Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Commodore (Retired) Sattar Alvi has received Medal of Courage (Wisam Al-Shuja'ah) from Syria at Syrian Embassy in Islamabad from Syrian Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Ramez Alraee.
On April 26, 1974, Alvi, then a young Fight Lieutenant, shot down an Israeli Air Force (IAF) Dassault Mirage III fighter while he was piloting a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-21 fighter during a Combat Air Patrol (CAP) mission.
Alvi with a Syrian MiG-21.
"The thirty-second air combat of Flight Lieutenant Sattar Alvi showcased the bravery and skill of Pakistani pilots in defending the Syrian airspace," PAF said in a statement.
Alvi in the cockpit of a PAF Shenyang F-6.
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