Alam's feat of being the top scorer of the conflict is however marred by his inaccurate claims. At the end of  the war, he had put in claims for Nine Hunters shot down whereas Indian Records do not support it. and this was made worse by the wartime propaganda efforts. In reality Alam has Four Confirmed kills. there is a dispute about another Hunter loss, Sqn Ldr O N Kacker who ejected in Pakistan on Sep 7th, is credited to Alam, by the PAF. The Indian Air Force says otherwise, Kacker was lost miles away from the area where Alam claimed his kill. The debate rages on. If Alam did shoot Kacker down, then He can rightfully claim to be the first Jet Ace from the Subcontinent.

In the final reckoning, there is no doubt that Alam remains the top scoring pilot of the Pakistan Air Force in its wars against India. Alam did not fly in the 71 Conflict.

Rafiquis third kill came on Sept 6th, when he led a raid on the Halwara airbase. He jumped the Hunter CAP at Halwara and shot down Fg Off P S Pingale, who ejected soon after his aircraft got hit. But Rafiqui himself became a victim soon after , he failed to see that Pingale's wingman had worked back onto his tail and attacked him . Fg Off A R Gandhi managed to damage Rafiqui's aircraft. In the last desperate throes of his doomed Sabre, Rafiqui tried to eject, but his aircraft hit the ground before he could do so.

He was awarded the Sitara E Juraat for Bravery and the Hilaal E Juraat for Leadership.

Azam participated two years later in the Arab Israeli conflict of June 1967. deputed to the Royal Jordanian Air Force, flying Hunters, the RJAF Hunters were flown out to the Iraqi Airbase of H-3 in an attempt to put them out of range of Israeli Air Force. It was here he accomplished a unique feat, flying in a Hawker Hunter as a No.2   His formation intercepted an Israeli formation of Four Vautours and Two Mirage IIIs.  One of the Mirage IIIs was  flown by Capt. Gideon Dror. Dror   shot down Azam's Wingman, but himself fell to Azam's Guns. Dror ejected to be taken POW. Moments later,  Azam intercepted the formation of four Vantour Bombers and bought down one of them flown by Capt Golan, who ejected. . Azam had earlier bought down  a Super Mystere the previous day over Jordan. Azam , being a Bengali did not fly in the 71 conflict.

In the final reckoning Azam ties up with Alam in terms of kills, but his tally has a range of kills including the enviable credit of a Mach 2 Mirage III Fighter.

Ten Days later in a raid on Srinagar in which he was the fighter escort in a Six Sabre Mission, they were met by a solitary Gnat flown by Fg Off N S Sekhon. Though Sekhon got involved in aircombat with all the Six Sabres, It was Salim Beg Mirza who is  credited with downing Sekhon. thus getting his second Confirmed victim of the bar. Both of Salim Beg Mirza's victims were killed in the confict.

He was also involved in an interception against an An-26 Transport, This An-26 pilot showed all signs of surrendering/defecting when intercepted. but crashed trying to land .

Flt Lt Imtiaz Bhatti

Flt Lt Cecil Choudhary