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Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Army on Monday expressed complete solidarity and oneness in successfully meeting the challenges confronted the nation with the spirit of hand and glove.Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, who visited the base, along with senior officers of both the forces, also addressed the airmen on the occasion.Chief of Army Staff Gen Kayani spoke at length on the issue of extremism and terrorism and strongly condemned such trends of a handful of elements.He said that the operation “Rah-e-Raast” was chosen as a last option after exercising various peaceful options. He said the present situation is totally different from the situation of war, where, the enemy is well known but in this situation the enemy is hard to be identified. He said differentiation between friend and foe is very difficult in this situation. “We want to see peaceful - picturesque and beautiful Swat once again,” he said.He said Pakistan is our motherland and we all are bound to defend it at all costs. He said that Pakistan Air Force and the Pakistan Army are fully united and are taking part in operation Rah-e-Raast shoulder-to-shoulder. He paid rich tributes to the men and officers of the security forces, who laid their lives for the cause of the country besides those people who had to leave their homes for the just cause. He said around 126 men and officers of security forces have embraced Shahadat while 50 others were wounded. He said the efforts are in hand to fully facilitate the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and they would also be provided relief for their repatriation in the due course.
Earlier, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Army are more united and carrying out joint operations to deal with the curse of terrorism. He said the morale of the country’s forces is very high and they are fully determined to check the nefarious designs of those elements who challenged the writ of the state. He said a small group of people had been forcing the majority to follow their footsteps by terrorising them. “Our ground forces will always see the PAF on the forefront along with them,” he said.Expressing satisfaction over the progress of the operation, he said security forces have shown good progress. A number of hideouts, ammunition dumps, and training camps of the terrorists were successfully targeted and destroyed with pinpoint accuracy and precision, he added.The chief of army staff announced that all the officers and men working at the operational base would be paid double salary alike those ground forces taking part in the operation Rah-e-Raast from July 01, as earlier announced by the government. At the Base, the COAS and the Air chief were received by the Base Commander.
Earlier, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Army are more united and carrying out joint operations to deal with the curse of terrorism. He said the morale of the country’s forces is very high and they are fully determined to check the nefarious designs of those elements who challenged the writ of the state. He said a small group of people had been forcing the majority to follow their footsteps by terrorising them. “Our ground forces will always see the PAF on the forefront along with them,” he said.Expressing satisfaction over the progress of the operation, he said security forces have shown good progress. A number of hideouts, ammunition dumps, and training camps of the terrorists were successfully targeted and destroyed with pinpoint accuracy and precision, he added.The chief of army staff announced that all the officers and men working at the operational base would be paid double salary alike those ground forces taking part in the operation Rah-e-Raast from July 01, as earlier announced by the government. At the Base, the COAS and the Air chief were received by the Base Commander.
Meanwhile, setting a precedence in the country’s defence history, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani himself co-piloted the PAF’s force multiplier — Fighting Falcon — F-16B aircraft. Gen Kayani, at the age of 58, clad in G-Suit as a PAF fighter pilot embarked upon a mission from an operational air base of the country on Monday. He kept flying in the combat aircraft for around one hour and viewed his brave troops engaged on ground in operation Rah-e-Raast in various parts of Malakand, Swat and Bannu.
On his return from the mission, the COAS looked fresh like a professional pilot with soft smile on his face. The Chief of Air Staff, Rao Qamar Suleman, who warmly sent off the COAS on the mission, greeted him on his return from a successful sortie. “The level of coordination and cooperation between the PAF and the Army was on ascend and will continue to further as the time passes by. This shows our resolve and commitment to the cause of the motherland,” he said. Gen Kayani, after taking over as the chief of army staff first ever visited any operational base of PAF and greeted personally the men and officers of the sister force. He also addressed the airmen and officers and presented salute to their courage and valour besides the commitment to defend the country.
On his return from the mission, the COAS looked fresh like a professional pilot with soft smile on his face. The Chief of Air Staff, Rao Qamar Suleman, who warmly sent off the COAS on the mission, greeted him on his return from a successful sortie. “The level of coordination and cooperation between the PAF and the Army was on ascend and will continue to further as the time passes by. This shows our resolve and commitment to the cause of the motherland,” he said. Gen Kayani, after taking over as the chief of army staff first ever visited any operational base of PAF and greeted personally the men and officers of the sister force. He also addressed the airmen and officers and presented salute to their courage and valour besides the commitment to defend the country.
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