page_title: Muhammad Mahmood Alam
hierarchical_section_title: Muhammad Mahmood Alam
caption_attribution_description: English: Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam in 2010
context_page_description: Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam SJ was a Pakistani fighter pilot who was officially credited by the Pakistanis with having downed five Indian Air Force aircraft in 1 minute during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, all five aircraft are Hawker Hunter aircraft on one sortie on 7 September 1965. However, some scholars including retired PAF Air Commodore Sajad S. Haider have countered Alam's claim regarding the sortie on 7 September 1965. He was a F-86 Sabre flying ace as per Pakistan Air Force records. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat.
  Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
context_section_description: Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam SJ (Urdu: محمد محمود عالم‎, Bengali: মোহাম্মদ মাহমূদ আলম; 6 July 1935 – 18 March 2013) was a Pakistani fighter pilot (Air Commodore) who was officially credited by the Pakistanis with having downed five Indian Air Force aircraft in 1 minute during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, all five aircraft are Hawker Hunter aircraft on one sortie on 7 September 1965. However, some scholars including retired PAF Air Commodore Sajad S. Haider have countered Alam's claim regarding the sortie on 7 September 1965. He was a F-86 Sabre flying ace as per Pakistan Air Force records. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat ("The star of courage").
  Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
caption: Muhammad Mahmood Alam in 2010
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