Kaiser Tufail

Kaiser Tufail

Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail (r) with Air Chief Marshal Shaheed Mushaf Ali Mir (l).
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Air Force
Years of service 1975-2005
Rank Air Commodore (Brigadier-General)[1][2]
Commands held No.8 Squadron (Haiders)
No.34 Flying Wing
Deputy Commandant PAF Air War College
Commandant PAF Air War College
PAF Base Shahbaz
PAF Base Masroor.[3]
Battles/wars Soviet war in Afghanistan
2001 Indo-Pakistan standoff
Awards Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Other work Aviation History, Indus Valley Archaeology, Population Genetics, Adventure & Exploration[3]
Website Aeronaut
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Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail (Urdu: قیصر طفیل‎) is a retired fighter pilot of the Pakistan Air Force[1] and is better-known as an aviation historian, particularly with regard to the largely unbiased coverage of the Indo-Pakistani Wars.[3][1]

Service

Kaiser Tufail was commissioned in 1975. After performing duties as a squadron pilot, he went on to command a fighter squadron (No.8 Tactical Attack Squadron equipped with Mirage V) at PAF Base Masroor[3] and a flying wing (No 34 Tactical Attack Wing) at PAF Base Rafiqui.[4] Later he commanded PAF Base Shahbaz and PAF Base Masroor.[3]

He has had the opportunity of flying virtually all types of trainers and fighters of the PAF during his service. These include T-6G Harvard, MFI-17 Mushaak, T-37, FT-5 (dual-seat MiG-17), F-6 (MiG-19), Mirage-III/5, F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Mirage F-1E (Qatari AF), F-7P (MiG-21) and the F-7PG (F-7 double-delta variant).[3][5]

Kaiser Tufail was the Director of Operations of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during the Kargil conflict.[1] He served as Deputy Commandant and Commandant of the PAF Air War College. He also served as Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the Southern Air Command before retiring in 2005.[3]

Kaiser Tufail is a graduate of the PAF Air War College and the National Defence College (National Defence University) and holds Masters degrees in Strategic Studies and War Studies.[6][7]

Works as an aviation historian

Books

Air Commodore (Ret.) Kaiser Tufail receiving a memento from Commander of the Turkish Air Force, General. Akin Ozturk at the Turkish Air War College, Istanbul.

Articles

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Amazed we had so much in common: Pak officer on Indian Kargil pilot". Indian Express. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Pakistan's military operations in Kashmir – Opinion". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pakistan. "Gebruikersprofiel: Kaiser Tufail". Blogger. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  4. ↑ M. J. Gohari (18 January 2001). The Story of the Pakistan Air Force 1988–1998: A Battle Against Odds. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 371–372. ISBN 978-9698553005.
  5. ↑ "Do or die". Dawn. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force. Ferozsons (Pvt) Ltd. 2005.
  7. ↑ M. Kaiser Tufail. "M. Kaiser Tufail (Author of Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  8. ↑ M. Kaiser Tufail. "M. Kaiser Tufail (Author of Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  9. ↑ Defence Journal, Jan 2007 issue
  10. ↑ "Aeronaut: Jacobabad Tales". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "Alam's Speed-shooting Classic". Defencejournal.com. 6 September 1965. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  12. ↑ The News International, 6 September 2006
  13. ↑ "Aeronaut: Speed Shooting Classic". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "Aeronaut: "Run … it’s a 104"". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  15. ↑ Air Commodore M. Kaiser Tufail. "Run… It's a 104.". Jang News.
  16. ↑ Defence Journal, April 2011 issue
  17. ↑ Defence Journal, July 2010 issue
  18. ↑ Defence Journal, May 2010 issue
  19. ↑ Defence Journal, April 2010 issue
  20. ↑ Defence Journal, December 2009 issue
  21. ↑ Defence Journal, September–October 2009 issue
  22. ↑ Defence Journal, May 2009 issue
  23. ↑ Shaheen – Journal of the Pakistan Air Force, Vol 60
  24. ↑ Kaiser Tufail (June 2009). "Himalayan Showdown". Air Forces Monthly (UK).
  25. ↑ Defence Journal (Pak), May 2009 issue
  26. ↑ Shaheen – Journal of the PAF, Summer 1999 issue
  27. ↑ Defence Journal, April 1999
  28. ↑ The News International, 26 April 1999
  29. ↑ Ausaf daily newspaper, 26 April 1999 (Urdu translation)
  30. ↑ Tufail, Kaiser (21 November 2008). "Aeronaut: It is the Man Behind the Gun". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  31. ↑ Tufail, Kaiser (21 November 2008). "Aeronaut: A Hard Nut to Crack". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  32. ↑ "Aeronaut: Cheapest Kill". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  33. ↑ Defence Journal, June 2003 issue
  34. ↑ "Aeronaut: A Sword for Hussein". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  35. ↑ Dawn (Books & Authors Supplement), 15 May 2005
  36. ↑ "Aeronaut: Mystery of the Downed Mystère". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  37. ↑ "Aeronaut: Theirs But to Do and Die". Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  38. ↑ Dawn, 6 September 2007

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