Squadron Leader Muniruddin Ahmed, known as Munir throughout the PAF, was one of its most popular officers. At the age of 36 in 1965, overweight, grey haired and completely happy-go-lucky, he was regarded as an 'elderly gent' by the youthful PAF pilots, but he set a pace which even the most energetic found difficult to rival. As wing operations officer at Sargodha, he was not required to fly in combat and in any case his many administrative duties would have grounded a less volatile man. But after his family, his great passion was flying, and he managed to inveigle his way into combat missions at least once, and sometimes twice, per day.

There are many stories told in the PAF about Munir, whose legendary stutter that officially barred him from flying operationally became progressively more pronounced as he got excited. Earlier on in the war when his section of F-86s had a rare encounter with IAF Mig-21s over the Chamb area, Munir got so close to one of these Mach 2 fighters that he could pick out its big wing fences and belly detail as it turned away. He called up on the radio about the Mig, and stammered convulsively, "B-B-B-B-By G-G-G-G-God, he nearly hit me." Munir was not terribly good at passing promotion exams, but he had the heart of a lion and the tenacity of a leech. He flew on air defence, fighter sweeps and close support missions, but conceived a particular fixation against the IAF master radar station just across the border from Lahore at Amritsar.

After the first abortive missions against Amritsar on 6 September, recounted earlier, the next move came on 7 September when attempts were made to locate Alfa radar by photographic reconnaissance. RT-33s of 20 Squadron were initially used for this task, operating unescorted at low level, and their results were sufficiently accurate for the site of 'Fishoil' - the call sign of Amritsar radar to be pinpointed.

The first attack as a result of this intelligence came on 9 September, when 4 F-86s from Sargodha hedge-hopped for fifteen minutes across the border to Amritsar in poor visibility, to drop napalm jellied petroleum bombs on the radar site. Despite the adverse weather conditions, the 4 Sabres came across part of the Amritsar complex after setting course from their initial Point, and the accuracy of their navigation was confirmed by the heavy ack ack fire encountered in the target area. Leading the mission was Flight Lieutenant Bhatti, who delivered his napalm close to the site, although slightly to one side. His No 2, the ebullient Squadron Leader Munir, pulled up into a text book attack pattern over the site, but then lost visual contact with the target because of the thick haze. Further attempts to continue the attack were then abandoned following warnings from Sakesar of large numbers of IAF fighters racing towards the scene from the nearby airfields. After exiting at low level, the PAF Sabres dropped their remaining napalm loads harmlessly in Indian fields before returning to base.