Parrotiopsis Jacquemontiana Pakistan Air

Air Marshal Asghar Khan: my role model, father of Pakistan Air Force, and the protégé of Jinnah

I have many reasons to write in memory of the venerated Air Marshal Asghar Khan — a protégé of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, he was my role model from the age of 19 when I joined the Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) in 1952...

I first heard about Asghar Khan, who was at the time a wing commander, from my instructor at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy in Risalpur, who narrated to me the historic event of Jinnah’s visit to...

Air Marshal meets Chief of China’s Air Force

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman visited the headquarters of People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) China on Monday...

The air chief was given a briefing on the working of PLAAF...

Pak-China Shaheen-VI joint air exercise underway at China's Korla Air Base

A Pak-China joint air exercise is in full swing at China's Korla Air Base, Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) media department said on Thursday...

The contingents from both sides participating in the Shaheen-VI exercise consist of combat pilots, air defence controllers and technical ground crew, PAF said...

China may be developing new long-range air-to-air missile

China may be testing a new, long-range air-to-air missile that could take out early warning aircraft and aerial refuelling aircraft, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, after pictures of the new missile surfaced online...

Air force researcher Fu Qianshao told the newspaper he believed the missile was designed to hit distant high-value targets, such as early warning aircraft, normally outside actual combat zones...

UAE air force instructed 'not to escalate' Qatar air dispute

The air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been ordered “not to escalate” a civil aviation dispute with regional rival Qatar, a military official said on Tuesday...

Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan designated new chief of air staff

Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan was designated as the new chief of air staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) by the federal government on FridayAir Marshal Mujahid Khan will take command on March 19, when incumbent Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman retires from his post...

Air Marshal Khan was first commissioned in the GD (P) Branch of the PAF in December 1983...

Lahore air remains 'hazardous' as Air Quality Index hits 447

Lahore's air quality remained 'hazardous' with an air quality ranking of 447, according to Air Visual's Air Quality Index (AQI) list on Wednesday...

The Punjab capital is ranked the second most polluted city in the world, according to Air Visual, which records air pollution levels across the globe in real time...

Air India fined over mid-air urination scandal

NEW DELHI: Air India has been fined $37,000 for its handling of an incident in which a drunk senior US bank executive was accused of urinating on a female passenger, Indian media reported...

The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation also fined Air India’s director of in-flight services 300,000 indian rupees in addition to the carrier’s penalty of three million rupees ($37,000), reports on Friday and Saturday said...

Pakistan Air Force needs to replace 190 planes by 2020

WASHINGTON: Pakistan Air Force needs to retire 190 planes from its current fleet by 2020, senior officials told Dawn while commenting on a report that the country was seeking another batch of 10 F-16s from the United States...

Jane’s Defence Weekly reported this week that Pakistan would seek to purchase these additional planes from the United States if the current deal for eight of these fighter jets is successfully concluded...

US air strikes to put pressure on Pakistan to do more: experts

WASHINGTON: The United States has resumed its air strikes on Taliban positions in Afghanistan, as part of a strategy to force the insurgents to negotiate with the Afghan government...

Defence experts in Washington warn that the new strategy could further increase US pressure on Pakistan to do more against the Afghan Taliban who, the Americans claim, often operated from Pakistani territories...

News channels go off air, Facebook and YouTube blocked in parts of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday afternoon issued a notification prohibiting live coverage of the operation to end the Faizabad sit-in, following which most private news channels were taken off-air in Islamabad and other parts of the country...

Later, Twitter also acknowledged that the social media website had been blocked in Pakistan by the government and assured its users that the...

Pakistan supports peace efforts: air chief

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman has that Pakistan being a peace-loving country supports peace in the region, including in the Middle East...

According to a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) statement, he was speaking at the graduation ceremony of 119 Combat Support Course, held at the PAF Academy, Risalpur...

Stunning aerobatics display in Quetta by air forces of Pakistan, China

QUETTA: To strengthen relations between Pakistan and China, the Pakistan Air Force organised an air show at the Samungli PAF Base, Quetta, in which F-7 PG, along with PLAAF lightweight multi-role, all-weather fighter J-10 aircraft, presented a scintillating aerial display...

Air Vice Marshal Haseeb Paracha, Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command, was the chief host of the ceremony...

Pakistan wins first jet order at Paris Air Show: spokesman

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has won the first order for its JF-17 Thunder jet fighters, an air force spokesman said Monday, a long-held goal for the nation which wants to boost its military exports...

The latest models of the jets, which are locally produced in cooperation with Pakistan's close ally China, are lightweight multi-role aircraft capable of Mach 2...

Pakistan arrests Jaish members in connection with India air base attack

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday said the government wants to send a team of special investigators to the Pathankot air base in India for further investigation...

In a statement, the PMO also confirmed the arrests of several members of the Jaish-i-Mohammad militant group, which India suspects of involvement in what was nearly week-long siege of the Pathankot Indian air base earlier this month...