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Happy Pilots' Day #pilotday to everyone , 99th GDP's public figures 1- Flt.lt Tauseef Shaheed (2003) 2- Wing Commander Fayyaz Malik Shaheed (2018) 3- Air Commodore rtd Azman Khalil( saved a damaged F16 from.crashing) 4- Air Commodore serving Usman Ali (Representing JF17s at Paris Air Show)
#paf zindabad #Pakistan payendabad 🌹🇵🇰❤️🇵🇰🌹❤️🌹🇵🇰❤️❤️🇵🇰🌹

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🚨🇮🇳 IAF Pilot Shivangi Singh Dead!

Indian Air Force pilot Shivangi Singh was shot down in her Rafale jet by Pakistan last year, but India continues to deny it hiding the news due to embarrassment.

A photo has also surfaced showing a memorial “samadhi” dedicated to Shivangi Singh, with her photograph placed inside. The structure is evidence of her death. Built in her memory and honor, it stands as a tribute to her life and service.

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جب بھی آپ کو لگے کہ آپ سے غلطی ہو گئی ہے، تو یہ یاد رکھیں کہ بھارت نے ایک مرتبہ اپنی ہی MiG-21 کے ملبے کو 1971 کی جنگ کی ٹرافی سمجھ کر اپنے ایئر بیس کے باہر نمائش کے لیے رکھ دیا تھا۔

دلچسپ بات یہ ہے کہ نہ صرف اس پر پاکستانی پرچم الٹا یا غلط انداز میں لگا دیا گیا، بلکہ وہ بھارتی فضائیہ کا اصل IAF serial number بھی ہٹانا بھول گئے، جو C سے شروع ہوتا تھا—اور اسی نے بتا دیا کہ یہ دراصل ان کا اپنا طیارہ تھا، کوئی پاکستانی جنگی ٹرافی نہیں۔

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Happy Pehlagam attack day , when indian government slaughtered their own people

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Sir Khalid Chishti , an analyst on TV , a retired Pakistan Air Force Pilot ! theme is HOW TO GET SELECTEE IN PAF ! now this is a must watch for my subscribers who want to join PAF as Officers and serve the nation ❤️🌹🇵🇰🇵🇰❤️🌹🇵🇰🇵🇰🌹❤️

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*Operation Saya-e-Salar*
Pakistan Air Force ⚡ 🇵🇰🇮🇷⚡

Flying straight into Iran’s skies, shielding its Salar while casually challenging the forces of Zion.

So these are the *Goyim* you were warned about.
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GRADUATION CEREMONY HELD AT PAF ACADEMY ASGHAR KHAN

14 April, 2026 : Graduation Ceremony of 152nd GD(P), 98th Engineering, 109th Air Defence (Alpha & Bravo), 28th Admin & Special Duties (Alpha & Bravo), 11th Logistics (Alpha) and 135th Combat Support Courses was held at PAF Academy Asghar Khan, Risalpur. Admiral Naveed Ashraf, Chief of the Naval Staff, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Upon arrival, the Chief Guest was received by Air Vice Marshal Shahryar Khan, Air Officer Commanding, PAF Academy Asghar Khan, whereas Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force was also in attendence.

Addressing the graduating cadets, Admiral Naveed Ashraf congratulated them on successfully completing their rigorous training and commended the Academy for producing officers of strong character, discipline and professionalism. He expressed confidence that the young officers would uphold Pakistan Air Force’s legacy of excellence and its vision of being “Second to None,” in line with its enduring ideals. Highlighting Pakistan Air Force’s outstanding performance during Marka-e-Haq May 2025, he attributed the success to visionary leadership, modernization and effective integration of advanced technologies under the dynamic leadership of Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force. He underscored PAF’s growing proficiency in Multi Domain Operations—particularly in electronic warfare, cyber & space domains urging the graduating officers to remain prepared for future challenges through continuous vigilance and proactive response to evolving threats.

Emphasizing jointmanship, the Chief Guest noted that Pakistan Navy, in synergy with sister services, continues to enhance its operational capabilities through modernization and induction of advanced platforms to deter aggression and safeguard national maritime interests. He further highlighted the complex and evolving security environment faced by Pakistan, reaffirming that the Armed Forces, with the unwavering support of the nation, remain committed to defending the country and contributing to regional peace and stability.

A total of 113 Aviation Cadets graduated on the occasion, and the Chief Guest awarded trophies to distinguished cadets for outstanding performance. Avn Cdt Squadron Under Officer Nad-e-Ali received the Chief of the Defence Forces Trophy for overall best performance in General Service Training; Avn Cdt Navaira Shahzad and Avn Cdt Muhammad Abdullah Ejaz were awarded the Chief of the Air Staff Trophies for best performance in Engineering and Air Defence Courses respectively; Avn Cdt Faran Javed secured the Trophy for best performance in Combat Support Course; while Avn Cdt Wing Under Officer Basit Aliyan Siddiqui and Avn Cdt Salman Saeed were awarded Swords of Honour for best performance in College of Aeronautical Engineering and College of Flying Training respectively.

The ceremony was attended by senior military officials, distinguished guests and families of the graduating cadets, and concluded with a spectacular flypast of PAF frontline fighter aircraft, including JF-17 Thunder and F-16, followed by an impressive aerobatic display by the Sherdils formation team, showcasing precision, professionalism and operational excellence.

