Sattar Alvi
Sattar Alvi | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Abdus Sattar Alvi |
| Nickname(s) | Master of Migs |
| Born | 1944 (age 80–81) Jalandhar sammipur, British Punjab, British India |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch | Pakistan Air Force |
| Years of service | 1963–1998 |
| Rank | Air-Commodore |
| Service number | PAK-4534 |
| Unit | No. 11 Squadron Arrows |
| Commands | PAF Base Rafiqui Combat Commanders' School |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Sitara-e-Jurat Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
| Other work | Flight instructor |
Abdus Sattar Alvi (Punjabi, Urdu: عبد الستار علوی), SJ, SI(M), is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force, who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third Indo-Pakistani in 1971, and served as a military advisor in the Syrian Air Force during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
According to modern Pakistani sources, in 1974, Alvi shot down the Israeli Air Force's Mirage III over the dogfight took place in Golan Heights in Syria, and was honored for his bravery with gallantry war-time medals by Syrian and Pakistan government. However, no major sources from the time reported on such an incident.