Imtiaz Bhatti

His Excellency Air Commodore Imtiaz Ahmed Bhatti Sitara-e-Jurat SJ  SI(M)  SBt
Born	(1933-04-18) 18 April 1933 (age 91) Gujrat, British India
Died	02 July 2024.
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service / branch	Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1953-1988
Rank	Air Commodore
Service number	Pak/3757
Unit	No. 15 Squadron
Commands	No. 19 Squadron No. 25 Squadron PAF
Battles / wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Sitara-e-Jurat  Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)  Sitara-e-Basalat

Air Commodore Imtiaz Bhatti SJ SI(M) SBt (born 18 April 1933) in Gujrat, British India, was a cyclist and a former Air Force pilot of Pakistan. He was the Pakistan cycling champion during his student days at Punjab Agriculture College, Lyallpur (now University of Agriculture, Faisalabad) in late 1940s and early 1950s. He set national cycling records and represented Pakistan in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics where he was placed 1st among the Asian cyclists and 25th in the world in the 1000 m time trial.^[1] Bhatti a veteran of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 flew 34 combat missions, the maximum from Pakistan during the war and is credited with confirmed downing of two Indian planes and damaging a third, in addition to participating in raids that destroyed the Amritsar radar and various other air defence and ground support missions.