ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force is and would remain reassuring fundamental of national defence as Pakistan celebrates Surprise Day today to commemorate February 27, 2019 action in which Pakistani pilot grounded Indian Indian Jet that entered country’s skies.
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan ceremony at the PAF Headquarter to commemorate the first anniversary of ‘Operation Swift Retort’ when the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) conducted a retaliatory attack after India’s botched Balakot airstrike.
Mujahid Anwar Khan said, “PAF living up to its legacy yet again made its mark through professional excellence and valour. Prompt, measured and surprising response busted the aggressor’s arrogance”.
“No doubt our successes are attributed to blessings of Allah. Decades-long hard work, investment in PAF operational capacity by our predecessors and the heroic acts of our personnel, let there be no doubt that PAF is and would remain reassuring fundamental of national defence” he remarked.
Pakistan Air Force is one of the most respected and responsible air forces of a peace-loving country, he added
Mujahid Anwar Khan inspected a guard of honour and a flypast at the ceremony where a video on Kashmir conflict and the events which led up to the February 27 aerial dogfight between Pakistan and India, was played.
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