FORWARD PAF OPERATING BASE, June 4: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir said on Tuesday that Pakistan Air Force is fully prepared to accept any challenge.

Speaking to officers and men of PAF at the PAF Base, Mianwali, he said the level of their readiness showed that any aggression would be responded in a manner that the enemy would repent.

He expressed complete satisfaction over the level of preparedness and the high morale of the guards of the air frontiers and hoped that the PAF, being a small but a potent force, would prove its mettle in any hour of trial.

This visit to the Mianwali Base by Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir was in continuation of his visits to the Forward Operating Bases and Main Operating Bases of the PAF. He inspected all the war assets deployed at the Base and showed his deep satisfaction at the level of preparedness.

The Chief of the Air Staff also went around the bunkers and met the combat crew and the airmen and appreciated their high spirit to safeguard the air frontiers of their motherland.—APP

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