MM Alam’s 11th death anniversary being observed today

Islamabad: The 11th death anniversary of 1965 War Hero Muhammad Mahmood Alam, popularly known as M M Alam is being observed today (Monday).

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Babar Sindhu, and Naval Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf paid tribute to the late Air Commodore Muhammad Mehmood Alam on his 11th death anniversary.

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M M Alam while piloting an F-86 Sabre, shot down five Indian war planes in less than a minute during the 1965 Pak-India war and altogether, downed nine war planes in the aerial fight. Alam is considered a national hero of Pakistan.

Pakistan Air Force war hero MM Alam was the first ever fighter pilot for PAF, listed on top of the Hall of Famers’ list at the PAF Museum in Karachi. For his legendary showdown, he was awarded the ‘Sitara-e-Jurat’ and also the BAR medal.

He died in Karachi on this day in 2013 at the age of 77 after a protracted illness.