He also energized the now-defunct Performing Arts Foundation ( PAF ) of Huntington.

The production, which debuted on March 19, 1976, at the Performing Arts Foundation's ( PAF ) Playhouse in Huntington Station, Long Island, ran for a month and also featured Beverly D ' Angelo and Christine Lahti.

The PAF also has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport and logistics capability to Pakistan.

The rank of group captain is also used in a number of the air forces in the Commonwealth, including the Bangladesh Air Force, Ghana Air Force, Indian Air Force ( IAF ), Nigerian Air Force, Pakistan Air Force ( PAF ), Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ), Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF ) and the Sri Lankan Air Force.

The Pakistan Air Force ( PAF ) is believed to have practiced " toss-bombing " in the 1980s and 1990s, a method of launching weapons from fighter-bombers which can also be used to deliver nuclear warheads.

The PAF also operates some 63 F-16 fighters, the first 32 of which were delivered in the 1980s and believed by some to have been modified for nuclear weapons delivery.

This form of black humour that prohibits puns is the essence and the main differenciator of this programme which has no equivalent in the Paysage Audiovisuel Français ( French Multimedia Landscape ) also known as PAF.

Wheeler is perhaps most recognised for using a Gibson Flying V, which he has frequently used live since 1998 onwards-his Flying V has a 50's Zebra Coil PAF pickup, and has also been modified in the past for pyrotechnics-the Flaming Flying V acts as a flamethrower, firing from between the V part of the guitar body.

Monoalkylglycerol ethers ( MAGEs ) are also generated from 2-acetyl MAGEs ( precursors of PAF ) by KIAA1363.

The PAF without doubt, had achieved far more in terms of enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground but the IAF had achieved much more in the close support role.

During close air support missions for Pak Army from late 2008 to mid-2009, PAF conducted more than 5, 500 bombing missions and dropped 10, 600 bombs in northwest tribal areas.

It is located close to Col. Jesus A. Villamor Airbase, the national headquarters of the Philippine Air Force ( PAF ).

At around 3: 00 p. m. three F-86 Sabres of the PAF flew in to provide close air support and hit the Indian positions using machine guns and rocket fire.

During his college years in PMA and initial joint military testings, Musharraf shared a room with PQ Mehdi of PAF and Abdul Aziz Mirza of Navy ( both reached to four-star assignments and served with Musharraf later on ) and after giving the exams and entranace interviews, all three cadets went to watch a world-acclaimed Urdu film, Savera ( lit.

Close air support to the Pakistan Army was unexpectedly effective and the PAF is widely considered to have neutralized the large difference in military strength of India and Pakistan.

* PAF Base Shahbaz ( IATA: JAG ), a military base operated by the Pakistan Air Force

His son Farooq Feroze Khan, followed a career in the Air Force and became the only PAF officer ever to serve as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan's senior military appointment.

Starting with the PAF, Musharraf pressured President Tarar to appoint most-junior air marshal to four-star rank, particularly someone with Musharraf had experienced working during the inter-services operations.

Girobank's GIR 0AA, the last domestic postcode with a wholly alphabetical outward code, no longer exists in the Royal Mail's PAF system, but remains in active use by the bank's owners, currently Santander UK.

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones named one of his guitars ( an early ' 50s Fender Telecaster with a Gibson PAF humbucking pickup installed in the neck position ) " Micawber.

Normal levels do not exclude all forms of vWD, particularly type 2 which may only be revealed by investigating platelet interaction with subendothelium under flow ( PAF ), a highly specialized coagulation study not routinely performed in most medical laboratories.

The cadre staff of 1AFDS consisted of Permanent Air Force ( PAF ) GRDEFOs and ADG NCOs ; while the Ready Reserve Scheme was abolished in 1996, the RAAF implemented the Ground Defence Reserve Group based upon a similar concept, although with the full-time service commitment reduced to 9 months.

The Pakistan Air Force (; English IPA: pɑkʰ fizʰæ ' jə, Pak Fiza ' ya ), abbreviated as PAF, is the air warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, primarily tasked with the aerial defence of Islamic Republic of Pakistan with a secondary role of providing air logistics support to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Navy.

