Bravery of PAF during 1965 war? | TBQ EP11

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]The war plan of Pak Fizaia in the war of 1965 was that as soon as the war breaks out, we will destroy Pathankot, Adampur and Halwara on the very first day.

[00:00:06]So these eight ships had to come in groups. Sajjad Haider was a Squadron Commander of 19 Squadron. He bombed Pathankot with eight ships. Another formation was to reach Adampur at 5:00 pm.

[00:00:16]MM Alam Sahib had to reach there with the Was Squadron Commander Five Squadron. The third strike was to be made by Scud Sarfaraz Rafi. What happened was that at the same time, you might remember the famous attack by India on Sialkot with tanks and Sialkot came under pressure. So mostly ships went there from Sargodha. So the eight Scuds that Sarfaraz Refiq was supposed to get did not get them. So the strike which everyone was supposed to do at 5:00 pm, Trafficki Sahab's formation got delayed by 1 hour. And now visualize this for an hour, that the enemy knows that there are three runways, they are trying to attack two of them, and they will definitely attack the third one. And instead of eight, they got four ships. And one of the four ships developed engine problems. So he switched it off and now only three were left. Scud Sarfraz leading Flyphant Younus was number three. Sizzle Chaudhary Sahib was number two. Live Nus had two children, one of whom was 14 days old when he was martyred. He had not even seen the child. Sisil Choudhary was newly married. So Sisal Chaudhary was a Christian. His wife's name was Aris. Sisal Chaudhary Saheb told me once later. When I was going to the ship, Sarfaraz Rafiqui called me. I thought there was some change in the briefing.

[00:01:08]There is a change of plan. Some started telling about updates and some about targeting. Then he calls me and says that Cecil I know Aris will never forgive me. So Sisal Chaudhary says that he said something very beautiful.

[00:01:18]He said that Sir, when none of us is coming back, who will be answerable to Aris.

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