The Man Who Flew For Four Air Forces (And Scored Kills For Three) - Part One
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- One extraordinary fighter pilot flew for no less than four air forces in his career. Saiful Azam was born in Eastern Bengal, then joined Pakistani Air Force and eventually fought against Israel in the Six Day War in 1967. Learn the details of his first two air-to-air kills in this video.
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as a Bangladeshi I feel proud of Group Capt. Azam. He was a prudent, decisive, erudite, and intrepid airforce officer and a gem pilot!
hats off Gp. Capt. Saiful Azam❤
Thank you for your feedback!
Did he fight against Pakistan in Bangladesh's war of independence?
@@luongo7886 No, he was arrested before he got a chance to do anything.
@@showtime112 He got arrested?!?!? By the pakistanis because they feared he might fight against them?
he was a great Muslim hero, from Bangladesh
This one hell of pilot and a sure a top gun, man they should make a movie of this man, the man who served 4 air forces
Add, escaped Pakistan too. An absolute espionage.
I agree. I would definitely watch it!
@@dragonstormdipro1013 no he didn't escape pakistan, he shifted from Middle east to Bangladesh.
It us not topgun it Pakistan
Well you wouldn't get an honest portrayal from Hollywood. That industry has allowed dual citizens to steal U.S. military technology for Izrael with no repercussions. Disgusting.
*After independence of Bangladesh, Sir Saiful Azom became a Politician in our country's Bangladesh Nationalist party and also became an MP. He is a legend. We people of Bangladesh love him.*
Thank you for the additional info!
@@showtime112 welcome sir
He served in the Bangladesh air force, after his retirement he went to politics.
We are not afraid of size of the opponent. We fight skillfully. Saiful Azam Sir is the pride of our Bangladesh.🇧🇩
*east pakistan🇵🇰*
Bengalies be it Bangladesh, or India seem to have a very good reputation as fighter pilots... Jumbo Mazumdar was another such bengali fighter pilot who happened to be an ace fighter during world war. Who fought in atleast 3 theatres. There are many more. Infact the father of Indian airforce is also a Bengali - Subroto Mukherjee. Flying seems to be a very suitable theatre for Bengalies.
@@amnaibrahim1 More like East Bengal. East Pakistan is no more... The word Pakistan is itself an abbreviation for [ Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, indus] .. It has nothing to do with Bangladesh or East Bengal.
He was fighting under the banners of Pakistan armed forces and under the flag of Pakistan....
How many achievements do you get after your so called independence...???
He was trained by Pakistan. There are many others great pilots Pakistan have. Russian lost 30/40 jets during Afghan war in 80s to PAF.
Saif ul Azam was awarded “Sitara-i-Jura’at" in the 1965 war and later awarded the title of “Living Eagle” in 2001 by the US.
An asset for both PAF and later BAF.
The man was surely a legend. Thank you for posting this video.
Another PAF ace Sattar Alvi of the 1973 Yom Kippur War might be a good suggestion for you.
Thanks for the comment! Your suggestion is definitely on my 'to do' list.
@@showtime112 thank you
👍Sincerely Thank you for bringing into attention the story of Saiful Azam, a national hero of Bangladesh . The BAF chief was present at his Funeral and arranged for an honorary flypast with a Missing man formation.
Thank you for the feedback! This story really needed to be covered.
National hero of Pakistan too!
@@sultanmehmoodghaznavi6312 he's bangladeshi and bengali. only reason he went to other side of what was pakistan (east pakistan) was bc it was literally one country at that time lol. He's bangladeshi.
@@hey-sf4zs no he there no name of bangladesh
I feel proud to say that I'm from Dhaka , Bangladesh 🇧🇩 .
Pakistanis today feel proud of him but do they know that they physically tortured him in 1971 for supporting the independence of his motherland- Bangladesh....
If you feel so proud of him, say sorry to his motherland
@@Gamingbotofficial739Really? Do you know the history? Or your government has hidden everything 😂
@@Gamingbotofficial739fool, he died in 2020, at Dhaka.
