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PAF maintaining optimum operational readiness: Air Chief

ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 (APP): Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will continue to maintain its optimum operational readiness to undertake all types of missions against all internal and external threats to ensure safety and security of the country said Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman. This was stated by the Air Chief while presiding over the Annual Safety review held here Saturday for 2008. It was attended by Principal Staff Officers, Regional Commanders and field officers.

The Air Chief said,â€

Future of the Country lies in hands of PAF - Owais Ghani
April 25, 2009

PESHAWAR: The NWFP Governor, Mr. Owais Ahmed Ghani has said, the Pakistan Air Force is the member of the highly important team, in whose hand, the guarantee of the future of the Country lies and the nation owe a lot to the sacrifices which are being offered by its armed forces.

Addressing as the Chief Guest at Convocation of 122nd General Duty Pilot; 80th Air Defense and 6th Admin and Special Duty Courses at PAF Academy, Risalpur, the Governor said, "You, the men and officers of the forces closely stand between the nation and the challenges".

As far as present day challenges are concerned, he added, the armed forces are also standing between the challenges and the law enforcement agencies, which on daily basis are fighting against the menace of terrorism and offering tremendous sacrifices.

"All of us are well aware of the challenges and we are quite conscious to the reality that only those nations, who have the passion to offer sacrifices could survive and Pakistanis are a nation, which had offered great sacrifices; still offering tremendous sacrifices and it has the will to offer a lot more for its future", he said.

"We are also conscious to the reality that only those nations, who, apart from the security aspect, also strong politically and economically could survive and we are also heading forward on the same lines too", the Governor said.

Pilot officer, Jabran Rasheed was adjudged the overall best graduate, who clinched the Asghar Hussain Trophy for the overall best performance; as well as best performance trophies in Aero Sciences and Humanities subjects whereas, the Trophy for best performance in Air Defense Course went to Sergeant Muzammil Altaf. Similarly, Squadron under Officer, Ali Hanif won the trophy for best performance in Admin: and Special duties.

The ceremony was also attended by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Peshawar, Prof. Dr. Azmat Hanif and parents of the graduating officers besides the Commandant of the Academy and other senior officers of the force.

The Governor also dwelt upon the prevailing situation, especially with regard to law and order problems in certain parts of the province and FATA, and said, that things were quite better as compared to almost a year back.

The Governor congratulated the Commandant of the Academy and his team for maintaining the best standards of the training and education in the institution.

HBL Golf Championship held at PAF Golf Club

ISLAMABAD—HBL Golf Championship was held at the PAF Golf Club Islamabad on 26 April 2009. Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony of the Championship. The match was played over 18 holes in 02 categories. A total of 105 golfers including ladies participated in the event.

In the seniors category Gross event Air Commodore Aurangzeb Azim, Air Vice Marshal Riaz-Ul-Haq and Air Commodore Raja Hafeez won the first , second, and third prizes and in the net event Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Arif, Air Vice Marshal Athar Hussain Bukhari and Air Commodore Shahid Naveed received the first, second and third positions.

In Junior age category Gross event Flight Lieutenant Atif Khan, Dr Ali Haider, and Flying Officer Adeel Hashmi bagged top three slots where as in net event the top three positions were won by Mr Sulman Khan, Wing Commander Muhammad zafar and Mr Shoaib Azeem. Ladies participated in putting competition. Mrs Air Vice Marshal Waseem ud din, Mrs Wing commander Taimur Yousaf and Mrs Air Vice Marshal Asim Suleman won the first, second and third positions respectively.

Link: http://dailymailnews.com/200904/28/news ... age03.html

Barack Obama Is Lying About Pakistan
May 2, 2009

Mr. Obama used a domestic event to ‘accidentally’ declare war on Pakistan. Now his team is trying to encourage the Pakistani military to seize power. The Americans destroyed Pakistan’s stability through the Benazir-Musharraf deal in 2007. They are doing it again. Here is the easiest way of telling the Americans to: Lay off, stop lecturing us on India, stop supporting separatism, and mend your ways in Afghanistan.

There is not a single towering personality in the Pakistani landscape today, with enough credibility, strong personality and effective communication skills, to stand up and tell U.S. President Barack Obama: You are a liar.

It is not difficult to respond to the entire American psy-ops on Pakistan, which are built on half-truths, disinformation and in some cases outright lies. This campaign is successful mainly because of the broad influence of the U.S. media in setting the world news agenda.

Before listing the exact points where Mr. Obama is lying, let me briefly sum up the existing situation.

AMERICA’S PLAYGROUND

In less than two years, the United States has successfully managed to drop from news headlines its failure to pacify Afghanistan. The focus of the Anglo-American media – American and British – has been locked on Pakistan. In order to justify this shift, multiple insurgencies and endless supply of money and weapons has trickled from U.S.-occupied Afghanistan into Pakistan to sustain a number of warlords inside Pakistan whom the American media calls ‘Taliban’ but they are actually nothing but hired mercenaries with sophisticated weapons who mostly did not even exist as recently as the year 2005.

No other nation in the world would have tolerated half the arrogance that the Americans are showing Pakistan. But thanks to a mistake by former President Musharraf – sometime in late 2006 when he consented to allow the U.S. to manipulate domestic politics through direct engagement with Benazir Bhutto and other players – Washington was given a free hand to deal directly with individual players inside Pakistan and recruit supporters and proxies.

Today, there are many parties inside Pakistan that are pushing the U.S. agenda and very few of those who would come out and condemn how the U.S. media and officials are single-handedly tarnishing Pakistan’s image worldwide to justify a military intervention.

This is precisely why senior Pakistani military officers are gradually coming out of their self-imposed ban on public activity to counter this nasty American psy-ops. Pakistanis need to watch this carefully.

