No. 27 Squadron PAF

The No. 27 Squadron, nicknamed Zarrars, is a tactical attack squadron from the No. 34 Wing of the Pakistan Air Force's Northern Air Command. It is currently deployed at Rafiqui Airbase and operates the Dassault Mirage-VEF ROSE-III aircraft. [1][2]

No. 27 Squadron Zarrars
Active2007 - Present
Country Pakistan
Allegiance Pakistan Armed Forces
Branch Pakistan Air Force
RoleTactical Attack
Part of
Garrison/HQPAF Base Rafiqui
Nickname(s)Zarrars
Engagements
Aircraft flown
AttackDassault Mirage 5F ROSE-III

History
Dassault Mirage-VEF ROSE-II of the PAF

The squadron was formally raised on 19 April 2007 at PAF Base Rafiqui and equipped with the upgraded Dassault Mirage-5EF ROSE-III combat aircraft. The first Officer Commanding (OC) was Wing Commander Shafqat Mushtaq and the first Senior Engineering Officer was Squadron Leader Najam-ul-Hasnain.[3][4][5]

War On Terror
Main articles: War on terror and Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

After the spillover of militants & terrorists from Afghanistan into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the US invasion, The Zarrars were tasked to carry out night time air strikes at the former FATA & NWFP regions and participated throughout the insurgency.

See also

References
  1. "No. 27 Squadron". PakDef.info. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.
  2. "No. 27 Squadron PAF". GlobalSecurity.org.
  3. "New Fighter Squadron added to Pakistan Air Force". Pakistan Times. April 4, 2007. Archived from the original on July 7, 2007.
  4. "PAF gets fighter squadron". Dawn. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  5. "No. 27 Squadron "Zarrars"". PakDef.info. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.


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