ISLAMABAD: Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force visited two Forward Operating Bases of the PAF, to witness the progress of PAF Exercise High Mark 2010.

The Exercise is in full swing and the entire Air Force is engaged in operations in near realistic training environment.

The CAS saw airmen engaged in the exercise while addressing at one of the Forward Operating Bases, the Air Chief said that “Exercise High Mark – 2010 is not aimed against any country and that the mission of PAF is to ensure peace, with honor. History teaches us that peace cannot be maintained from a position of weakness”.

Air Chief further said that “Exercise is aimed at demonstrating PAF’s capabilities and resolve with honor in the region.”

Earlier in the day for the first time JF-17 Thunder aircraft were put through their paces in the stringent air environment that has been orchestrated to ensure realism in the exercise. The recently induced JF-17 Thunder would be put to test by undertaking entire spectrum of air operations during High Mark, 2010.