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India-Pakistan
Mirage fighter crashes, pilot killed: PAF
2008-02-16
A Mirage aircraft of the Pakistan Air force crashed on Friday near Sargodha, killing its pilot. “Pakistan Air Force announces with great sorrow and grief that a Mirage fighter aircraft, while on a routine operational training mission, crashed 30 kilometres south east of Sargodha,” said a PAF press release. “The pilot of the aircraft, Wing Commander Azhar Ismael, embraced shahadat (martyrdom),” it added.
Posted by:Fred

#5  France's contribution to the WOT.
Posted by: JFM   2008-02-16 17:41  

#4  Maybe he saw the movie "Wing Commander" and could no longer bear the shame of sharing the title.
Posted by: SteveS   2008-02-16 12:39  

#3  Wing Commander Azhar Ismael, embraced shahadat (martyrdom),

Crashed into a KFC did he?
Posted by: john frum   2008-02-16 11:43  

#2  Usually a pilot will say, "Bye, Ma!" or "Oh, sh*t!" before embracing martyrdom the steering yoke.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-02-16 10:46  

#1  Â“The pilot of the aircraft, Wing Commander Azhar Ismael, embraced shahadat (martyrdom)”

While screaming "Why Me? Why Me?"
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2008-02-16 03:18  

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