AVM Saeedullah Khan (23 July 1926 - 2002) was one of the pioneering officers of Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Air Force

The Pakistan Air Force is the leading air arm of the Pakistan Armed Forces and is primarily tasked with the aerial defence of Pakistan with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Navy. The PAF also has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport...

. He joined the newly formed air force, then known as Royal Pakistan Air Force, as a flying officer (pilot) and rose to the rank of Air Vice Marshal. He served as Deputy Chief of Air Staff (DCAS) between 22 June 1972 to 29 June 1973.

Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF)

He was commissioned as a pilot

Aviator

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 in the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) on 17 September 1945 and his service number was 3241. Between 14 November 1946 and 22 July 1947 he was posted at Kolar

Kolar

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Pakistan Air Force

At the time of Partition of India

Partition of India

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, he decided to join Pakistan. In 1951, he flew his Hawker Sea Fury

Hawker Sea Fury

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 as part of the first aerobatic team, the Red Dragons, in the Indian Subcontinent

Indian subcontinent

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, which was involved in the farewell ceremonies of the Commander-in-Chief, AVM R. L. R. Atcherely in Peshawar

Peshawar

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Commands

• No 9 Squadron: September 1953 to September 1954
• No 2 Squadron: 19 July 1956 to 10 April 1957
• No 32 F.G.A. Wing: 5 May 1958 to 24 October 1958
• No 33 Air Supply Wing: May 1961 to January 1962

External links

• Profile of Saeedullah Khan on Bharat rakshak.