@@Gamingbotofficial739😆😆😆
@@Gamingbotofficial739 one of the most ignorant comments of all time.
EXCELLENT as usual. Thanks for presenting this historical aviation event. Keep the good work. Greetings from Mexico City
Thank you Pablo, I'm happy to hear you are still enjoying the videoa.
As a Pakistani, I am proud of Group Capt. Saif ul Azam. The second Pakistani air warrior to have humiliated Israeli airforce to date.
Better worry about the Pakistani problems that make the Country an horrible place to live ( Women, children , gays , at and other minorities ).
He’s bangali lmfaoo so was aa alam
He fought for Pakistan not for Bangladesh 😂@@Luxe_Life_Chronicles
Great pilot and highly underrated by historians so thanks for sharing
Not known well enough, I agree! Thank you for commenting!
I hate that someone stole my computer. I miss playing DCS. I hope they know how long it took for me to save for that computer on military disability
I am very sorry to hear it. Sadly, there are plenty of a***oles in this world.
@@showtime112 agree I was so pissed
Wow! That is a very nice history to tell us! Please, go on.
Thank you for the feedback. Part two will be released next.
A legend from the soil of Bangladesh.. which has had talents like him..
Thank you for the video..
I'm glad you liked it!
A great leader, and I am proud of him; he was my fight Instructor, cherishing all the memories I shared with him! May Allah grant him a piece of Jannah, Ameen!
What a fascinating pilot!
Thank you 112. Another great video,keep going 👍
Thanks, Pear Bear! Always nice to read your comments!
Thanks for celebrating the legendary Eagle. I remember I suggested him to you on one of your previous videos.
Thank you for commenting and suggesting! This story absolutely had to be told.
@@showtime112 grateful for acknowledgement. Waiting eagerly for further episodes. !
greetings from BANGLADESH
thanks 💚❤💚
Thank you for appreciating the content!
@@showtime112 you welcome
As a Pakistani, im proud that our nation produced such amazing fighter pilots. I salute the amazing Gp Capt Saif Ul Azam, for his impeccable service to Pakistan, to the arab countries, and to Bangladesh.
May Allah bless him and may he rest in peace.
I suggest that a video on M M Alam should also be made ,one of our national heroes. the man took down 5 indian jets in less than one minute, establishing a record.
Ok friend i am from india but please dont believe dgispr for god sake...
He shot down 2 indian jets and i have respect for those 2 kills that he achieved...
I believe that's the most requested topic ever 😀 I intend to cover it but it really needs to be researched well.
@@arjunvenkat6289 you need to stop believing Whatsapp university
@@showtime112 Alright! Thanks for considering it, I look forward to a video on the legendary pilot.
Yet another great video, good job!
He hasn't done a bad one yet.
my favourite video he had done is the pakistani f16 shooting down the soviet SU25
Thank you, I am grateful for your feedback!
@@MPi-KM agreed
I am very happy to hear such a thing, thank you!
Salute to Saiful Azam Sir, the living hero, the living eagle. May ALLAH (SWT) bless you with Jannah
GOOD content as always man!
Thank you for this positive feedback!
He was detained from 1971-1975 and his wife gave birth to a daughter soon after he got arrested.
His daughter got sick after she was born and died due to the negligence from the doctors.
That’s one hell of a way to treat a hero.
Say sorry first and then feel proud my Pakistani brothers.
There is a short documentary about him on YT and in it, his wife gives a testimony about that episode. It's really heartbreaking.
Great story of PAF fighter and their capability to combat highly skilled pilots.
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you liked it!
He was a Bengali Pilot not a Pakistani one
@cumshotop4355 Yes from Bangladesh at the time East Pakistan. He was working for Pakistan Air Force at the time... I hope you understand what I am saying..
I interviewed him as the first Bangladeshi journalist in 1994. Till he died in 2020, we remained close to each other. He was a soldier...
Thank you for sharing your personal experience!
