ISLAMABAD – The multi-national air exercise ACES Meet 2021 has commenced atan Operational Air Base of the Pakistan Air Force, PAF press statementstated Monday.
The statement released earlier Monday stated that Pakistan Air Force, RoyalSaudi Air Force, and the United States Air Force are actively participatingin the two-week exercise, while Bahrain, Egypt, and Jordanian air forcesare invited as observers.
Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Vice-Marshal Waqas Ahmed Sulehri was thechief guest at the opening ceremony of the air exercise.
Speaking at the ceremony of the fourth multinational air exercise, Sulehrisaid International exercises are new neither for the participants nor forthe Airpower Center of Excellence. Adding that this particular cycle ofACES Meet is unique because participating air forces bring along a vastexperience of combat operations, whether in counterterrorism or compositeflying fields.
PAF platform must be fully utilized to share the indispensable experiencesfor joint benefits, he further added.
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Top defence diplomats of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AirAttaché of United States of America also attended the ceremony.
The Aces Meet 2021 is an aerial exercise to maximize the combat readinessof participating countries through air-to-air combat training.