On 24 April, Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, in the words of an official press release, “condemned pronouncements by outside powers raising doubts on the future of the Country,â€

PAF Annual Safety review held at Air Headquarters
April 25, 2009

ISLAMABAD: The annual safety review for the year-2008 was held Saturday, at Air Headquarters, says a press release. The review was presided over by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman.

Principal staff officers, regional commanders and field officers attended the review. Addressing the airmen, the air chief said, “The PAF will continue to maintain its optimum operational readiness to undertake all types of missions against all internal and external threats to ensure safety and security of the country. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is capable to provide instant support to Pak army as and when directed by Government of Pakistan.â€

Zardari urges US to provide Pakistan drones technology
May 6, 2009

WASHINGTON: President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the United States to provide drone technology and other necessary equipment to help Pakistan fight terrorists more effectively and rejected the notion of American personnel joining the anti-terror fight on the Pakistani soil. “I need drones to be part of my arsenal. I need that facility. I need that equipment. I need that to be my police arrangement,â€

Airpower plays a major role in determining and projecting national power: Air Marshal Hifazat
May 6, 2009

Air Marshal Hifazat Ullah Khan, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force has said that Airpower plays a major role in determining and projecting national power and the ongoing up gradation of PAF’s transport element speaks of the weightage given to this all-important aspect by the Air Staff.

He expressed these views while addressing a Graduation Ceremony held at Transport Conversion School (TCS) Pakistan Air Force Base, Chaklala. Air Marshal Hifazat Ullah Khan, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force was the Chief Guest on the occasion. 2nd Multi Engine Course, 28th Navigation Course and 19th Flight Engineer’s Course graduated on the occasion. 02 Nigerian Officers of 19th C-130 Aircraft Commander Course also completed there training successfully. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest said "Airpower plays a major role in determining and projecting national power. During war, the air transport component of air power has an extremely critical role to play.

Especially, for air forces with limited resources and large frontiers to defend, the tactical transport operations constitute a force multiplier. Rapid deployment of air assets of a tactical air force, from one theatre of war to another, ensures effective and efficient utilization of its war potentials."

He further said, "The ongoing up gradation of PAF’s transport element speaks of the weightage given to this all-important aspect by the Air Staff. The avionics up grade of the C-130 aircraft is progressing at a good pace. Induction of IL-78 Tanker and Transport aircraft is about to materialise. In order to provide a constant stream of well-trained aircrew to fully assimilate this phenomenal expansion, the role and task of TCS would enhance manifold. I am sure that TCS will uphold its rich tradition of training aircrew inline with the highest standards of PAF."

Later, the Chief Guest awarded certificates and trophies to graduating aircrew. Trophy for Best performance in 2nd Multi Engine Course was awarded to Flying Officer Salman Safdar Cheema, Trophy for Best performance in 28th Navigation Course was awarded to Pilot Officer Imad Tariq and Trophy for Best performance in19th Flight Engineer’s Course was awarded to Senior Technician Abdul Qadir.

The Transport Conversion School (TCS) of PAF is a premier institution for the training of aircrew for all types of transport aircraft of Pakistan Air Force. Pilots, Navigators, Flight Engineers, and Load Masters are trained in this institution. In addition, the school also imparts training to the transport crews of sister services and friendly countries.

Earlier, on his arrival the Chief Guest was received by Air Vice Marshal Sohail Gul Khan, Air Officer Commanding, Northern Air Command, Pakistan Air Force and Air Commodore Khaleel Ahmed, Base Commander PAF Base Chaklala.






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PAF’s UAV crash lands at Mushaf Base
May 7, 2009

ISLAMABAD: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) belonging to Pakistan Air Force, while on a routine training flight, due to technical malfunction crash landed near Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf (Sargodha).

According to DPR (Air), no loss of life or property occurred on ground due to the crash landing of the UAV.

- Associated Press of Pakistan

Government to ensure provision of latest equipment to PAF
May 7, 2009

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said the government would continue to focus upon improving its indigenous capabilities as well as entering into more joint ventures with other countries to ensure provision of latest equipment for Pakistan Air Force. Talking to Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, the Prime Minister said PAF has always played an important role in the defence of the country in addition to providing vital support to civil administration in relief and rehabilitation efforts during natural calamities.

He said the government would provide all necessary resources for the upgradation of PAF’s professional capabilities.

The Prime Minister asked him to ensure that under his command the PAF continues to be equipped with the latest technology and was ever-ready to meet any challenges.

Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman apprised the Prime Minister of various measures taken by the PAF to optimize its effectiveness and efficiency. He also informed the Prime Minister about the ongoing upgradation and modernization of the PAF.

- Associated Press of Pakistan

Graduation ceremony of 11th Basic Airborne Course held
May 9, 2009

ISLAMABAD: The Graduation Ceremony of 11th Basic Airborne Course was held at Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur.

The Course comprised of 76 graduates out of which 22 were Officers, 29 Aviation Cadets, 3 Saudi Cadets, one Royal Jordanian Air Force Cadet, one Naval Cadet, 16 Airmen and four Lady Cadets.

According to a press release issued by DPR (AIR), Air Officer Commanding PAF Academy Risalpur, Air Vice Marshal Hafeez Ullah Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) awarded the wings to the graduating Officers, Airmen and Cadets.

In his address to graduates AVM Hafeez Ullah said “Para training squadron symbolizes courage, sacrifice and dedication. You have today become the proud bearers of the great responsibility remember that hereafter, your duty is far more important than anything. You must maintain high standards of professional excellence in making service to the PAF and nation. There are going to be innumerable challenges and hurdles that will come your way, but you will have to show the courage and steadfastness of purpose to meet these challenges.â€