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

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]

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]

Operational history

War On Terror

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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