No. 27 Squadron PAF

No. 27 Squadron Zarrars
Active	2007 - Present
Country	Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan Armed Forces
Branch	Pakistan Air Force
Role	Tactical Attack
Part of	Central Air Command No. 34 Tactical Attack Wing
Garrison/HQ	PAF Base Rafiqui
Nickname(s)	Zarrars
Engagements	War On Terror Insurgency in KPK Operation Rah-e-Nijat Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham
Aircraft flown
Attack	Dassault Mirage 5F ROSE-III

Military unit

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

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.

References

^ "No. 27 Squadron". PakDef.info. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.
^ "No. 27 Squadron PAF". GlobalSecurity.org.
^ "New Fighter Squadron added to Pakistan Air Force". Pakistan Times. April 4, 2007. Archived from the original on July 7, 2007.
^ "PAF gets fighter squadron". Dawn. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "No. 27 Squadron "Zarrars"". PakDef.info. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.