Muhammad Mahmood Alam SJ & Bar[note 1] SI(M) (Bengali: মহম্মদ মাহমুদ আলম; Urdu: محمد محمود عالم; 6 July 1935 – 18 March 2013), popularly known as M. M. Alam, was a Pakistani fighter pilot and war hero, officially credited by the Pakistan Air Force with having downed five Indian fighter aircraft in under a minute and establishing a world record during the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War.

[1] Alam was born on 6 July 1935 to an ethnic Muhajir Muslim family hailing from Calcutta, Bengal, British India.

[8][9] In a 2009 memoir, Haider wrote that it was "tactically and mathematically very difficult" to reconstruct the downing of "five Hunters in a hard ... 270-degree turn in 23 seconds.

"[10] The fact that no verifiable gun camera footage of his kills was ever made public by the Pakistani authorities further casts doubt on his claim.

[11] The action of 7 September 1965 resulted in Alam being placed at the top of a 'Hall of Fame' list at the Pakistan Air Force Museum in Karachi.

According to a major Pakistani newspaper, "Alam was a highly self-respecting man who led a life of utmost dignity and self-esteem.

[1][2] Alam was admitted to Pakistan Naval Station PNS Shifa Hospital in Karachi where he died on 18 March 2013, aged 77.

Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad, Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan, Sindh corps commander Lt. Gen Ijaz Chaudhry, Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) Director-General Maj. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar, Base Commander PAF Base Masroor Air Commodore Usaid ur Rehman, many war veterans of the 1965 war and Alam's closest colleagues attended the funeral.

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