Army aviation's capacity building necessary: Army chief

Dunya News

Army aviation base's self-dependence and capacity-building is necessary, he said.

RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited Army Aviation Base here on Wednesday where the overhauling of helicopters is underway. Army Chief said that Army aviation’s self-dependence for operational preparations and capacity building is highly important, Dunya News reported.
According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the overhauling of military helicopters is underway at the aviation base workshop. The first batch of the overhauling the helicopters has been completed at the base.
This is the first workshop of its kind established in Pakistan with the cooperation of Saint Petersburg Aviation Repairing Company.
Army Chief visited the workshop at the aviation base and checked the overhauled helicopters. He congratulated aviation base’s engineers and technicians. He said on this occasion that army aviation base’s self-dependence for operational preparations and capacity building is necessary given the growing challenges.