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| birth_name   = Abdus Sattar Alvi

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| nickname     = ''Master of Migs''<ref name="Defence Journal, 1999">{{cite web|last1=Tufail, PAF|first1=Gp. Capt. (Col) Kaisar|title=Shahbaz Over Golan: The saga of an intrepid PAF pilot who humbled the Israelis|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/apr99/golan.htm|website=www.defencejournal.com|publisher=Defence Journal|access-date=28 August 2017|location=Islamabad|language=en-pk|date=April 1999}}</ref>

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[[Air Commodore]] '''Abdus Sattar Alvi''' ([[Urdu]]:  عبد الستار علوی), {{small| [[Sitara-e-Jurat|SJ]], [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|SI(M)]]}}, is a retired [[One-star rank|one-star]] rank [[air officer]] and a [[fighter pilot]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force]], who is renowned for his gallant actions during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|third]] [[Indo-Pakistani wars|Indo-Pakistani]] in 1971, and served as a [[military advisor]] in the [[Syrian Arab Air Force|Syrian Air Force]] during the [[Yom Kippur War]] of 1973.<ref name="The Express Tribune, Alvi (2015)">{{cite news|last1=Alvi|first1=Air Cdre. Sattar|title=50 years on: Memories of the 1973 Arab-Israeli Conflict - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/855837/50-years-on-memories-of-the-1973-arab-israeli-conflict/|access-date=28 August 2017|work=The Express Tribune|agency=The Express Tribune|publisher=The Express Tribune, Alvi (2015)|date=19 March 2015|location=Islamabad, Pakistan|language=en-pk}}</ref>

In 1974, Alvi [[Air-to-air missile|shot down]] the [[Israeli Air Force]]'s [[Dassault Mirage III|Mirage III]] over the [[dogfight]] took place in [[Golan Heights]] in Syria, and was honored for his bravery with gallantry war-time medals by [[Government of Syria|Syrian]] and [[Pakistan Government|Pakistan government]].<ref name="My Voice">{{cite web |title=The PAF Shaheens of International Fame |website=My Voice Unheard|url=http://myvoiceunheard.com/the-paf-shaheens-of-international-fame-pak/ |access-date=28 August 2017|language=en-pk|date=7 September 2022}}</ref>

Sattar Alvi was born in [[Jalandhar, Punjab]], [[British India]] in 1944, into a [[Punjabi Muslims|Punjabi]] family that had the military background. His father was an [[Army officer|officer]] in the [[British Indian Army]] who later served in the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name="PAF Shaheens">{{cite web|title=The PAF Shaheens of International Fame - My Voice Unheard|url=http://myvoiceunheard.com/the-paf-shaheens-of-international-fame-pak/|website=myvoiceunheard.com|publisher=PAF Shaheens|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> He was educated at the [[Bannu]] where he did his matriculation and attended the [[Government Emerson College|Emerson College]] in [[Multan]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] where he secured his graduation.<ref name="PAF Shaheens"/>

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</ref> Alvi, who was serving as a [[Flight Lieutenant]] in 1973, joined the [[Syrian Air Force]] along with a Pakistani Squadron Leader Arif Manzoor. The Pakistani fighter pilots flew in a formation using the call-sign "''Shahbaz''" under the command of Squadron Leader Arif Manzoor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pavocavalry.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/shahbaz-over-golan-1973-war-golan-idf-click-on-top-to-enlarge/ |title='Shahbaz' over Golan–1973–WAR-GOLAN-IDF-CLICK ON TOP TO ENLARGE « understanding each other |website=pavocavalry.wordpress.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718104052/http://pavocavalry.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/shahbaz-over-golan-1973-war-golan-idf-click-on-top-to-enlarge/ |archive-date=2011-07-18}}</ref>

===Aerial fight over Golan===

On 26 April 1974, PAF fighter pilot [[Flight Lieutenant]] Sattar Alvi on deputation to No. 67A Squadron, [[Syrian Air Force]] (SAF) was flying a SAF [[Mig-21|MiG-21F-13]] (Serial No. 1863) out of Dumayr Air Base, Syria, in an eight-ship formation with a fellow PAF pilot and the flight leader, [[Squadron Leader]] Arif Manzoor.<ref>{{Cite web

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Alvi came to worldwide international notice when he shot down an [[Israel Air Force|IAF]] [[Mirage III]]CJ flown by [[Captain (air force)|Captain]] M. Lutz. On 26 April 1974, while on an aerial patrol, the PAF fighter pilot team, including Flight Lieutenant Captain Sattar Alvi, Squadron Leader Major Saleem Metla and the formation's leader Squadron Leader Major Arif Manzoor, had an encounter over the Golan Heights between a [[Mig-21]] of the [[Syrian Air Force]] and two Israeli Mirages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defencejournal.com/apr99/golan.htm |title=Ibid |access-date=1 November 2009 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213417/http://www.defencejournal.com/apr99/golan.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While leading a Mig-21 patrol along the border, Squadron Leader Arif Manzoor was apprised of the presence of two [[Israeli Air Force|Israeli]] [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|Phantom aircraft]] and was cautioned that these could be decoys while two other fast tracks approaching from the opposite direction might be the real threat. The latter turned out to be Mirages and a moment later Alvi, in Arif's formation saw the no. 2 Mirage breaking towards him.<ref>{{Cite web

</ref> All this time, heavy radio jamming by Israeli ground stations was making things difficult, but the Pakistani pilots were used to such tactics. He managed to shoot down Captain Lutz, while the wingman quickly disengaged.

* [http://www.defencejournal.com/apr99/golan.htm Air Commodore Sattar Alvi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213417/http://www.defencejournal.com/apr99/golan.htm |date=23 September 2015 }}