Nazir Latif

Nazir Latif
Birth name	Nazir Latif
Nickname	Bill Latif
Born	July 10, 1927(1927-07-10) Rawalpindi, British Punjab, British Indian Empire
Died	June 30, 2011(2011-06-30) Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)
Buried at	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1950-1972
Rank	Air Commodore (Brigadier-General)
Unit	No. 5 Squadron Falcons
Commands held	No. 7 Squadron Bandits No. 6 Squadron Globe Trotters No. 16 Squadron Panthers No. 17 Squadron Tigers Masroor Air Force Base Faisal Air Force Base Director of Operations and Plans at the Air Headquarters (DOPAHQ)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Aerial warfare in 1965 India Pakistan War Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 East Pakistan Air Operations, 1971
Awards	Sitara-e-Jurat (1965) Sitara-e-Jurat (1971)

Air Commodore Nazir Latif, (Born:July 10, 1927– June 30, 2011),(SJ and Bar) was a one-star general officer in the Pakistan Air Force and a former director-general of the Operations and Plans at the Air Headquarters, Islamabad. Latif was one of the distinguished Chrisitian pilots who participated and fought, for Pakistan side, in 1965 Indo-Pak War and the 1971 Winter War.

Early life

Nazir Latif was born into a highly educated Christian family in 1927. Bill Latif grew up in Rawalpindi, where his father was a well-known professor of psychology and had done his doctorate at Princeton University. His father later taught at FC College in Lahore as a full professor. Bill Latif had always wanted to be a fighter pilot and joined the Pakistan Air Force soon after the Partition. He was accepted in Pakistan Air Force Academy in 1947. He did 8th GD pilot’s course but because of his high standard in flying, was upgraded to the 7th GD (P) course and graduated in 1950. Nazir was sent to Great Britain where he attended and graduated from Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1954.

In 1958, he was promoted to Wing Commander as Air Marshal Asghar Khan assumed as Chief of Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force.

Air Force Career

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Name	Latif, Nazir
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Date of birth	1927
Place of birth	Rawalpindi, British Punjab, British Indian Empire
Date of death	2008
Place of death	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)