History No. 26 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)

a model of shenyang f-6, armed air-to-air missiles, on display @ paf museum karachi.



a black spiders jf-17 performs @ zhuhai air show 2010.

the squadron established @ paf base masroor on 30 august 1967, equipped f-86 sabre, commanded wing commander rehmat khan , assigned role of operational training of pilots on f-86. later moved paf base peshawar. on next 10 years on 300 paf pilots , 150 foreign pilots trained , graduated.

during 1971 indo-pak war unit flew on 300 air defence, counter air , close air support missions under command of wing commander s. a. changazi. counter air sorties targeted @ indian air force bases in srinagar , awantipura. close air support sorties flown on chamb , shakargarh. unit shot down 7 indian aircraft , damaged 2 more. folland gnat , hawker hunter downed flight lieutenant salim baig mirza. after flying 15 sorties, squadron leader m. aslam chaudhary shot down on 10 december 1971 during close air support mission on chamb when section of 2 f-86 bounced 6 indian hawker hunters. flight lieutenant fazal elahi shot down ground fire on 8 december 1971 during close air support sortie. mirza , elahi awarded sitara-i-juraat posthumously.

the obsolete f-86 replaced in december 1980 shenyang f-6 , squadron role changed air superiority. f-6 replaced in 1984 nanchang a-5c , unit became tactical attack squadron. in 1985 squadron awarded flight safety, command armament , professionals trophies. in april 1989 squadron provided pilots ferry a-5c fighters requiring overhaul china. in 1991 first 4 of squadron s aircraft fitted new martin-baker ejection seats.

during 1996-2001 phase of afghan civil war a-5s of both 16th , 26th squadrons reported have flown strike missions against northern alliance positions part of pakistani support taliban.

exercises


flat out 89
wide awake 89
1989 air-to-air firing camp (paf base masroor)
isac 89 - inter-squadron armament competition, squadron achieved first place , wing commander wali mughni declared sher afghan.
aces 89 - air combat evaluations.
high mark 89
1992 dact camp (paf base minhas)
flat out 92
wide awake 92
high mark 93 - deployed @ paf base murid
high mark 95 - deployed @ paf base shahbaz (jacobabad)
saffron bandit 97
1998 dact camp (paf base minhas) - held 14 30 december 1998, no. 26 deployed ten a-5c , squadron pilots flew sorties during deployment. other squadrons deployed no. 8 , no. 16 squadrons.
1998 armament cyclic training (paf base mushaf, sargodha) - ten pilots , 8 a-5c deployed, 246 armament sorties flown in 19-day period 5 october 24 october 1998.
awards:

sarfraz rafiqui flight safety trophy (1992)
chief of air staff professionals trophy (1994)
sarfraz rafiqui trophy (1994)
sarfraz rafiqui trophy (1996)
air combat evaluations - aces trophy (1996)






^ cooper, tom; troung; koelich, marc (10 february 2008). afghanistan, 1979–2001; part 2 . acig. retrieved 23 december 2014.