The facility at the Mushaf Air base in Punjab\u2019s Sargodha city is a premier institution which has been equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u2019s new prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday became the country\u2019s first premier to fly in a US-made F-16 fighter aircraft, media report said.<\/p>\n
Abbasi, during a visit to the newly-established Airpower Center of Excellence (ACE) at an operational air base of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), flew in the single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft.<\/p>\n
The 58-year-old became the first-ever prime minister of Pakistan to participate in an air force sortie, Geo News reported.<\/p>\n
The US-made F-16 fighter aircraft belonged to the No 9 Squadron of the PAF.<\/p>\n
The facility at the Mushaf Air base in Punjab\u2019s Sargodha city is a premier institution which has been equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Besides training PAF personnel, the ACE would also train the combat crew of friendly air forces by conducting multinational, training exercises, the report said.<\/p>\n
Abbasi was briefed by Air Chief Sohail Aman on the ongoing exercise \u2018Saffron Bandit\u2019 and was informed that the first-ever multinational exercise will be held in October and would have participation from personnel from 19 air forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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