Joined PAF Public School Sargodha 1956 Joined PAF Academy, Risalpur 1961 as Flight Cadet Commissioned into Pakistan Air Force in 1963 as Pilot Officer Completes Jet Conversion Training Completes Fighter Conversion Training Posted No.19 Squadron, Peshawar as Flying Officer Completes Fighter Leadership Training, Maripur Sees combat against India 1965 Awarded Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War (War Star 1965) Promoted to Flight Lieutenant, July 1967 Flies F-104 Starfighter Ejects from an F6 (MiG-19) when a flameout occurs during a mock Dogfight Completes course at Flying Instructors' School Becomes a QFI (Qualified Flying Instructor) and posted to PAF Academy, Risalpur Posted No.25 Top Gun Squadron, Sargodha Served HQ, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Worked in PAF as Jet Conversion Instructor in order to escape with an aircraft, May 1971