ISLAMABAD – The fifth death anniversary of the 1965 war hero MuhammadMahmood Alam was observed on Sunday.

MM Alam is remembered for his remarkable show of brilliance on 7 September1965 for establishing a world record of downing five Indian aircrafts inless than a minute, the last four within thirty seconds.

In a total, he downed as many as nine Indian aircrafts in the aerialfighting and damaged two others in his F-86 Sabre fighter.

Muhammad Mahmood Alam died in Karachi on 18 March 2013 at the age ofseventy-seven years.