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shut down their operations. Subsequent negotiations led to an agreement in which the same missions would be flown by
Pakistan Air Force pilots, however the aircraft will be US-owned and would bear Pakistani markings. As a result, the No. 24 Squadron was raised on 5 December 1962 at Peshawar Airbase
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equipment has been employed to gain intelligence on radar capabilities and tactics used by aircraft of participating countries. As well as international exercises, the squadron flies extensively during Indian military exercises to ensure complete coverage. Aircraft of the
Blinders squadron form an
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of intruding aircraft to participating squadrons, as well as communications jamming, radar jamming, and radar spoofing. They have been used to expose PAF aircrews to operating under degraded environments and train pilots and controllers in ECM. Lectures have been delivered on the capabilities of
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their DA-20 electronic warfare variant. The squadron's aircraft have been involved in almost all PAF air defence exercises, as well as various joint Army and Navy exercises. Susceptibility of army and navy systems to electronic warfare has been analysed during these exercises.
519:. The Indians scrambled several warplanes to intercept the Pakistani strike fighters however, DA-20s of the 24 Squadron which had been flying since the commencement of the operation jammed their communications with ground control. In the dogfight which ensued, an Indian
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October 1965, Squadron Leader Rashid Mir flew an RB-57B over Agra, while being monitored by another B-57 from a large distance. The
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missions to assist with counter-air sorties by other PAF squadrons. In one mission, Squadron Leader M. Iqbal and his navigator
Squadron Leader Saifullah Khan Lodhi provided ESM for a strike against an Indian radar station at Amritsar by PAF
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Pakistan which affected relations between the two countries. Subsequently, the RB-57Fs of the squadron were called back to the United States and it was disbanded/number-plated in 1966.
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missile over Ambala and this time the shockwave of the missile's warhead was reported by Sqn Ldr Mir to have buffeted the aircraft, caused an engine to
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surface-to-air missile but the missile exploded on launch. Another attempt was made to intercept Sqn Ldr Mir by Indian
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The only aircraft left was destroyed in its hangar during a night bombing raid by IAF on 6 December in the 1971 war.
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suite, tasked with providing ESM and ECM support to other PAF squadrons.
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Pakistan Army exercise (1998) - Jamming operations carried out against
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One of the two Dassault Falcon 20s of the 24 Squadron nicknamed
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890:The History of the Pakistan Air Force 1999-2013
821:"Exploring the Squadrons of Pakistan Air Force"
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1041:"Operation Swift Retort One Year On"
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379:United States sanctions
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687:Exercise Sea Lion 1996
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1483:Aggressor emulation:
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355:Pakistani Government
345:targets such as the
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34:Logo of the squadron
801:on 10 December 2011
701:Saffron Bandit 1997
619:Dassault Falcon 20F
440:Operational History
241:Dassault Falcon 20F
133:Central Air Command
1025:PAF over the Years
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273:electronic warfare
219:Sqn Ldr Rashid Mir
187:Dassault Falcon 20
176:into a sword')
123:Electronic warfare
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1475:Aerobatics:
1005:PAF Falcons
909:Scramble.nl
676:Jiddat 1995
460:F-86 Sabres
373:Disbandment
193:Engagements
149:Nickname(s)
1503:Historical
1460:CCS Mirage
977:2024-06-20
914:2024-06-16
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781:References
597:1964-1966
590:Big Safari
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505:See also:
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50:Disbanded
43:1962â1966
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1510:Paybills
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1454:CCS F-7P
1362:Unmanned
642:National
554:Blinders
451:Blinders
391:Blinders
271:, is an
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183:Aircraft
159:Motto(s)
153:Blinders
70:Pakistan
22:Blinders
1518:Falcons
805:10 June
738:Gallery
488:MiG-21s
476:MiG-21s
339:US Navy
299:History
232:warfare
212:Notable
139:Airbase
58:Country
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570:Notes
343:Soviet
174:Muslim
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567:Role
541:Iqbal
403:Lodhi
399:Iqbal
309:Iqbal
945:ISBN
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509:and
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337:and
335:USAF
324:and
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263:The
170:Urdu
119:Role
111:Type
1442:CCS
1404:OCU
434:Mir
293:ESM
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