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No. 27 Squadron *Zarrars*
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

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.

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[1] "No. 27 Squadron". PakDef.info. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.

[2] "No. 27 Squadron PAF". GlobalSecurity.org.

[3] "New Fighter Squadron added to Pakistan Air Force". Pakistan Times. April 4, 2007. Archived from the original on July 7, 2007.

[4] "PAF gets fighter squadron". Dawn. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

[5] "No. 27 Squadron "Zarrars"". PakDef.info. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.

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v t e Pakistan Air Force – list of aircraft squadrons
Combat squadrons	2 5 7 8 9 11 14 15 16 17 25 26 27 28 50
Helicopter squadrons	81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
Command / transport	3 4 6 10 12 21 24 41 52 53
Unmanned	60 61 62 63 64 65
OCU	1 18 19 20 22
CCS	23 CCS F-7P CCS JF-17 CCS Mirage
Other	Aerobatics: Sherdils Aggressor emulation: 29 LIFT: Shooter Squadron
Historical	Paybills Rattlers Falcons Red Dragons Tigers CCS F-6 Squadron

History

Operational history

War On Terror

See also

References