Many squadrons in the PAF retired its Hawker Furys and Supermarine Attackers, and replaced them with F-86 jet fighters.

The PAF was tasked with providing point-defence to the Rann of Kutch region to prevent the Indian Air Force ( IAF ) from entering Pakistani airspace and attacking Pakistan Army positions.

( NOTE: This event is not to be confused with the surrender of an IAF Gnat on 4 September 1965 during the 1965 India-Pakistan War, which is on display at the PAF Museum Karachi )

According to Air Commodore ( retired ) Sajjad Haider who flew with No. 19 squadron, the F-104 Starfighter did not deserve its reputation as " the pride of the PAF " because it " was unsuited to the tactical environment of the region.

At the end of the war, India had lost 110 aircraft with 19 damaged, not including those destroyed on the ground at night, against a loss of 16 PAF planes.

The PAF pilots operated with Egyptian, Jordanese and Iraqi combat aircraft.

One of the major operations of the war by PAF was Operation Chengiz Khan which inflicted heavy damages to IAF with all PAF fighters landing home unscratched.

The Pakistan Air Force ( PAF ) did not see active combat during the low-intensity Kargil Conflict between India and Pakistan during the summer of 1999 but remained on high air defence alert ( ADA ) and performed F-16 and F-7MP combat air patrols ( CAPs ) near the eastern border with India.

Prior to the PA's offensive into South Waziristan the PAF attacked militant infrastructure with 500 lb and 2000 lb bombs.

* Dave Murray: select alder body with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish, flat soft V-shaped maple neck with satin back, 21 medium-jumbo frets, American Vintage hardware and a humbucker / single-coil / humbucker configuration-DiMarzio Super Distortion DP100 ( bridge ), American Vintage ' 57 /' 62 ( middle ), DiMarzio PAF DP103 ( neck )-with 3-way switching.

* Richie Sambora: features an alder body, a 22-fret neck with maple fingerboard, mother of pearl " star " fingerboard inlays, Floyd Rose " Original " locking tremolo, 25dB active mid-boost circuit with active / passive switch, two Fender Texas Special single-coil pickups ( neck / middle ) and a DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucker in the bridge position.

It was decided the most suitable aircraft would be the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which the United States eventually agreed to supply after the PAF refused to purchase the F-5E and F-5G.

The Postcode Address File ( PAF ) is a database which contains all known " Delivery Points " and postcodes in the United Kingdom.

One of the two major air force bases in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, is named " PAF Base Faisal " in honour of King Faisal.

The PAF is believed to have evaluated the Dassault Mirage 2000 in early 1981 and was planning to evaluate the F-16 Fighting Falcon afterwards.

He is assisted by a Vice Chief of Air Staff and six Deputy Chiefs of the Air Staff who control and administer the Administration, Operations, Engineering, Supply ( logistics ), Personnel, and Training divisions of the PAF respectively.

The latest export variant is the K-8P version, which currently is operated by the PAF.

There is an air base run by Pakistan Air Force known as PAF Airbase Rahwali, located on Shara-e-Quaid in Cantt.

The PAF is a collection of over 29 million Royal Mail postal addresses and UK postcodes.

A charge is made for lookup services or wholesale supply of PAF data.

Wing Commander ( Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly W / C in the RCAF ) is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries.

It is chiefly used as an air base for PAF transport and helicopter flights.

It is located at PAF Base Mushaf ( Sargodha ).

Hyperalgesia is induced by platelet-activating factor ( PAF ) which comes about in an inflammatory or an allergic response.

The 1100 is considered by many enthusiasts to be among the finest guitar pickups ever produced, others being the Charlie Christian model and the P-90, both produced by Gibson, as well as Gibson's legendary patent applied for ( PAF ) double coil " humbucker " pickup, originally developed by Seth Lover.

The No. 1 Fighter Conversion Unit of the PAF is stationed here.

It is found to mediate the secretion of the steroid aldosterone by the adrenals, and its inhibition blocked the migration of dendritic immune cells, possibly related to the outward transport of the lipid platelet activating factor ( PAF ).

Pakistan's largest airbase, PAF Base Mushaf ( formerly PAF Base Sargodha ), is situated in Sarghoda and hosts the headquarters of the Pakistan Air Force's Central Air Command.