[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@usman_cph](/creator/twitter/usman_cph) "The recent Pakistani attacks on TTP hideouts in Afghanistan remind me of a rather hilarious historical anecdote. After the British left the Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) took over the watch and ward duties on the North-West Frontier. The Faqir of Ipi was active and Flt Lt Steve Tronchinsky a Pole and WWII veteran now inducted into the RPAF was tasked with conducting reconnaissance in his unarmed Fury over Waziristan. Now Steve by all accounts was a wild individual. Flying his Fury and trying to locate the elusive Faqir of Ipi Steve saw what looked like a band of hostile tribesmen in a" [X Link](https://x.com/usman_cph/status/1979546079365341259) [@usman_cph](/creator/x/usman_cph) 2025-10-18T13:52Z 2094 followers, 68.9K engagements "According to a Chinese podcast China has stopped producing the PL-15 in favor of the PL-16 which is cheaper thanks to greater automation. The PL-15 production line has been converted to produce the PL-15 HARM version" [X Link](https://x.com/usman_cph/status/1980619678675321091) [@usman_cph](/creator/x/usman_cph) 2025-10-21T12:58Z 2094 followers, 154.4K engagements "The Pakistan Air Force and Turkish Air Force (Trk Hava Kuvvetleri) have always maintained very close relations through routine pilot exchanges courses and exercises. The F-5 photo courtesy of Mazhar Islam was taken during a Fighter Conversion Course on the F-5 at Merzifon Air Base of the Turkish Air Force in 1972. In total twelve PAF officers completed the course; six were at Merzifon and the other six at Bandirma (preferred location). Standing left to right: Pervez M. Khan Hamid Sultan Talat Mahmud Mazhar Islam. On the aircraft ladder: Salahuddin Ansari and Javed Ishaq. The second photo" [X Link](https://x.com/usman_cph/status/1983466194649702664) [@usman_cph](/creator/x/usman_cph) 2025-10-29T09:29Z 2095 followers, 69K engagements "Rare photos of two Pakistan Army officers Faiz Akbar Shah and Sajjad Ali Shah undergoing the Navy SEALs course in San Diego California. They were part of SEAL Team Two class of XX which began with XX students with around a dozen surviving including both Pakistani officers. (Photos courtesy of Irtaza Shah son of Sajjad Ali Shah)" [X Link](https://x.com/usman_cph/status/1979918545547821316) [@usman_cph](/creator/x/usman_cph) 2025-10-19T14:32Z 2093 followers, 10.7K engagements "@bilal_quwa @AliHamzaAwan1 A-7s would have been a nice addition but a lot of projects werent pursued due to a lack of funding. One of the big purchases would have been the E-2 which was offered and evaluated within Pakistan but came out short in the mountainous terrain" [X Link](https://x.com/usman_cph/status/1983633715499876860) [@usman_cph](/creator/x/usman_cph) 2025-10-29T20:35Z 2093 followers, XXX engagements
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"The recent Pakistani attacks on TTP hideouts in Afghanistan remind me of a rather hilarious historical anecdote. After the British left the Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) took over the watch and ward duties on the North-West Frontier. The Faqir of Ipi was active and Flt Lt Steve Tronchinsky a Pole and WWII veteran now inducted into the RPAF was tasked with conducting reconnaissance in his unarmed Fury over Waziristan. Now Steve by all accounts was a wild individual. Flying his Fury and trying to locate the elusive Faqir of Ipi Steve saw what looked like a band of hostile tribesmen in a"
X Link @usman_cph 2025-10-18T13:52Z 2094 followers, 68.9K engagements
"According to a Chinese podcast China has stopped producing the PL-15 in favor of the PL-16 which is cheaper thanks to greater automation. The PL-15 production line has been converted to produce the PL-15 HARM version"
X Link @usman_cph 2025-10-21T12:58Z 2094 followers, 154.4K engagements
"The Pakistan Air Force and Turkish Air Force (Trk Hava Kuvvetleri) have always maintained very close relations through routine pilot exchanges courses and exercises. The F-5 photo courtesy of Mazhar Islam was taken during a Fighter Conversion Course on the F-5 at Merzifon Air Base of the Turkish Air Force in 1972. In total twelve PAF officers completed the course; six were at Merzifon and the other six at Bandirma (preferred location). Standing left to right: Pervez M. Khan Hamid Sultan Talat Mahmud Mazhar Islam. On the aircraft ladder: Salahuddin Ansari and Javed Ishaq. The second photo"
X Link @usman_cph 2025-10-29T09:29Z 2095 followers, 69K engagements
"Rare photos of two Pakistan Army officers Faiz Akbar Shah and Sajjad Ali Shah undergoing the Navy SEALs course in San Diego California. They were part of SEAL Team Two class of XX which began with XX students with around a dozen surviving including both Pakistani officers. (Photos courtesy of Irtaza Shah son of Sajjad Ali Shah)"
X Link @usman_cph 2025-10-19T14:32Z 2093 followers, 10.7K engagements
"@bilal_quwa @AliHamzaAwan1 A-7s would have been a nice addition but a lot of projects werent pursued due to a lack of funding. One of the big purchases would have been the E-2 which was offered and evaluated within Pakistan but came out short in the mountainous terrain"
X Link @usman_cph 2025-10-29T20:35Z 2093 followers, XXX engagements
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