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Meet Sqn Leader Farooq haider,the most based air defence controller ever.
During 71 war IAF had the ability to hear convo b/w PAF pilots and controllers.
On 7th December,1971 he saw a blip on his radar scope,it was a Folland Gnat of IAF going back to his base in Amritsar...
During 71 war IAF had the ability to hear convo b/w PAF pilots and controllers.
On 7th December,1971 he saw a blip on his radar scope,it was a Folland Gnat of IAF going back to his base in Amritsar...
He immediately acted like he is guiding PAF jets and said:
âYour target now over Tarn Taran, heading 360; do not acknowledge.â
âTarget 20 (degrees) right, five (miles), turn hard left 360, do not climb; do not acknowledge.â
Now this was heard by IAF and the...
âYour target now over Tarn Taran, heading 360; do not acknowledge.â
âTarget 20 (degrees) right, five (miles), turn hard left 360, do not climb; do not acknowledge.â
Now this was heard by IAF and the...
Listening in to what was going on, the IAF controller was completely dumbfounded at the development, for he had not yet picked up any blip on his scope. All of a sudden, he frantically shouted on the radio to announce the presence of interceptors in the Gnatâs rear quarters!....
The Gnat was flown by flg off Manmohan Singh.
With the interceptorsâ distance rapidly reducing and shooting down of the Gnat almost a certainty, the controller followed up with a panic âbreakâ call. Mohan reacted as any fighter pilot would have done in that situation. He yanked back on the control stick....
and threw in a very tight turn to shake off his pursuers.
Farooq noticed that the blip had disappeared from the radar screen shortly after manoeuvring had commenced. Normally, he would have enquired about the fate of the target from the interceptor pilots within moments of the..
Farooq noticed that the blip had disappeared from the radar screen shortly after manoeuvring had commenced. Normally, he would have enquired about the fate of the target from the interceptor pilots within moments of the..
shooting. This time, however, he had to be discrete.
âMaintain radio silence and recover at low altitude,â he called out. Meanwhile, Farooq and his fellow controllers wondered if the vanished blip meant that the aircraft had landed at its Base.
âMaintain radio silence and recover at low altitude,â he called out. Meanwhile, Farooq and his fellow controllers wondered if the vanished blip meant that the aircraft had landed at its Base.
However IAFâs official history published in early 2000s acknowledged the loss of a gnat on 7th December which crashed when pilot lost control during tight manoeuvring when warned of Pak aircraft in the vicinity.The only inaccuracy was that PAF aircraft were nowhere near...
Sqn leader Farooq had reacted to a threat by faking an interception as he decided to pull a prank rather than getting frustrated.
He got a kill without expending any fuel and without firing a bullet.
Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail called it the cheapest kill.
He got a kill without expending any fuel and without firing a bullet.
Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail called it the cheapest kill.
Entire thread is based on this blog of KT i hope he forgives me for using it without permission http://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/cheapest-kill.html
