JF-17 Fighter Jet: delivered to PAF by China

China has delivered the first overhauled multi-role JF-17 Thunder fighter jet the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). The delivery was part of a project undertaken by two nations more than a decade ago for development and manufacture of the aircraft. Key Highlights Background: In recent years JF-17 has become a mainstay of PAF when after US ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) • Block 3 variant of JF-17 • Changsha 5712 Aircraft Industry Co Ltd • China-Pakistan • JF-17 • JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jet • PAF • Pakistan Air Force • Pressler Amendment • US-Pakistan

Pakistan to observe February 27 as 'Operation Swift Retort'

Pakistan will observe the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) retaliatory action on 27th February 2019 against India as ‘Operation Swift Retort’. Key Highlights It was mentioned at PAF’s Air Staff presentation, which is held quarterly every year to take stock of operational preparedness of the force. According to PAF, “swift response” demonstrates their firm resolve, capacity ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Abhinandan Varthaman • Aircraft • Balakot Strike • Bison • Defence • F-16 • IAF • India • Jaish-E-Mohammed • MiG-21 • MiG-21 Bison • Operation Swift Retort • PAF • Pakistan • Pakistan Air Force • Pulwama

Pakistan to observe February 27 as ‘Operation Swift Retort’

Pakistan will observe the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) retaliatory action on 27th February 2019 against India as ‘Operation Swift Retort’. Key Highlights It was mentioned at PAF’s Air Staff presentation, which is held quarterly every year to take stock of operational preparedness of the force. According to PAF, “swift response” demonstrates their firm resolve, capacity ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Abhinandan Varthaman • Aircraft • Balakot Strike • Bison • Defence • F-16 • IAF • India • Jaish-E-Mohammed • MiG-21 • MiG-21 Bison • Operation Swift Retort • PAF • Pakistan • Pakistan Air Force • Pulwama

Idris Hassan Latif, former Chief of Indian Air Force passes away

Air Chief Marshal Idris Hassan Latif (94), the former Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF), has passed away 2018 in Hyderabad on May 1, 2018. He was the IAF chief from September 1978 to August 1981. After his retirement in 1981, Latif held the posts of Maharashtra Governor and Indian Ambassador to France. He ..

Topics: Al-Lateef • Government of India • Idris Hasan Latif • Indian Air Force • Military • Pakistan Air Force • Punjabi people • Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

The joint bilateral air force exercise “Shaheen VI” starts between Pakistan and China

China The joint bilateral air force exercise “Shaheen VI” has started between air forces of China and Pakistan in China on September 7, and will run until September 27, 2017. The “Shaheen” joint training was launched by the Chinese and Pakistani air forces in March 2011 and has since gone through five major iterations.

Topics: Countries • Government of Pakistan • International Organizations • Pakistan • Pakistan Air Force • Shaheen-I • Shaheen-II • Shahin