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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Military unit
The No. 27 Squadron , nicknamed Zarrars Pakistan Air Force's Northern Air Command. It is currently deployed at Rafiqui Airbase and operates the Dassault Mirage-VEF ROSE-III aircraft. [1] [2]
History [ edit ]
Dassault Mirage-VEF ROSE-II of the PAF
The squadron was formally raised on 19 April 2007 at PAF Base Rafiqui and equipped with the upgraded Dassault Mirage-5EF ROSE-III combat aircraft. The first Officer Commanding (OC ) was Wing Commander Shafqat Mushtaq and the first Senior Engineering Officer was Squadron Leader Najam-ul-Hasnain.[3] [4] [5]
Operational history [ edit ]
War On Terror [ edit ]
After the spillover of militants & terrorists from Afghanistan into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the US invasion , The Zarrars were tasked to carry out night time air strikes at the former FATA & NWFP regions and participated throughout the insurgency.
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "New Fighter Squadron added to Pakistan Air Force" . Pakistan Times the original on July 7, 2007.
^ "PAF gets fighter squadron" . Dawn . Retrieved 3 August 2013 .
^ "No. 27 Squadron "Zarrars" . PakDef.info . Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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