Looking forward to this
I'm happy to hear it!
Very cool as always!!
I'm happy to hear it, thanks!
One of the greatest from Bangladesh :)
I think you must say "United pakistan" 🤔
He was a pilot of pakistan airforce when he shot indian and Israeli jets
Thanks for the comment!
@@zulfizakarya5703 no, i do mean any of that united thing, I know the history of how my officers and soldiers were treated by the so called actual pakistani officials or to your satisfaction the west, to us he is bengali living eagle who passed away in the bangladesh, maybe he served in your country , but his roots are from bangladesh origin. my comment is based on that statement, so please dont bring united thing cause, we never felt the "united " part being with you
@@salimsadmanalvieee8965 ok you may be a hindu .
Anyway if being bangladeshi makes someone a good fighter then I'm waiting to see a Bangladeshi pilot shooting down indian and Israeli jets
@@salimsadmanalvieee8965 mm Alam died in pakistan and he was a proud pakistani
Not seen the video but it’s Saiful Azam, clear as day. So ironic considering today is Bengali new year and you made a video about a Bong guy, lol.
Hey, I had no idea that today was the day. You know what they say, there's no such thing as a coincidence :)
@@showtime112Man I was hoping to meet him but alas he passed away before the arrangements could be finalised.
@@showtime112 awesome thank you 😂❤
Great video as always. PAF pilots Fl Lt Sattar Alvi (flying for Syria) and Fl Lt M Hatif (flying for Egypt) would shoot down an IDF Mirage III and F-4 respectively in the 1973 war as well. The former case being a well documented one, maybe you can cover that somewhere down the line too.
Thanks! This is definitely a great topic for a future video.
@@showtime112,please cover the above sussestion!
Pakistani pilots shot down 10 israeli jets to 0 loses
@@187A1closest posted information was 3 kills on the IAF not 10.
I just knew by title who it was. My country is proud of him, he was planning to fight on Bangladesh’s side during 1971 but Pakistani intelligence caught wind and placed him under house arrest.
But Alhamdulilah after our independence in 1971 he returned safely and even became an MP from Comilla
That's right. He was only released in 1974.
@@showtime112 probably because they wanted to convince him to stay/ high propaganda value
Our Ummah needs more brave people like Azam. Thank you very much for this video)
Did not knowof him. Incredible pilot.
He is our own legend...
He should be more famous throughout the world, that's for sure!
Great work as always!
Thank you for commenting!
Good job! I am learning English with your videos, & enjoying watching old school aircrats!
Thank you. I'm glad that the videos help you learn!
Great video 👍
Thanks! 😀
Saiful Azam, who was called 'Living Eagle' during his serving time, was from Faridpur, Bangladesh. He died in June 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. When he tried to flee from Pakistan during the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh, he was arrested, but because of his service and status, Pakistan set him free and return to Bangladesh. Then, he retired from the Bangladesh Air Force as a Group captain. He became a member of parliament later on as a BNP candidate.
But most of the people of Bangladesh don't know about him and his heroism.
Sir Saiful Azam.❤
A legendary pilot of the subcontinent
I had to dedicate a video (or two) to him sooner or later.
@@showtime112 yes please
@@KKPR533 he was a great Muslim hero, from Bangladesh
@@durranishaheer1538 STFU 2nd rate convert
One thing is sure ..............
Pakistan Air force has given many aces to the world ! ✊🇵🇰
He's bangladeshi btw
@@hey-sf4zs
Yes he was a Bengali officer before 1971. And then after independence a Bangladeshi. However he is celebrated as a hero by both Pakistan and Bangladesh.
