Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Pakistani military leader
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About Muhammad Mahmood Alam
- Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam SJ (Urdu: ???? ????? ?????, Bengali: ???????? ?????? ???; 6 July 1935 – 18 March 2013) was a Pakistani fighter pilot who was officially credited by the Pakistanis with having downed five Indian Air Force aircraft in 1 minute during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, all five aircraft are Hawker Hunter aircraft on one sortie on 7 September 1965.
- However, some scholars including retired PAF Air Commodore Sajad S.
- Haider have countered Alam's claim regarding the sortie on 7 September 1965.
- He was a F-86 Sabre flying ace as per Pakistan Air Force records.
- He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat ("The star of courage"), the nation's third highest military award and Bar for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
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