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No. 17 Squadron PAF
The No. 17 Squadron nicknamed Tigers, is an air superiority squadron of the Pakistan Air Force's Northern Air Command. It is currently deployed at PAF Base Peshawar, Peshawar Air Base and operates the Chengdu F-7PG aircraft. History The No. 17 Squadron was raised on 1 April 1957 along with the No. 16 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force), No. 16 Squadron "Panthers" at PAF Base Masroor equipped with F-86, North American F-86 Sabres. Operational history Rann of Kutch Conflict In April 1965, a series of battles took place over the then disputed area of Rann of Kutch. During the skirmishes, F-86 Sabres from the No. 17 Squadron flew several Combat Air Patrol and Close Air Support sorties in support of the Pakistan Army. The squadron lost one Sabre (including the pilot Flying Officer Ehsanul Kareem) during the conflict when it suffered an engine flameout attributed to improper aircraft maintenance during repairs after his sabre was damaged by Indian ack-ack. Karim remains one of the youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Superiority
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