Air Commodore Syed Abid Raza
Sitara-e-Basalat
Pakistan Air Force
(1927-2000)
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Key Links
Home Page
(Introduction, Accolades & Tributes by PAF Officers & KOPAF)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/
Biography
(Life, Education, Career, Achievements & Awards)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/biography
Education
(Academic Degree, Diploma, Technical Training Certificates & Recommendation Letters)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/education
Awards
(Medals, Ribbons, Shields, Degree, Diploma & Certificates)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/awards
Career
(Bases, Aircraft, Projects)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/career
Bases
(RPAF & PAF Bases, Academy, & Deputation)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/bases
Aircraft
(MIRAGE-III, F-6, C-130B, B-57, F-86, T-33, Harvard, & Tiger Moth)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/aircraft
Projects & Assignments
(Blue Flash I: Mirage-III induction, P721 F-6 Rebuild Factory, Assignments: F-6, C-130B , B-57, F-86, T-33, Harvard, & Tiger Moth)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/projects
Accolades
(Memories, Testimonials, & Tributes)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/accolades
Paintings
(PAF Career Depicted in Multiple Paintings)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/paintings
Memoir
(Forthcoming book on Life, Career, Achievements and Legacy)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/books
Books
(PAF Career Depicted in Several Books)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/books
Newspapers
(PAF Career Depicted in Several Newspapers)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/newspapers
Journals & Magazines
(PAF Career Depicted in Several Journals & Magazines)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/journals
Videos
(PAF Career Depicted in the Short Biography Film)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/videos
Albums (Photographs)
(20 Albums chronologically cataloging photographs from 1927- 2000)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/albums
*Album 1: Early Life, Khujwa/Chapra, Siwan & Patna, Bihar, India
(1927-1943)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/1-early-life-khujwa-patna-1927-43
*Album 2: Mechanical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, India
(1943-1948)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/2-mechanical-engg-aligarh-1943-48
*Album 3: Commissioning in Royal Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan
(November/December 1948) &
Aeronautical Engineering, United Kingdom
(January 1949 - February 1951)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/3-rpaf-comm-aero-engg-uk-1948-51
*Album 4: Technical Adjutant & O-IC D.S.S., PAF Academy, Risalpur, Pakistan
(February 1951 - July 1953)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/4-rpaf-oic-academy-risalpur-1951-53
*Album 5: Staff Officer to Assistant Chief of Air Staff (M), Air Headquarters, RPAF Base Masroor, Mauripur, Pakistan
(January 1953 - July 1953)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/5-rpaf-so-mauripur-1953
*Album 6: Aircraft Electrical & Instrument Engineering Course, RAF Technical College, Henlow, United Kingdom (August 1953 - March 1954)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/6-rpaf-aei-engg-course-uk-1953-54
*Album 7: Officer In-charge, Electrical Components & Instrumentation (E&I) Section, 102MU, RPAF Base Drigh Road/Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan
(March 1954 - April 1955)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/7-rpaf-oic-ei-102mu-faisal-1954-55
*Album 8: Chief Technical Officer, PAF Base Korangi Creek, Pakistan
(April 1955 - April 1957) &
Senior Trade Training Officer, PAF School of Aeronautics, Korangi Creek, Pakistan
(April 1957 - August 1957)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/8-rpaf-paf-cto-stto-korangi-1955-57
Album 9: Staff Officer Training I, Training Directorate, HQ No. 2 Group, PAF Base Drigh Road / Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan (August 1957 - March 1959)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/9-paf-so-faisal-1957-59
Album 10: Officer In charge & Officer Commanding, Field Maintenance Squadron, PAF Base Masroor, Mauripur, Pakistan
(March 1959 - December 1960)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/10-paf-oic-mauripur-1959-60
*Album 11: Officer Commanding (Maintenance Wing), PAF Base Peshawar, Pakistan
(January 1961 - March/April 1965)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/11-paf-oc-m-peshawar-1960-65
*Album 12: Assistant Director of Aircraft Engineering
(March/April 1965 - March 1966) &
Director of General Engineering, Air HQ, Peshawar, Pakistan
(March 1966 - December 1966)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/12-paf-dir-e-ahq-1965-1966
*Album 13: Head of Blue Flash I (Induction of Mirage-III Aircraft), Paris, France & Deputy Director of Projects, Air HQ, Peshawar, Pakistan
(December 1966 - June 1970)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/13-paf-blue-flash-i-france-1966-1970
*Album 14: Deputy Director of Aircraft Engineering, Air HQ, Peshawar, Pakistan
(June 1970 - February 1972)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/14-paf-dir-ae-ahq-1970-72
*Album 15: Officer Commanding 102MU, PAF Base Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan
(March 1972 - June 1976)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/15-paf-oc-m-102mu-faisal-1972-76
*Album 16: Deputy Director Project (P-721), Defence Production Division, Ministry of Defence, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(July 1976- December 1976) &
Project Director (P-721), Defence Production Division, Ministry of Defence, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(January 1977 - June 1979)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/16-paf-dir-p721-f6rf-kamra-1977-79
*Album 17: Managing Director (F-6 Rebuild Factory), Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, Pakistan
(June 1979 - November/December 1980)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/17-paf-md-f-6rf-pac-kamra-1979-80
*Album 18: Farewell Banquet & Retirement Party of Managing Director (F-6 Rebuild Factory), Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, Pakistan
(November, 1980)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/18-paf-md-f-6rf-retirement-1980
*Album 19: Project Director, Shaheen Builders, Shaheen Foundation, PAF, Karachi, Pakistan
(December 1980 - October 1987) &
Project Manager, General Manager & Managing Director, SWE-PAK Pharmaceutical, Shaheen Foundation, PAF, Karachi, Pakistan
(October 1987 - April 1991)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/19-paf-dir-shaheen-foundation-1980-91
*Album 20: Family Tree
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/20-family-tree
Acknowledgments
(List of PAF Officers (R) & KOPAF Group for their Collaboration & Support on the Biography Project)
https://www.aircommodoresyedabidraza.com/acknowledgments
Sources
(Primary & Secondary Sources)
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