Pakistan Navy Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah visited an operational base of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and witnessed the ongoing PAF exercise High Mark-2016 on Sunday.
On his arrival at the base, he was received by PAF Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman. Air officer commanding Southern Air Command and base commander were also present at the occasion.
During the visit, Chief of Naval Staff was given a detailed briefing about the conduct of High Mark-2016. He also visited various areas of the base and witnessed the ongoing flying operations carried out by the PAF personnel.
Later, he met with the air and ground crew participating in the exercise and highly appreciated their high standard of professionalism and motivation. While talking to the airmen, he said that the entire nation is proud of PAF’s achievements, especially the success achieved during operation Zarb-e-Azb. He also appreciated the key role played by PAF, in synergy with other services during the operation and said that under the command of present air chief, there is an unprecedented coordination between PAF and Pak Navy.
While talking at the occasion, the air chief thanked the dignitaries for visiting the PAF operational air base and assured him that PAF would continue providing support to sister services in all possible manner.
He further said that the three services in synergy with each other are playing a major role in the defence of the motherland. PAF exercise High Mark-2016 is the true manifestation of this close coordination between the three services, he maintained.