Pakistan Air Force, under the leadership of Air Chief Marshal
(Retd.)Anwar Shamim, during the cold war era of early
eighties, reached the height of safety and operational records.
This was due to Shamim's uncompromising professional
standards. Having trained from Australia, with courses
from America, he had absorbed the Western standards
of excellence required in organizational mangment. He
had no problem in bringing the PAF relationally in sync
with world standards.