Muhammad Mahmood Alam
| Muhammad Mahmood Alam محمد محمود عالم |
|
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Little Dragon |
| Born |
6 July 1935 Calcutta, British India |
| Died | 18 March 2013 (aged 77) Karachi, Pakistan |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
|
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Air Force
|
| Years of service | 1960–1982 |
| Rank |
 Air commodore (Brigadier-General) |
| Unit |
No. 11 Squadron Arrows (1965) No. 5 Squadron Falcons |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Soviet War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Sitara-e-Jurat and Bar |
Muhammad Mahmood Alam (Urdu: محمد محمود عالم, Bengali: মোহাম্মদ মাহমূদ আলম) (known as M.M. Alam; 6 July 1935 – 18 March 2013) was a Pakistani fighter pilot, an F-86 Sabre flying ace and one-star general who served with the Pakistan Air Force. Squadron Leader Muhammad Mahmud Alam, Commander of No 11 Squadron, was already a notable leader and highly experienced pilot in 1965, when he was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat ("The star of courage"), a Pakistani military decoration, for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Alam holds the record of having downed five Indian Air Force aircraft in less than a minute.
Alam was born on 6 July 1935 to a well-educated family of Calcutta, British India. Born and raised in Bengal, Alam was a fluent Bengali speaker, however his paternal line was of Urdu-speaking Bihari origin; having emigrated from Patna and settled in the Bengal province of British India for a long time. The family migrated from Calcutta to eastern Bengal which became East Pakistan following the formation of Pakistan in 1947. It was in East Pakistan, where Alam completed his secondary education, graduating from the Government High School in Dhaka in 1951. He joined the then RPAF (now PAF) in 1952, being commissioned on 2 October 1953. Alam's brothers are M. Shahid Alam, an economist and a professor at Northeastern University, and M. Sajjad Alam, a particle physicist at SUNY Albany.
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