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Foreword

The Pakistan Air Force is the battle-seasoned air shield of our homeland. When only a few weeks old, it took to the air in the winter of 1947 to support the deprived and betrayed Kashmiri people. In the tumultuous decades that followed, the PAF matured rapidly and fought in three other wars to frustrate aggression across the nation's frontiers.

Trained to fight outnumbered from its infancy, the PAF has always demanded the very best from its men, and they have often exceeded their very stringent obligations. Their high professionalism and commitment have brought them many successes in the conflicts of 1965, 1971 and the 1979-88 Afghan war.

The reproductions in this book reflect important glimpses of the PAF as it blazed a trail of courage and honour over the last fifty years. The paintings are the original work of Group Captain S M A Hussaini, the much-admired Official Artist of the PAF.

On the occasion of the golden anniversary of the PAF the publication of this book shall, we are sure, make it a collectors' item for all air enthusiasts.


Publisher
Feroszens Pvt of Pakistan