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Pakistan air force chief to visit Sri Lanka by Rashomi Silva The Air Force last week confirmed the scheduled visit of the Pakistani Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat to Sri Lanka on Tuesday on a courtesy visit. Marshal Saadat's visit is reciprocal to the visit of Sri Lankan Air Chief Air Marshal Donald Perera's visit to Pakistan in 2003. Marshal Saadat joined the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in 1968 and graduated in 1971. Serving as the commander of the flying wing of the PAK in 1991-1992, the Director Plans in 1992-1994, and as the Deputy Director of the Air Staff (Personnel) are some of the important appointments he held before becoming the Chief of Air Staff of PAF. He is a graduate of PAF Academy, Risalpur and had completed Air war Course in Pakistan and Inter Services War Course in Ecole Militaire in Paris. Marshal Saadat holds all four military medals, Tamgha, Sitra, Hilal and Nishan-i-imtiaz. Diplomatic sources viewed the visit as an opportunity to improve the assistance granted for Sri Lankan forces. "Certainly there will be more training opportunities for Armed forces personnel in the future, consequent to this visit," said Col. Muhammad Wajid, the Defence Advisor for the Pakistan High Commission for Sri Lanka. Meanwhile the Air Force said the Pakistani Air Force has just completed overhauling of six Sri Lankan fighter aircraft and the air craft are now in Sri Lanka going through the process of reassembling. Commenting on the overhauling of fighter aircraft by the Pakistan, the Air Force spokesperson Group Captain Ajantha Silva said that the Pakistani Air Force has always been a friendly force and we SLAF had lot of assistance from Pakistan. "The rapport between the service personnel of the two countries had always been very good, specially between the PAF and SLAF," he said assuring that the Pakistani government would always extend technical and other assistance to Sri Lanka. |
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