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| Squadron Leader Athar Bukhari of No. 14 Squadron was the pilot of F-16 while this night interception was conducted on radar by Squadron Leader Taufiq Raja. Painting by S. M. Akhtar Hussaini depicting the encounter of August 4, 1988. |
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| Squadron Leader Athar Bukhari shot down one Russian Su-25 near Miranshah on August 4, 1988. The wreckage of shot down aircraft was located but not pilot. Tribal people caught pilot the next evening and handed him over to authorities. [Read also: Shooting Down the First Soviet Aircraft] |
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| A reconstructed AIM-9L missile that was use to intercept Soviet-Afghan air raids. |
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| Major General Ghazi-ud-din Rana presenting a Kalashnikov rifle to Flight Lieutenant Khalid Mehmood. |
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| The wing of Russian Su-25 aircraft shot down by Squadron Leader Athar Bukhari near Miranshah on August 4, 1988. |
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| Commanding Officer with controllers at the site of the Mashlak Radar. |
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| A group photo members of No. 9 Squadron 'Griffins'. [Picture courtesy: M Altaf Saleemi via Omar Khalid] |
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| A group photo members of No. 11 Squadron 'Arrows', Sargodha 1988. L-R: Gul Abbas Mela, M Altaf Saleemi, Ali Asad (late), Khalilullah Khan, Arif Moinuddin, Yousaf Ch, Kaiser Tufail, Tubrez Asif. [Picture courtesy: Kaiser Tufail] |
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| A group photo members of No. 11 Squadron 'Arrows', Sargodha 1988. L-R: Gul Abbas Mela, Yousaf Ch, Arif Moin, Kaiser Tufail, Tubrez Asif, Altaf Saleemi, Ali Asad (late), Khalilullah Khan. [Picture courtesy: Kaiser Tufail] |
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| A group photo members of No. 9 Squadron 'Griffins' 1987. Squadron Commander Wing Commander Abdul Razzak (5th from Left), Flt Lt Badr & Sqn Ldr Hameed Qadri are standing 7th & 4th from Left. [Picture courtesy: M Altaf Saleemi via Omar Khalid] |
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| A group photo members of No. 11 Squadron 'Arrows' pilots. After the arrival of F-16s in January 1983, No. 11 Squadron served as Operational Conversion Unit (OCU). [Picture courtesy: M Altaf Saleemi via Omar Khalid] |
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| A group photo members of No. 11 Squadron 'Arrows', Sargodha 1988. [Picture courtesy: M Altaf Saleemi via Omar Khalid] |
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