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PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF Witnesses Operational Exercise At Qadri Forward Operating Base In Gilgit-Baltistan:
PAKISTAN CHIEF OF AIR STAFF Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan made a high-profile visit to Gilgit-Baltistan on Saturday and witnesses the Operational Exercise at Qadri Forward Operating Base days before india expecting to receive the Rafale Jets from France.
During the visit, PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan witnessed the various operational activities at the Qadri Forward Air Base, including the combat support elements and the rapid deployment of Fighter Aircraft and other assets on a short notice.
PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan witnessed the fast deployment of PAKISTAN’s Pride JF-17 Fighter Jet during the operational Exercise.

After reviewing the exercise, PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF briefed about the several ongoing development works at the Qadri airbase situated in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan.
PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF highly lauded and appreciated the morale of PAKISTAN AIR FORCE personnel and he expressed deep satisfaction over the operational preparedness of PAKISTAN AIR FORCE Combat Support Elements.
Chief of Air Staff visits PAF Base, Qadri at Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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After that, PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan addressed the personnel of PAKISTAN AIR FORCE (PAF) deployed at the Qadri Forward Operating Air Base.
CHIEF OF AIR STAFF Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said, “The aggressive military procurements by the enemy are not going unnoticed and necessary measures are in place to ensure the balance of military power in conventional domain as well.”
PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan assured the Brave and Great PAKISTANI Nation that PAKISTAN AIR FORCE, along with its Sister-Services, i.e. PAKISTAN ARMY AND PAKISTAN NAVY, is fully prepared, equipped and armed to teeth to give a befitting response to any misadventure launched by its adversary, india.
PAKISTAN AIR CHIF also express serious and grave concern over the atrocities and indian state sponsored terrorism the indian armed forces is committing in the indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (iOJ&K).
PAKISTAN AIR CHIEF Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said that the entire PAKISTANI Nation is standing in solidarity with their Brave Kashmiri Brethren and PAKISTAN supports the freedom struggle of the Brave Kashmiri Brethren against the brutalities of indian security forces in iOJ&K.
The recent high-profile visit of PAKISTANI AIR CHIEF Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan comes at a moment, when india is expecting to receive the deliveries of Rafale Jets from France.
PAKISTAN has deployed its star indigenous JF-17 Fighter Jet in Qadri Air Base, Gilgit-Baltistan. Reportedly, both PAKISTAN and CHINA have shortened the production line of JF-17 Fighter Jet to just 15 days.

PAKISTAN AIR FORCE planned to existing and aging fleet of F-7Ps and Mirage III/5 ROSE Jets with its indigenous JF-17 Thunder Aircraft by the end of 2020.
The Block 3 variant of JF-17 Thunder is recently completed its final trials and the mass production is expected to start at the end of this or start of next year.
PAKISTAN’s latest JF-17 Thunder Block-3 is packed with major upgrades and it is leap ahead than its previous generations. The Block-III aircraft would be equipped with the KLJ-7A AESA radar, along with other armaments and avionics suite.