Overview
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Ali Bashir

Ali Bashir

Multan Cantt,Punjab

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Consultant, UAS Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Deputy General Manager, Shaheen (Eagle) Airport Services (SAPS)

03.2024 - Current
  • Planning and Coordination for Aircraft Handling in air and on ground
  • Enroute clearance and timely departure and arrival of flights
  • Evaluate and implement aerodrome procedures in coordination with Civil Aviation Authorities.

UAS Operator Instructor, International Aviation Technical College, Riyadh

09.2020 - 12.2021
  • Theory and practical training of Diploma students for UAS Stream
  • Training curriculum preparation (UAS Pathway) for Aviation Australia
  • Seminars and workshops for UAVs capability awareness.

Commander Flight Operations, ABM SATUMA

04.2019 - 08.2020
  • Management of flying operations
  • Mission Planning, Test Piloting & Simulator Flying
  • Flight systems data analysis
  • Team coordinator, appraisal reports and briefings
  • Projects progress record keeping
  • Formulation of Operators Checklist
  • Generating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Deputy Director, UAV Operations Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Headquarters

04.2016 - 09.2018
  • Overall control for operations of all PAF UAV Brigades (Squadrons)
  • Induction of new UAV systems
  • UAV Flying policy making and implementation
  • Selection of pilots for induction in UAV stream
  • Risk management and mitigation in overall flying of PAF's UAS platforms
  • Supervision of UAS operations in contested environment.

Officer Commanding, UAV Training Unit & Strategic Squadron, PAF

02.2009 - 08.2015
  • Commander initial training and ops conversion of manned aircraft pilots to UAV operators
  • Formulation of training courses and meeting deadlines of completion
  • Overall command of three UAV Brigades for operations & maintenance
  • External to Auto Pilot conversion capable UAV System operationalization & deployments
  • On field R&D supervision of two Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV Systems
  • Ops Team Lead in trials of weaponizing MALE UAS
  • UAV Stream Bachelor of Science course preparation
  • Operational Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Missions.

Flight Commander, Training & Operations No 786 UAV Squadron, PAF

12.2004 - 03.2008
  • Instructional duties for newly inducted UAV pilots in realm of Mission Commander, External Pilot, Internal Pilot and Payload Operations
  • Record keeping of undertraining pilots' performance
  • Conducting training lectures and emergency handling briefings
  • Preparation of daily flying schedule
  • Mission planning & enroute weather update check for long range UAV missions
  • ATC coordination for inflight traffic deconfliction.

Command Pilot, Northern Air Command (NAC), PAF

12.2004 - 03.2008
  • Undertaking flying activities related to VIP movements of NAC
  • Development of policies for border flying activities of North Sector in Pakistan
  • Clearance of flying activities in North Sec region in coordination with competent authorities
  • Updating and scrutinizing of flying tasks of brigades
  • Ground forces and Air Force coordination for combine operations and exercise activities.

Squadron Pilot, No 14 AS Fighter Squadron, PAF

08.2000 - 04.2004
  • Flying of F-7P (Mig-21) Fighter Aircraft
  • Ops Conversion for bombing, strafing & aerial fight
  • Grifo Radar (Leonardo) test flights.

Timeline

Deputy General Manager, Shaheen (Eagle) Airport Services (SAPS)

03.2024 - Current

UAS Operator Instructor, International Aviation Technical College, Riyadh

09.2020 - 12.2021

Commander Flight Operations, ABM SATUMA

04.2019 - 08.2020

Deputy Director, UAV Operations Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Headquarters

04.2016 - 09.2018

Officer Commanding, UAV Training Unit & Strategic Squadron, PAF

02.2009 - 08.2015

Flight Commander, Training & Operations No 786 UAV Squadron, PAF

12.2004 - 03.2008

Command Pilot, Northern Air Command (NAC), PAF

12.2004 - 03.2008

Squadron Pilot, No 14 AS Fighter Squadron, PAF

08.2000 - 04.2004

Consultant, UAS Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Ali Bashir