1971 was a tragedy and the Pakistani establishment and politicians are to blame. Brother should not have killed brother. Sorry on behalf of my nation.
he was trained by PAF btw
@@shahzadaslam384 yes offcourse
Brilliant . . No other word, except . . Brilliant . . . 👍👍👍
Thanks, this is an extremely positive feedback! 😊
Love from Bangladesh ❤
He is our pride
Group captain and Living Eagle Saiful azam retired in bangladesh, He passed away in 2020, Proud to be a Bangladeahi🇧🇩
Although fighting from the enemy's side he was a good pilot 👍. It's always a privilege to have such pilots in Air forces. Respects to Bangladeshi pilots from India 🇮🇳 n down with Pakistan.
Thank you for your objective feedback!
😂😂😂he fought in PAF and not in bangla air service.
Good story man! When are you going to do more vids on the chechenya wars?
Thank you for the feedback! I can't tell you exactly when I'll cover the Chechen wars again. My inspiration for certain topics just comes randomly each week :)
As a Pakistani I feel proud that he served in PAF and under the united flag he made us all proud. Joye Bangla and Pakistan Zindabad.
He was not only a fighter pilot but he was a soul of the 4. May Allah Almighty be pleased with his soul. A man of valor. Solute you
Thank you for commenting!
Alhamdulillah, we are proud of him, as a Bangladeshi. Bangladeshi people are the most talented and genius people around the world. I believe, at this moment our country is not good but the bad Situation is caused by India, Hasina, and Hinduism. However, We will be technologically victorious and we will be powerful and smart people around the world very soon.
The great Saif ul Azam. The pride of Pakistan Air Force
The best ever video you made. I like it very much.
Plz also make the videos of living eagle society air men. Regards❤
Thank you very much, 'best video I made' sound pretty good :)
The USA & European media never shows this.. nor the loss of almost 10,000 USA aircrafts to China but they show a lot of the 150 aircrafts of which China lost. The almost 10,000 USA losses are listed in USA archives & Wikipedia
Can you make a video about Omani hunters in the dofar revolution
great video by the way
Thank you! I suppose that something about that topic could be done. I don't know too much about it but some literature does exist.
Great job, next time if possible, please make one on WW-I ace who flew against the Red Baron Circus and scored kills. He was Flt Lt. Inder Lal Roy from Bengal.
Thanks! WWI is possible and perhaps I will do some of those stories someday.
@@showtime112Yeah do Inder Lal Roy. He is likely the first non-white pilot to have aerial victories
@@showtime112 Indra Lal Roy's story was superb but also upsetting. He was from an upper class Bengali family who was studying in London and tried to join the Royal Flying Corps a number of times but was rejected. He finally passed qualification and shot down 10 German aircraft before being shot down and killed. He's buried in Estevelles Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. I plan to go to visit his grave one day.
Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, the first Indian Air Force Chief of Staff is his nephew.
Flt Lt Indra Lal Roy was awarded DFC as first (British) Indian.
As a Pakistani, I am proud of Group Captain Saiful Azam. Pilots from our eastern side were brilliant. I can say that as I lived there in my early part of life and schooling there. Brilliant Bengalis and down to earth people. It's saddens me the way we separated because of the dirty politics of the other side. We could have agreed to disagree and separated peacefully. The other brilliant one was Air Commodore M M Alam. And I am very proud that GC Saiful brought down the Zionist fighters
who claim that they are the best. I bet that they have not met their match yet except few from Pakistan.
Group Captain Saiful Azam retired from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Airforce and became a politician in Bangladesh. He was one of living eagles in the world.
Extraordinary story !!! In the second world war some pilots had fought for different countries, it's not rare, even one american pilot had shot japonese planes, german planes and an american plane in particular circumstances !!! And he obtained a official victory for that. But fighting for four nations and obtained victories under three different flags it is not rare, it's a miracle. During six day war the Israli had a large part of french fighters like Dassault Ouragan, Dassault Mystère IV, Dassault Super Mystère B2 the supersonic version of the Mystere, Dassault MIRAGE III and Fouga Magister, a training plane. 2/3 of Israeli aviation were destroyed or have suffered damages after the strike operations like we can see on your video.
Tout à fait Jeanne. Ya des pilotes américain qui ont combattu sur front méditerranéen. Abattu allemand et italien et puis tour opération au pacifique donc abattu Japonais.
