Risalpur.
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Courtesy: DPR, PAF]
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Peshawar
1947 - Perry Keene flanked by British chiefs of Pakistan army and
navy.
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Courtesy: DPR, PAF]
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Risalpur
1949 - Flying instructors with CFI MA Rabbani, center.
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L to R:
Saeeduddin, Amlot, Atcherley, S A Aziz, Ashgar Khan, 'Tich' Ahmed - circa
1949.
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A group photo
taken circa 1966 showing W J M Turowicz with Masroor Hosain. The occasion
was Turowicz's farewell visit to Mauripur (later called Masroor AFB) before
his retirement.
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Courtesy: Tanweer Abbas]
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Key Air
Headquarters staff - circa 1961
Front row (L to R): Rahim Khan, S A Aziz, Majeed Khan, M A Rahman, Asghar
Khan, M Akhtar, Khyber Khan, M M Piracha, W J M Turowicz.
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PAF Staff
College 1960: Directing staff and students of No. 2 Course with Asghar Khan
and Burt Andrews, RAF, the first commandant.
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Wing Commander Shiekh Mohammad Yunous of PAF was one of the founding staff
of Royal Suadi Arabian Air Force's Technical Studies Institute (TSI). He
served TSI between 1969-1977. In this picture he is receiving King Faisal at
the TSI.
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Courtesy: Tariq Kamal Yunous]
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President
Ayub Khan elevates PAF College Risalpur to Academy - January 1967.
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No 6
Squadron crews in front of Freighter with squadron commander B K Dass,
centre - Lahore 1950.
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No 12
Squadron crews in front of Halifax with squadron commander M A Dogar seated,
centre - Mauripur 1950.
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Drigh
Road, 1952 - Officers of RPAF's only jet squadron, No 11, in front of
Attacker with first squadron commander, Rahim Khan,
centre.
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December
1964 - CAS, Royal Air Force, Sir Charles Elworthy being shown around
Risalpur during official visit to PAF. Sir Charles was station commander at
Drigh Road from October 1947 to March 1949.
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Peshawar,
1950 - Part of first fighter-bomber wing: Nos 5 and 14 Fury Squadrons
Front row (L to R): 4th: R D Rollo, OC 14 Squadron - 5th: A Mannan, CTO -
6th: Garrod Cole, RAF, OC Wing - 7th: Khyber Khan, Stn Cdr - 8th: J K Z
Zuromski, OC 5 Squadron.
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Courtesy: DPR, PAF]
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RPAF
flight cadets at Hawthorne Flying School, Florida, USA.
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Officers
of PAF Station Peshawar with station commander J Afridi seated centre -
1959.
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November
1984 - Ex chiefs Cannon and McDonald visiting Sargodha during sentimental
journey through the PAF three decades after their tenure.
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Courtesy: DPR, PAF]
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