The Pakistan-Egypt Joint Air Defence Exercise ‘Sky Guards-1’ concluded withthe final phase of the live firing exercise and closing ceremony held inCairo, Egypt on Friday, according to the military’s media wing.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said that troopsof Pakistan Army Air Defence, Pakistan Air Force Air Defence and EgyptianAir Defence Forces took part in the exercise, the first-ever of its kind.
“The two weeks long exercise was focused on the integration,synchronization, information gathering, interoperability and decisionmaking of committing the air defence assets in a battle to offer anaggressive and prompt response to hostile air threat,” the ISPR added.
Commander Army Air Defence Command (AAD) Lieutenant General Hamood Uz ZamanKhan was the chief guest on the closing ceremony.
The chief guest witnessed a live-fire demonstration of different weaponsincluding the Igla man-potable air defence missile by Pakistan Army AirDefence and the Crotale missile by Pakistan Airforce Air Defence, the ISPRadded.
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“Commander Army Air Defence Command lauded the professionalism ofparticipating troops and emphasized the need to be abreast with emergingtrends and techniques,” it added.
Pakistan Ambassador to Egypt Sajid Bilal, Air Vice Marshal Abdul MoeedKhan, Director General Air Operations PAF, Observer Brig-Gen Emad Hagi fromBahrain and others officials of both countries attending the closingceremony of the joint exercise.
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