Air Chief reviews PAFs one year operational performance
Pakistan
Air Chief reviews PAFs one year operational performance
Pakistan Air Forces Annual Operational Review for the year 2009, was held at Air Headquarters that was presided over by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman.Air Commodore Farooq Habib, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Safety), Pakistan Air Force, presented the statistics of all major /minor air occurrences during the year. A comprehensive presentation was delivered by Air Marshal Mohammad Hassan, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), Pakistan Air Force in which entire activities of PAF were discussed. Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman expressed satisfaction on the overall performance of PAF and stressed the need to maintain a high state of operational readiness by the PAF to meet the challenges faced by the country. The new inductions in the PAF, and the emphasis on realistic training, evident by conduct of various Air Exercises undertaken within and outside the country, he said, are tangible steps in that direction. The Chief of Air Staff highlighted the importance of preserving combat potential in the peacetime, which he said necessitated a strict observance of Flight Safety tenets. He said that during 2009 PAF flew maximum with much lesser accidents and mishaps. Besides undertaking extensive anti-militants Operations, PAF did not lose sight of the operational training required for maintaining optimum combat readiness state. Consequently, PAF participated in various operational exercises with foreign Air Forces abroad as well as in land.The Activity concluded with award of the trophy and certificates to the Bases on their performances in Flight Safety and Sports. The Rahim Khan Inter Base Flight Safety Trophy was awarded to PAF Base, Rafiqui.
