Sattar Alvi
Pakistani Air Force pilot (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air Commodore Abdus Sattar Alvi (Punjabi, Urdu: عبد الستار علوی), SJ, SI(M), is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force, who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third Indo-Pakistani in 1971, and served as a military advisor in the Syrian Air Force during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.[2]
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Birth name | Abdus Sattar Alvi |
Nickname(s) | Master of Migs[1] |
Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Jalandhar sammipur, British Punjab, British India |
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Years of service | 1963–1998 |
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Service number | PAK-4534 |
Unit | No. 11 Squadron Arrows |
Commands held | PAF Base Rafiqui Combat Commanders' School |
Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Yom Kippur War of 1973 |
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Other work | Flight instructor |
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According to modern Pakistani sources, in 1974, Alvi shot down the Israeli Air Force's Mirage III over the dogfight took place in Golan Heights in Syria, and was honored for his bravery with gallantry war-time medals by Syrian and Pakistan government.[3] However, no major sources from the time reported on such an incident.[4][5][6]