THE FLIGHT FROM EAST PAKISTAN TO BURMA – EXCERPT FROM LTG ALI KULI INTERVIEW DONE BY MAJOR A.H AMIN DEC 2000
What made you decide to join the Aviation?
Having gone through the War of ‘65 and believing that it was going to be another ten years to reach the rank of Major I thought that it was a suitable time to discover and experience other pastures and hence my joining Army Aviation! I have no regrets for having done so and have enjoyed my stay of five years with them. In 1968, I qualified as a Fixed Wing Pilot and was awarded ‘The Best Flier Trophy’ of the P-9 Course. I was posted to No.2 Army Aviation Squadron which in 1969 by moving to Lahore, became the first Aviation unit ever to move out from Dhamial. Since our Squadron provided support to the 1 Armoured Division during this period I received my first exposure to our cavalry/armour units and the men who ran them, including a genial Colonel Zia-ul-Haq in whose Regimental Mess we were dining! After a short stint as a Fixed
