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  • 标题:A Historic Picture
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  • 作者:Hamid Hussain
  • 期刊名称:Defence Journal
  • 印刷版ISSN:0257-2141
  • 出版年度:2019
  • 卷号:1
  • 页码:1-4
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Defence Housing Society
  • 摘要:This picture is dated 29 November 1972 when the Indian army Chief General (later Field Marshal) Sam Manekshaw flew to Pakistan for negotiations after the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. The two Pakistani Air Force (PAF) officers were prisoners of war and brought by Sam as a goodwill gesture. Both officers were shot down in western theatre of war. The one near Sam with handlebar moustache (matching Sam’s own impressive moustache) is then Squadron Leader Amjad Ali Khan. His F-104 was shot down on 05 December 1971 by anti-aircraft fire while attacking Amritsar Radar. He retired as Air Vice Marshal. The other officer is then Flight Lieutenant Wajid Ali Khan whose F-6 was also shot down by anti-air craft fire during a close air support mission over Marala headworks on western border After repatriation, he left the air force and settled in Canada and became a member of the Canadian parliament serving from 2004 to 2009..
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