Towards the fag end of his unenviable military career, a representative of the Bush legacy Admiral Mike Mullen was recently overwhelmed by pre-retirement syndrome and though it fit to assume the title of supreme commander of the Pakistani armed forces while declaring it to the American media that Pakistan is about to launch an offensive…
No 32 Fighter Ground Attack Wing at Masroor was a large composite Unit, half of whose assets had been moved to the northern bases. What remained of the fighter units included No 19 Squadron with a healthy count of 26 F-86E/F [1]. No 9 Squadron moved in from Sargodha on 6 December with 7 F-104As,…
A Histrocial Perspective Balloons at WarWars fought over land and sea predates the recorded history of human civilization. The use of air, the third medium, for warfare however, is a comparatively recent phenomenon. While the maiden flight of a heavier than air (HVA) platform by the Wright brothers in 1903 has rightly been credited with…
Selection of First Native Army Chief in India and Pakistan ‘We cannot afford to confine Army appointments to persons who have excited no hostile comment in their careers …. This is a time to try men of force and vision and not to be exclusively confined to those who are judged thoroughly safe by conventional…
IntroductionPart I of this article has appeared on pages 48 to 54 in the April 2011 issue of DEFNECE JOURNAL. In Part II some of the major events from 1922 to 1941 are being highlighted in chronological order, as under: Re-organization – Indian RegimentsIn 1922 Army HQs ordered a complete re-organization of all the Indian…
