Kaiser Tufail

{{short description|Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot (active 1975–2005)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Air Commodore | name = Kaiser Tufail | honorific_suffix = {{small|SI(M)}} | native_name = {{Nastaliq|قیصر طفیل}} | native_name_lang = ur | image = Kaisertufail.mushafamir.jpg | caption = Tufail (right) photographed with Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir (left) | birth_date =  | birth_place = | allegiance = {{flag|Pakistan}} | branch = {{air force|Pakistan}} | branch_label = Service branch | service_years = 1975–2005 | rank = 15px 15px Air Commodore<ref name="indianexpress1">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/amazed-we-had-so-much-in-common-pak-officer-on-indian-kargil-pilot/475787/0 |title=Amazed we had so much in common: Pak officer on Indian Kargil pilot |work=Indian Express |date=13 June 2009 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/2011887622615886.html |title=Pakistan's military operations in Kashmir – Opinion |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> | service_number = | unit = | commands = {{plainlist| * No. 8 Squadron ''Haiders'' * No. 34 Flying Wing * Deputy Commandant, PAF Air War College * Base Commander, PAF Base Shahbaz * Base Commander, PAF Base Masroor<ref name="blogger1">{{cite web|author=Pakistan |url=http://www.blogger.com/profile/05733145033238064933 |title=Gebruikersprofiel: Kaiser Tufail |publisher=Blogger |date= |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> }} | awards = 70px{{small|Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)}} | relations = | other_work = Studies on history of aviation, archaeology, population genetics, Indus Valley civilization, etc.<ref name=blogger1 /> | signature = | website = [https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/ Aeronaut]<br/> [https://kaiser-footloose.blogspot.com/ Footloose] }}

'''Kaiser Tufail''' {{small|SI(M)}} is a retired Pakistani fighter pilot. Outside of his military service, Tufail is an active blogger, aviation historian and has delivered motivational speeches at TEDx conferences.

==Service== Kaiser Tufail was commissioned in 1975. After performing duties as a squadron pilot, he went on to command a fighter squadron (No.8 Tactical Attack Squadron equipped with Mirage 5) at PAF Base Masroor<ref name="blogger1" /> and a flying wing (No 34 Tactical Attack Wing) at PAF Base Rafiqui.<ref name=Gohari>{{cite book|title=The Story of the Pakistan Air Force 1988–1998: A Battle Against Odds|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=USA|isbn=978-9698553005|pages=371–372|author=M. J. Gohari|date=18 January 2001}}</ref> Later he commanded PAF Base Shahbaz and PAF Base Masroor.<ref name="blogger1" />

He has had the opportunity of flying virtually all types of trainers and fighters of the PAF during his service. These include T-6G Harvard, MFI-17 Mushaak, T-37, FT-5 (dual-seat MiG-17), F-6 (MiG-19), Mirage-III/5, F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Mirage F-1E (Qatari AF), F-7P (MiG-21) and the F-7PG (F-7 double-delta variant).<ref name="blogger1"/><ref name="Dawn: Do or die">{{cite news|title=Do or die|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/498510/do-or-die|access-date=9 December 2013|work=Dawn|date=25 October 2009}}</ref>

Kaiser Tufail was the Director of Operations of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during the Kargil conflict.<ref name=indianexpress1 /> He served as Deputy Commandant and Commandant of the PAF Air War College. He also served as Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the Southern Air Command before retiring in 2005.<ref name="blogger1"/>

Kaiser Tufail is a graduate of the PAF Air War College and the National Defence College (National Defence University) and holds master's degrees in Strategic Studies and War Studies.<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force">{{cite book|title=Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force|year=2005|publisher=Ferozsons (Pvt) Ltd}}</ref><ref name="M. Kaiser Tufail">{{cite web|author=M. Kaiser Tufail |url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3157077.M_Kaiser_Tufail |title=M. Kaiser Tufail (Author of Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force) |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref>

==Works as an aviation historian==

===Books===

[[File:Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail receiving a memento from Commander of the Turkish Air Force General Akin Ozturk.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Tufail receiving a memento from the 30th Commander of the Turkish Air Force, Gen. Akın Öztürk at the Turkish Air War College in Istanbul ({{Circa|2014}})]] * ''Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force''<ref name=blogger1 /><ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref name="M. Kaiser Tufail" /> * ''In The Ring and On Its Feet''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1I2hswEACAAJ |title=In The Ring and On Its Feet |isbn=978-969-0-02554-8 |last1=Kaiser Tufail |first1=M. |date=28 April 2024 |publisher=Ferozsons (Pvt.) Limited }}</ref>