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Islamabad Talks ! and Talks peacefully

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Operation Iron Shield: Total Air Domain Control Over the Gulf
Dan Qayyum
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How the Pakistan Air Force built a moving exclusion zone across a live war theatre to guarantee safe passage for the Islamabad peace talks
Dan Qayyum
Early on April 9, Pakistan made a decision that had no template. With an Iranian delegation preparing to travel to Islamabad and Israeli aircraft having killed over 250 people in Lebanon the previous day, the government concluded that a standard diplomatic escort was not enough. It ordered the Pakistan Air Force to establish and hold an air corridor across the Persian Gulf, hours before the delegation departed, with orders to remain on station hours after it landed. The operation had no precedent to draw from. It was a military response to a live threat assessment, executed in airspace Pakistan had no inherent right to patrol, during an active war.
The risks were real and remain so. A multi-aircraft package operating without call signs over the Gulf, adjacent to a theatre where air-to-air and surface-to-air combat had occurred across the preceding six weeks, monitored by multiple hostile intelligence systems, is not a routine deployment. The delegation is in Islamabad. The return leg has to happen. The corridor has to be held again. This time, the location and schedule of a high-value Iranian delegation are no longer unknown quantities.
Platforms Confirmed
Flight tracking data confirmed JF-17 Thunder Block III fighters and F-16s operating near Bandar Abbas, Iran's principal port on the Strait of Hormuz, positioned along the Iranian delegation's departure corridor. An IL-78MP aerial refuelling tanker was tracked airborne over the eastern Gulf near Bahrain, remaining on station without landing to support sustained fighter operations. C-130 Hercules transports were assessed as providing logistics and forward support. AWACS platforms maintained continuous surveillance of the full air corridor from the Gulf to Pakistani airspace. Topologypro
PAF assets were additionally tracked in airspace near the UAE and Saudi Arabia, indicating coordination with Gulf partners along the transit route. (Liveuamap)
Fighters and tankers were on station before the delegation aircraft departed, establishing a cleared and monitored corridor from the outset. That sequencing reflects a deliberate decision at government level to treat the entire transit as a protected operation, not a reactive one.
Platform Capabilities
The JF-17 Block III is the operational centrepiece. Its KLJ-7A AESA fire control radar detects fighter-sized targets beyond 105 kilometres, tracks 15 aircraft simultaneously, and can engage four concurrently. Its primary beyond-visual-range weapon, the PL-15E, carries an engagement envelope of 145 kilometres, an active radar seeker, and a dual-pulse motor sustaining Mach 4 at terminal phase. Defence Security Asia Any aircraft entering the corridor without authorisation could be identified, tracked, and engaged well before it came within firing range of the escorted aircraft.
Pakistan operates four IL-78MP tankers with UPAZ refuelling pods, a capability validated during the PAF's long-range JF-17 deployment to the UK in 2025. Arab News In this operation the tankers were the enabling layer, removing the endurance ceiling that would otherwise have limited how long fighters could hold station over a three-hour transit corridor far from home bases.
The Saab-2000 Erieye AWACS provided the battle management layer: 360-degree radar, IFF processing, and real-time coordination between escorting fighters and ground-based networks. A fighter patrol is reactive. An AWACS-managed corridor with refuelled fighters pre-positioned along a known threat axis is a moving exclusion zone.
Threat Assessment
The previous day's events in Lebanon shaped the decision directly. Within hours of Pakistan announcing the ceasefire on April 8, Israel struck Lebanon in what it described as its largest single assault to that point, killing over 250 people. Iranian officials stated that the bombardment was a deliberate attempt to collapse the talks before they began. The concern was not rhetorical. It was an operational judgement about what any party wanting the talks to fail might be willing to do against a located, trackable, high-value target transiting international airspace during a window of known vulnerability.
The wider environment gave that judgement weight. In the six preceding weeks, US F-15E Strike Eagles had been downed over western Iran, tanker aircraft destroyed at Saudi air bases, and drones and ballistic missiles had struck targets across multiple Gulf states.
On the inbound flight the delegation had one significant protection: its departure details were not publicly known. Routing, timing, and aircraft type were unconfirmed, which compressed the window for any hostile actor to position assets in time. That advantage expires on the return. The delegation's presence in Islamabad, the timeline of the talks, and the likely return route are now inferrable by any intelligence service paying attention. PAF assets are almost certainly already planning for it.
Historical and Strategic Context
Precedents for air escorts exist, mostly involving heads of state transiting friendly airspace with fighter accompaniment as protocol. This operation is structurally different. Pakistan deployed a multi-platform package to protect the officials of a third country, across international and foreign airspace, as a voluntary military guarantor of a diplomatic process it had no treaty obligation to underwrite with force.
The doctrinal implication runs deeper than this single mission. In an environment of long-range precision strike, real-time satellite surveillance, and drone operations across sovereign borders, a delegation aircraft is a targetable asset like any other. Convention and neutrality no longer provide physical protection. Keeping a peace process alive in 2026 requires the same layered threat architecture as keeping an aircraft alive in combat. Pakistan appears to have understood that before the question was even asked.
Editor's Note | Updated April 10, 2026, 20:00 PST
This report is based on open-source ADS-B flight tracking data, corroborated by independent defence analysts and regional intelligence monitoring platforms, and on information provided by sources with knowledge of the operation who are not authorised to speak on the record. Since initial publication, it has been confirmed through multiple channels that the PAF corridor operation was conducted in support of an Iranian delegation travelling to Islamabad ahead of Saturday's talks. The composition and seniority of that delegation are not confirmed at this stage and this report makes no such claim. The core reporting on platform deployment, sequencing, and threat assessment stands without revision.
Dan Qayyum is a writer, media strategist, and

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