By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A contingent of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) participated in Exercise Spears of Victory, 2023, which concluded at Air War Centre Dhahran (King Abdulaziz Air Base), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
A PAF news release said that the PAF contingent consisted of pride of Pakistan, F-16 aircraft, and JF-17 Thunder, which roared in the aerial boundaries of our Muslim brethren country in the exercise. The participation of modern fighter jets and support elements from friendly countries and PAF graced the exercise.
Appreciation for PAF
Air Marshal Abdul Moeed Khan, the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Air Defence), witnessed the closing ceremony and appreciated the PAF contingent’s efforts to make the exercise successful.
While interacting with the ground and aircrew, he said, “The existing worldwide security scenario coupled with the evolving dynamics of air warfare demands an enhanced collaboration between Pakistan and ally countries. Regional and international strategic situation is undergoing profound changes with increasing complexity in the security environment, and such exercises offer an opportunity to enhance interoperability in the face of mutual challenges”.
The third version of the exercise started during the first week of February in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. Besides Saudi Arabia, the hosting country, Air Forces from Bahrain, Pakistan, Greece, Jordan, the USA, Qatar, and the UK, took part in the exercises. The exercise was meant to provide an opportunity to strengthen interoperability with participating nations.
In addition to enhancing military relations, the exercise also provided a platform to practice integrated employment of combat & combat support assets along with formulating and validating tactics against contemporary threats.
The scenario contained many offensive and defensive complex training missions with electronic warfare and air defense systems supplemented with aggressive fighter jets to simulate enemy capabilities.
The exercise profoundly fostered the operational capability, tactical maneuvering skills, the concept of joint employment, alliance-building among friendly countries, and war-time preparedness of the participating air and ground crew.