===Articles=== * "Jacobabad Tales"<ref>Defence Journal, Jan 2007 issue</ref><ref name="blogspot1">{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/jacobabad-tales.html |title=Aeronaut: Jacobabad Tales |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=19 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> * "Alam's Speed-shooting Classic"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/alam.htm |title=Alam's Speed-shooting Classic |publisher=Defencejournal.com |date=6 September 1965 |access-date=12 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927040737/http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/alam.htm |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>The News International, 6 September 2006</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/speed-shooting-classic.html |title=Aeronaut: Speed Shooting Classic |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=20 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> * "Run ... it's a 104"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/run-its-104.html |title=Aeronaut: "Run … it's a 104" |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=19 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Run… It’s a 104">{{cite news|title=Run… It's a 104. |url=http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/defence_day_supp_05/p5.html |newspaper=Jang News |author=Air Commodore M. Kaiser Tufail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319114802/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/defence_day_supp_05/p5.html |archive-date=19 March 2007 }}</ref> * "PAF on the Offensive – 1971 War" * "The Gujarat Beechcraft Incident – 1965 War"<ref>''Defence Journal'', April 2011 issue</ref> * "Air Defence in Northern Sector – 1971 War" * "Air Support in Chamb – 1971 War"<ref>''Defence Journal'', July 2010 issue</ref> * "Air Support in Shakargarh – 1971 War"<ref>''Defence Journal'', May 2010 issue</ref> * "Air Support at Sea – 1971 War"<ref>''Defence Journal'', April 2010 issue</ref> * "F-6s at War"<ref>''Defence Journal'', December 2009 issue</ref> * "Air Support in Thar – 1971 War"<ref>''Defence Journal'', September–October 2009 issue</ref> * "Mirages at War"<ref>''Defence Journal'', May 2009 issue</ref><ref>''Shaheen – Journal of the Pakistan Air Force'', Vol 60</ref> * "Kargil Conflict and Pakistan Air Force"<ref>{{cite journal|title=Himalayan Showdown|journal=Air Forces Monthly|date=June 2009|author=Kaiser Tufail}}</ref><ref>Defence Journal (Pak), May 2009 issue</ref> * "Shahbaz Over Golan"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>''Shaheen – Journal of the PAF'', Summer 1999 issue</ref><ref>''Defence Journal'', April 1999</ref><ref>''The News International'', 26 April 1999</ref><ref>Ausaf daily newspaper, 26 April 1999 (Urdu translation)</ref> * "It is the Man Behind the Gun"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Tufail |first=Kaiser |url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/it-is-man-behind-gun.html |title=Aeronaut: It is the Man Behind the Gun |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=21 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> * "A Hard Nut to Crack"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Tufail |first=Kaiser |url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/hard-nut-to-crack.html |title=Aeronaut: A Hard Nut to Crack |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=21 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> * "Cheapest Kill"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/cheapest-kill.html |title=Aeronaut: Cheapest Kill |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=20 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> * "A Sword for Hussein"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>''Defence Journal'', June 2003 issue</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/sword-for-hussein.html |title=Aeronaut: A Sword for Hussein |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=20 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> * "Bo Kaata"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>''Dawn'' (Books & Authors Supplement), 15 May 2005</ref> * "Mystery of the Downed Mystère"<ref name="Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/mystery-of-downed-mystre.html |title=Aeronaut: Mystery of the Downed Mystère |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=20 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> * "Theirs But to Do and Die"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/theirs-but-to-do-and-die.html |title=Aeronaut: Theirs But to Do and Die |publisher=Kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com |date=20 November 2008 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref><ref>''Dawn'', 6 September 2007</ref>

== Awards and decorations == {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" | colspan="4" |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|ribbon=PAF GDP Red.png|width=250}} |- | colspan="4" |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Baqa (1998).png|width=130}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Istaqlal (2002).png|width=130}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=10 years Service Medal.png|width=130}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=20 years Service Medal.png|width=130}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=30 years Service Medal.png|width=130}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam.png|width=130}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hijri Tamgha.png|width=130}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Jamhuriat Tamgha 1988.png|width=130}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha Pakistan.svg|width=130}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal, 2006.svg|width=130}} |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" | colspan="4" |'''PAF''' GD(P) Badge '''RED''' (More than '''3000''' Flying Hours) |- |'''Tamgha-e-Imtiaz''' '''(Military)'''

''(Medal of Excellence)'' | colspan="2" |'''Tamgha-e-Baqa''' ''(Nuclear Test Medal)''

'''1998''' |'''Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan''' ''(Escalation with India Medal)''

(''100th Birth Anniversary of''

''Muhammad Ali Jinnah)''

'''1976''' |- |'''Hijri Tamgha''' ''(Hijri Medal)''

'''1979''' |'''Jamhuriat Tamgha''' ''(Democracy Medal)''

'''1988''' |'''Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha''' (''Resolution Day''

''Golden Jubilee Medal)''

'''1990''' |'''Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan''' (''Independence Day''

''Golden Jubilee Medal)''

'''1997''' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.blogger.com/profile/05733145033238064933 Blogger URL] * [https://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/ Aeronaut – Anthology of articles on fighter flying, air wars, etc., by Kaiser Tufail] * [https://kaiser-footloose.blogspot.com/ Footloose – Anthology of articles on adventure, exploration and travel, by Kaiser Tufail] * [http://sticknthrottle.com/a-dialogue-with-an-aviator-air-commodore-retd-kaiser-tufail/ A dialogue with an aviator]

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