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Special Service Wing
The Pakistan Air Force Special Services Wing is a special operations force who specialised in all aspects of air-to-ground communication, including air traffic control, fire support, command, control and communications in covert counterterrorism or austere environments. They are often assigned individually or as a team to Army Special Service Group, Navy Special Service Group and special tactics units of the Pakistan Marines, to provide expert airfield seizure, airstrike control and communications capabilities. History After the 1965 war with India, Air Cdre Mukhtar Ahmad Dogar (SJ), who had flown Royal Indian Air Force aircraft supporting the Chindits Operating behind Japanese lines in Burma, was instrumental in creating a special forces unit for the Pakistan Air Force called SAW (Special Air Warfare Wing). The SAW was raised in 1966 under the command of Sqn Ldr Altaf Hussain Butt (GDP) as C.O of the unit. These Men were picked up directly from RTS (Recruit Training Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Air Force Strategic Command (Pakistan)
The Pakistan Air Force Strategic Command (Reporting name:AFSC) is one of the major regional Military organization, formations of the Pakistan Air Force headquartered at the AHQ (Pakistan Air Force), Air HQ in Islamabad. The Air Force Strategic Command provides the combat readiness to conduct aerial-based Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program, strategic deterrence through maintaining the operational command and control over the nuclear weapons together with the Navy's counterpart. History Since 1970s, the Pakistan Air Force had been training an elite class of fighter pilots at their Combat Commanders School (CCS), which is roughly based on the USAF Weapons School, for carrying out the strike operations and strategic bombing missions. The Pakistan Air Force's military leadership established the formation for strategic mission to subvert and mitigate the threats from India to target Pakistan's national laboratories, which it was being planned with Israel based on their Operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
