Sattar Alvi Military person

Air Commodore Abdul Sattar Alvi (Born 1949), is a Pakistan Air Force's retired fighter pilot and a former chairman of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. A veteran of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Alvi is a recipient of the Pakistani military decoration, the Sitara-e-Jurat ("The star of courage") and a bar to it for his actions during the Yom Kippur War.

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Birth dateJanuary 01, 1949

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Sitara-e-Jurat
military operations
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Yom Kippur War
Operation Brasstacks
military command
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
PAF Sargodha Airbase
military unit
List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons
service start1970
service end1998

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External resources

  1. http://pavocavalry.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/flight-lieutenant-sattar-alvia-master-of-migswho-shot-down-the-israeli-aircraft-flown-by-m-lutz-of-no-5-air-wing-based-at-hatzor-on-26-april-1974
  2. http://www.defencejournal.com/apr99/golan.htm
  3. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/air-force-combat.htm
  4. http://www.mabaig.co.uk/paf/PAINTINGS/mideast/MidEast.html
  5. http://www.paf.gov.pk/feats.htm
  6. http://www.scramble.nl/pk.htm