Kaiser Tufail

Kaiser Tufail
Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail (r) with Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir (Shaheed) (l).
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1975-2005
Rank	Air Commodore (Brigadier-General)[1][2]
Commands held	No.8 Squadron (Haiders) No.34 Flying Wing Deputy Commandant PAF Air War College Commandant PAF Air War College PAF Base Shahbaz PAF Base Masroor.[3]
Battles/wars	Soviet war in Afghanistan Kargil War 2001 Indo-Pakistan standoff
Awards	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Other work	Aviation History, Indus Valley Archaeology, Population Genetics, Adventure & Exploration[3]
Website	Aeronaut Footloose

Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail TI(M), (Urdu: قیصر طفیل‎) is a retired fighter pilot of the Pakistan Air Force^[1] and is better-known as an aviation historian, particularly with regard to the largely unbiased coverage of the Indo-Pakistani Wars.^[1][3]

Service

Kaiser Tufail was commissioned in 1975. After performing duties as a squadron pilot, he went on to command a fighter squadron (No.8 Tactical Attack Squadron equipped with Mirage V) at PAF Base Masroor^[3] and a flying wing (No 34 Tactical Attack Wing) at PAF Base Rafiqui.^[4] Later he commanded PAF Base Shahbaz and PAF Base Masroor.^[3]

He has had the opportunity of flying virtually all types of trainers and fighters of the PAF during his service. These include T-6G Harvard, MFI-17 Mushaak, T-37, FT-5 (dual-seat MiG-17), F-6 (MiG-19), Mirage-III/5, F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Mirage F-1E (Qatari AF), F-7P (MiG-21) and the F-7PG (F-7 double-delta variant).^[3][5]

Kaiser Tufail was the Director of Operations of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during the Kargil conflict.^[1] He served as Deputy Commandant and Commandant of the PAF Air War College. He also served as Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the Southern Air Command before retiring in 2005.^[3]

Kaiser Tufail is a graduate of the PAF Air War College and the National Defence College (National Defence University) and holds master's degrees in Strategic Studies and War Studies.^[6][7]

Works as an aviation historian

Books

Air Commodore (Ret.) Kaiser Tufail receiving a memento from the 30th Commander of the Turkish Air Force, General. Akin Ozturk at the Turkish Air War College, Istanbul.

• Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force^[3][6][7]

Articles

• Jacobabad Tales^[8][9]
• Alam's Speed-shooting Classic^{[6][10][11][12]}
• "Run … it's a 104"^[6][13][14]
• PAF on the Offensive – 1971 War
• The Gujarat Beechcraft Incident – 1965 War^[15]
• Air Defence in Northern Sector – 1971 War
• Air Support in Chamb – 1971 War^[16]
• Air Support in Shakargarh – 1971 War^[17]
• Air Support at Sea – 1971 War^[18]
• F-6s at War^[19]
• Air Support in Thar – 1971 War^[20]
• Mirages at War^[21][22]
• Kargil Conflict and Pakistan Air Force^[23][24]
• Shahbaz Over Golan^{[6][25][26][27][28]}
• It is the Man Behind the Gun^[6][29]
• A Hard Nut to Crack^[6][30]
• Cheapest Kill^[6][31]
• A Sword for Hussein^[6][32][33]
• 'Bo Kaata'^[6][34]
• Mystery of the Downed Mystère^[6][35]
• Theirs But to Do and Die^[36][37]

References

External links

• Blogger URL
• Aeronaut – Anthology of articles on fighter flying, air wars, etc, by Kaiser Tufail
• Footloose – Anthology of articles on adventure, exploration and travel, by Kaiser Tufail
• A dialogue with an aviator