Pour la guerre des Six jours les israéliens ont eu autant de casse chasseurs avant cette guerre.
10 mirage 3 tous pour problème réacteur sauf 1 abattu par Hunter Jordanien.
1 ouragan. Perte de la profondeur dérive.
12 SMB2. Moteur. Bird strike et collision
9 vautours. Pertes contrôle. Collision et incendie . Soit 32
Les mêmes aux Six jours
10 mirage. 9 ouragan. 7 mystère 4.
10 SMB2. 4 vautour. Soit 40
La c'est DCA. Migs. Hunter et les tout premiers SAM2
Thanks for yet another conflict. I think that all the Israeli planes were French at the time.
@@showtime112 yes showtime. During 6 days war all fighters are french 👍excepted some hélico like sikorsky S58 and Bell 47. Planes like DC3!!!!Boeing Stratocruiser377 or C97G
@@showtime112
Yes, they have already ordered the MIRAGE V, the strike version of the MIRAGE III on 1967, but De Gaulle refused the delivery after the six days war. We have kept these planes in our air force. The israeli strike plan of attack was elaborated on 1965. After they have copied the MIRAGE like the Nasher and the Kfir and took american planes.
And "helped" by swiss engineer who " mislay"🤣 the drawing plans of Mirage 3 S and recovered by .... Mossad spies. So IAI Can built Nesher, Mirage 5 clone but fitted with radar and Pitot probe just under nose cône
it's nice to use warthunder for footages :D
It does offer lots of variety (even though it is more difficult to use than DCS for my purposes)
Thanks
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As his fellow countryman, I'm proud of him 🇧🇩
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Be sure to watch part two of the video if you haven't already.
👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻💪🏻🍻🍻 Cool stuff, well done!
Thank you Psppa once again!
He was given the name of living eagle.
The fact is there were other bengali pilots who participated in 71 war. One of them was AirMarshal - Gr captain at that time, Tawab who was base commander Kohat in 71. He opted to go to Bangla Dhesh where rose to the level Air Chief.
The 12 aircrafts that Israel lost in aerial combat, all were shot down by Pakistani pilots.
Great video on this incredible pilot and aerial action. ♠️🎩🎱🎯🇺🇲🏁🇺🇦🔱🌻💮🌸🏵️🏴☠️🏹
Thanks! I'm sure you won't miss part two 😉
Saiful Azam is a great testament how great Pakistani pilot training was in that period. No wonder Chuck Yeager had so much respect for them. Thankfully for us Indians, the abysmal treatment of Bengali folk made a huge number of them to defect to India in 1971.
Many countries used the services of Pakistani pilots as advisors from what I could find in various sources.
They didn't defect to india. They defected to Bangladesh and joined Bangladesh air force. They are our people not yours
Didn’t most of them train in America?
@@Legion-xq8eo: Yes
Loved it!
I am happy to hear it, thanks!
@Showtime112 Nice video. Is there a flyable community mod of the Hawker Hunter or did you use some AI version?
Thanks! This video was done in War Thunder where Hunter is available (along with many other period aircraft that make an appearance here)
@@showtime112 Ok. Very innovative :)
Dear Showtime112, Nice video on a legendary Pakistani fighter pilot. I think the video would have been better if you had also shown Saiful Azam actually shooting down the indian gnat jet for completeness. You may wish to consider that for part two of the video. Thank you.
Gnat isn’t in the game.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree with what you said but sadly, we don't have Gnat in War Thunder. Part 2 will be mostly about the third Israeli attack on H-3 and the role Saiful Azam played in it.
*Bangladeshi pilot
@@Ikmat Pakistani*
@@Markhor579 keep crying for our hero by calling him pakistani,
This channel reminds me the old Dogfights series from History Channel.
That's where the inspiration came from :)
At 0:38, you have shown a map of the Indian subcontinent. There, India is coloured in blue and the entire state of Kashmir is in pink. Is this historically and /or geographically an accurate depiction? There are certain parts of Kashmir which are disputed, certainly not the entire Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh which are administered by the Government of India.
