accompanied by
AVM Atcherley and
Wing Commander Nur Khan during Independence Day celebrations of 1950 at
Mauripur Airbase. Hawker Tempest Mk.2s of No 14 Squadron and Hawker Sea Furies of No. 5 and No 9 Squadrons are visible down the line. The No. 14 Squadron was the PAF's first
fighter-bomber squadron, which was raised on 1 November 1948, at
RPAF Base Peshawar and operated the
Hawker Tempest fighters which were inherited from the
RIAF but were later re-equipped with newly acquired
Hawker Fury fighter-bombers after being number-plated for some months. In 1956, the squadron was transferred to
PAF Base Mauripur and re-equipped with
F-86 Sabres. They participated extensively in various inter-squadron competitions and
exercises.
North Waziristan operations After the
independence of Pakistan, several armed militant groups in the
North-West Frontier Province which were previously engaged in an armed conflict with the
British Raj turned against Pakistan. This time backed by the
Kingdom of Afghanistan, the armed groups started a
rebellion against the
Dominion of Pakistan. Resultantly, the No. 14 squadron was deployed at
Miranshah Airfield at
North Waziristan for counter insurgency operations during which it bombed several rebel targets. In 1953–54, the Squadron also launched a bombing operation on
Faqir of Ipi's strongholds at
Gurwek.
1965 Indo-Pakistani war During the 1965 war, the No. 14 Squadron was deployed at
Tejgaon Air Base and initially operated 12
North American F-86F Sabres but one was lost to a
bird strike on 4 September so it operated 11 units throughout the war. The Squadron didn't participate in any offensive operations during the
rise in hostilities over the disputed
Indian Administered Kashmir region but it had been on high alert since the
Rann of Kutch conflict before the invasion. In retaliation for the Indian invasion, the
PAF launched an aggressive airstrike campaign on several
IAF bases.
Airstrikes on other IAF bases On 10 September, four
Sabres from the No. 14 Squadron launched an airstrike on the IAF base of
Baghdogra, four days later on 14 September, the squadron struck the IAF bases of
Barrakpore and
Agartala but since the
IAF had retreated most of its aircraft from the eastern frontline, the squadron destroyed few aircraft in these strikes which included one
Canberra, two fighters, five
transport aircraft, and one
helicopter. According to the neutral sources, India flew 1,978 sorties in the East and about 4,000 in West Pakistan, while the PAF flew about 30 and 2,840 at the respective fronts. By the end of the war, India had overall lost 45 aircraft while Pakistan lost 75. At the end of the war with the
surrender of Pakistani forces to the Indian forces, PAF pilots made successful escapes from East Pakistan to neighbouring
Burma; many PAF personnel had already left the East for Burma on their own before Dacca was overrun by the Indian military in December 1971.
Aerial Engagements with Soviet & Afghan Jets During the Soviet-Afghan war,
Soviet and
Afghan jets would bomb Afghan refugee camps and
Mujahideen camps in the then
North West Frontier Province (presently
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Resultantly, the No. 14 Squadron, while operating the
F-16 Fighting Falcon, was deployed at
PAF Base Minhas at
Kamra from where they carried out
Combat Air Patrol missions on the
Western Borders where they would eventually
dogfight with Soviet and Afghan jets. Later, on 12 September 1988,
Flight Lieutenant Khalid shot down two
Mig-23. The squadron scored its last kill on 3 November 1988, when Flight Lieutenant Khalid Mehmood shot down an Afghan
Su-22.{{cite web
War on Terror During
Operation Black Thunderstorm, an
F-7P of the Tail Choppers performed a
Sonic boom over the Peochar valley before Pakistani forces were inserted into the area. This was to create fear amongst the militants occupying the area.
Operation Bunyan-Um-Marsoos According to claims circulated by Pakistani sources, on the early morning of 10th May a JF-17 Thunder, reportedly flown by Wing Cdr Hammad Ibn-e-Masood, carried out what was described as a Destruction of Enemy Air Defence (DEAD) mission against the S-400 system at Adampur Air Force Station. It was claimed that the aircraft used electronic countermeasures, decoys, and evasive manoeuvres to approach the Indo-Pak border and launched a CM-400AKG high-supersonic air-launched missile. As per these accounts, the missile allegedly followed an inertial navigation system with satellite correction using GPS and BeiDou during its mid-course phase, which was described as passive in nature. The claim further states that, in the terminal phase, a passive seeker was activated to detect radar emissions, allowing the missile to home in on the target. It was also alleged that the radar operators received no prior warning and that shutting down the radar at that stage would not have prevented impact. According to these unverified reports, the missile executed a steep terminal dive at hypersonic speed. Pakistan has claimed that this strike successfully destroyed the 96L6E “Cheese Board” radar of the S-400 air defence system at Adampur Air Force Station; however, no independent confirmation or supporting evidence has been provided to substantiate this claim. [26] [27] [28] == Aircraft flown ==