12th Death anniversary of ‘1965 War Hero’ M M Alam observed

The 12th death anniversary of “1965 War Hero” Muhammad Mahmood Alam, known as M. M. Alam, was observed on Tuesday.   

M. M. Alam, nicknamed as ‘Little Dragon’ while piloting an F-86 Sabre had shot down five Indian war planes in less than a minute during 1965 war which is still an unbeaten record.

He altogether, downed nine war planes in the aerial fight.

He was awarded ‘Sitara-e-Jurat’ for his bravery.

He died in Karachi on this date in 2013 at the age of 77 after a protracted illness.