"Beast Hunter"


The painting depicts S/L Badar ul Islam, flying an F-16 of PAF’s No, 14 Squadron “The Tail Choppers”, closing in to shoot down escaping Afghan SU-22.
On 16 April 1987, four Afghan SU-22s intruded into Pakistani airspace near Thal area at 06:30 am. 2 PAF’s F-16s intercepted them. The fitters turned back and started escaping. S/L Badar closed in and shot down one enemy aircraft. Seconds later, he positioned himself behind another, fired his missile but had to break as he was nearing Pak- Afghan border. The pilot after turning, looked back and saw the flash in the area where his second prey was.The PAF after examining evidences available, awarded him only one kill.