To be honest, I wasn't paying much attention to that. The focus here was mostly the fact that Pakistan consisted of two geographically separate parts and that map I found showed it well.
@@showtime112 - You have created a beautiful channel and are visualising topics / battles that we have only read or heard about. Just a word of caution, a little more attention to detail, as far as political and geographical accuracy is concerned, will add a lot more value to your already impressive creations. Hope you take this in the right spirit.
Good on Saif ul Azam.
Thanks again for watching and supporting the channel!
as a Bangladeshi Muslim, I am so proud of Sir Saif ul Azam
You don't need to be a Muslim to be proud of Saif-ul-Azam. You just need to be from any of the 4 countries he served.
@@UndoEverythinglol😂
Sir Saiful Azam will be remembered forever. ❤️🇧🇩
Thank you for commenting, watch part two if you haven't.
Salute Azam Sir ❤ from 🇵🇰
ay someone from my country waiting for part 2 and gonna see what he did in 1971
It's coming up next weekend!
Again good details.
Thank you for the feedback!
I'd like to see you do some videos on skirmishes between PRC and Taiwan. Also between USSR and USA in the cold war.
That's in the long term plan. If nothing else, that clash with the first ever use of air-to-air missiles must be covered. There's a video about a Czech MiG-15 intercepting an American F-84, don't know if you saw that one.
Our pride,Our Living Eagle🇧🇩👑❤️
Whoa, what a man..😮
He certainly deserves to be remembered, thank you for the comment!
It's a tradition in PAF to invite people over for tea.😂😂😅
Sadly No The Reason Given To Me By Another PAF Officer Posted In Jordan Round About Time Was That The Second Mystere Was Able To Cross Over To Israeli Airspace Which Is Why Alam Only Claimed A Damaged That Pilot Ejected Too
Certified badass
Quite true!
Great story!
Thanks for the comment!
As a Pakistani I feel proud. In 65 war he served his motherland well. Yes, many Pakistani pilots were part of Arab Air forces like Syria, during wars against the Zionist state. Pakistan will always support Palestine. May the hero rest in peace.
The Hunter the most beautiful 2nd gen fighter?
Well I haven't heard anyone call it ugly yet.
Are those modules comming to dcs? Pls answer
Not anytime soon, that's for sure. Several years ago, there was a developer who announced working on the Hunter but no news ever since. Razbam is supposedly working on Mirage III, they do mention it on their discord but it doesn't look like it's anywhere near completion. No good news, I'm afraid.
Our National Hero❤❤❤
I just saw the video title
❤ Brave pilot of Pakistan Air force❤❤saiful Azam❤proud of you Muslim son❤Fought for palistine❤Ummah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad S A W...❤Takbeer Allahu Akbar❤
Had a fly of a Hunter - turns great at low level with its combat flap.
It seems like a wonderful and not enough appreciated aircraft! Thank you for sharing your experience!
The legend Saiful Azam 🇧🇩 the pride of Bangladesh
Thank you for commenting!
he was a great Muslim hero, from Bangladesh
The other pilot was not Shordum. He was Amareen whose aircraft was shot down near Jerash.
Finally, Saifulazam an under rated pilot, brought down 2 israeli jets in theonly sortie he flew against them....
Real top gun
He Is A National Hero Of Pakistan 🇵🇰
As a Bangladeshi Salute to Sir Azam
Thanks for the comment!
the pride of our pabna district
great captain 'saiful azom' the king of Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩
Proud to be a Bangladeshi.
Thank you for commenting!
@@showtime112 eagerly waiting for the next parts. hurry up man.
His CO In No 17 Sqn Was S/L (Later AM) Late Azim Daudpota (My First MD In PIA) He Once Told Me That Azam Got 2 Gnats On The Mission For Which He Was Awarded An SJ (Which Azeem Was Leading)