(1947-03-05)5 March 1947 Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Lahore in Punjab in Pakistan)
Died
20 February 2003(2003-02-20) (aged 55) Kohat Pass, Kohat District, Pakistan
Cause of death
Aviation accident
Resting place
Mominpura Cemetery
Relatives
Yunus Hussain (brother-in-law)[1]
Nickname(s)
Mashoo Mir
Military service
Allegiance
Pakistan
Branch/service
Pakistan Air Force
Years of service
1966–2003
Rank
Air Chief Marshal
Unit
No. 25 Squadron Night Strike Eagles
Commands
DCAS (Air Operations)
Central Air Command
Northern Air Command
Project ROSE
Project Green Flash
ACAS (Plans)
Joint Intelligence X (JIX)
Battles/wars
Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Afghan civil war (1996–2001)
Indo-Pakistan standoff (2001–02)
War in Afghanistan (2001–03)
War on Terror
Awards
Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Basalat
Turkish Legion of Merit
Military Merit Order
Legion of Merit
Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali MirNI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt (Punjabi, Urdu: مصحف على مير; 5 March 1947 – 20 February 2003) was a Pakistani four-star air officer who served as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), appointed on 20 November 2000 until his accidental death in a plane crash on 20 February 2003.[2]
A fighter pilot and a strategist, he briefly served at command level in the ISI before controversially being promoted as a four-star air officer to command the air force in 2000.[3] In 2001–02, he also commanded and provided the strategy to deploy troops during the military standoff with India. In addition, Air Chief Marshal Mir later went onto facilitate the United States military's war logistics for war operations in Afghanistan. His appointment was cut short when a former PAF Fokker F-27 in which he was a passenger crashed near Kohat, Pakistan.
His death has been subject of numerous conspiracy theories, with many American authors charging him of having advanced knowledge on terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001.[4]
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