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Muhammad G Alam, MD - Nephrology, Pine Bluff, AR | Powered by DrScore.com drscore.com |
Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ মাহমুদ আলম, Urdu: محمد محمود عالم) or shortly M. M. Alam is a retired Air Commodore of Pakistan Air Force. He is a recipient of the Pakistani military decoration, the Sitara-e-Jurrat ("The star of courage") and a bar to it for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
[edit] Early lifeHe was born July 6, 1935 in Calcutta, British India. He is popularly known as "M.M. Alam" and nicknamed little dragon. [edit] Indo-Pakistani War of 1965Alam is well-known for his actions during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 when he was posted at Sargodha. During this war he was involved in various dogfights while flying his F-86 Sabre jet equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. Pakistani sources claim that he downined nine Indian fighters six of them are Hunters of the Indian Air Force in air-to-air combats, 5 of them in less than a minute,[1][2] as follows:
The Pakistani army's figures have been disputed by Indian sources. The Indian sources attribute Alam with only five of these kills, attributing one of the "kills" claimed by PAF, Sqn Ldr Onkar Nath Kacker's aircraft loss, to booster failure.[3][4] In addition, they also claim that Alam never saw his missile hit Kacker's aircraft. secondly the gun camera film of the aircraft is yet to be made public & PAF Authorities have confirmed recovering debris to 2 Hunter aircraft with the bodies of both Indian pilots from the scene of action. They had reported one body was a hindu & another Sikh.[5] [edit] First Squadron Leader of MirageAlam was the first commanding officer of the first squadron of Dassault Mirage III fighters procured by the PAF in 1967. However he was not very popular with the top management of the PAF and was shortly removed from command, on the excuse that he was not "literate enough"[4]. [edit] Inactive Service During Indo-Pakistani War of 1971During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, all personnel who were of Bengali origins or were born in Bengal were grounded to prevent any defections. Thus, Alam was posted on a staff job and did not fly in combat. In 1979 he went to Afghanistan to advise the Mujahedin.[4] [edit] Involvement in Soviet Afghan WarM.M. Alam retired in 1982 as an Air Commodore and currently resides in Karachi. One of the roads of Gulberg in Lahore is named after him as M. M. Alam road. [edit] FamilyHis brother M. Shahid Alam is an Economist and a professor at Northeastern University, Boston. His brother M. Sajjad Alam is a particle physicist at SUNY Albany and is credited for discovering over a dozen particles. [edit] Citation.
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