Farooq Umar

Air Vice Marshal
Farooq Umar
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Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar HI(M) SJ SI(M) SBt TBt
فاروق عمر
	Flight Lieut. Umar prepares Air Marshal Nur Khan for his first flight in an F-104, 1966
Managing Director; Pakistan International Airlines
	In office; March 1993 – 7 March 1996
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Electronics)
	In office; March 1990 – 30 December 1992
Director General; Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
	In office; July 1986 – March 1990
Commander PAF Base Faisal
Other commands
Commander PAF Base Faisal
	In office; April 1985 – July 1986
15th Commandant PAF Staff College
	In office; December 1983 – April 1985
Commander PAF Base Lahore
	In office; July 1980 – June 1981
Commander Southern Sector Headquarters; Pakistan Air Force
	In office; August 1979 – July 1980
Commander No. 19 Squadron PAF
	In office; July 1974 – May 1977
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Farooq Umar; 24 July 1941 (age 84); Lyallpur, Punjab Province (British India)
Spouse	Seemeen Begum (m. 1965; died 2001)
Children	4
Education	Army Burn Hall College; Central Model School, Lahore; Government College, Lahore; PAF Academy; Fighter Leaders' School, Mauripur; University of Karachi, BSc; Quaid-i-Azam University, MSc; Royal College of Defence Studies, PhD
Military service
Branch/service	Pakistan Air Force (1960-1972; 1974-1992); Libyan Air Force (1972-1974)
Years of service	1960-1992
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands	Pakistan Aeronautical Complex; PAF Base Faisal; PAF Staff College; PAF Base Lahore; No. 19 Squadron PAF
Battles/wars	Battle at Biar Bet; Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani Air War of 1965; ; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Yom Kippur War;
Awards	See list

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Muhammad Farooq Umar (born 24 July 1941) better known as Farooq Umar, is a retired two-star rank Air Vice-Marshal of the Pakistan Air Force, fighter pilot, airline executive, and author. He served as the Managing Director of the Pakistan International Airlines and 16th President of the Pakistan Hockey Federation from 1993 to 1996.

Born in Lyallpur, Umar graduated from Government College, Lahore. He joined the PAF Academy and was commissioned into the Pakistan Air Force in 1960, after graduating at the top of his course with triple honours, including the Sword of Honour.

During the Indo-Pakistan Air War in 1965, Air Marshal Nur Khan ordered Umar to take his F-104 fighter jet to an altitude above the Indian Air Force base in Amritsar and break the sound barrier over it. Umar successfully accomplished this mission and Khan ordered him to repeat it. Soon thereafter, Indian radio channels began reporting numerous Pakistani F-86 Sabre aircraft attacking the base. These reports also noted the sound of large explosions occurring while in actuality those sounds were the two sonic booms done by Umar.