High Mark 2010

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PAF to launch ‘Exercise High Mark’ next week

By Sajjad Malik

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will launch its countrywide “Exercise High Mark-2010”, from next week to test its professional skills and capabilities.

Defence sources say that this kind of exercise is held after every five years and involves all aerial frontiers and bases from across the country, including the latest missile and firepower of the country.

“The exercise would continue for 40 days and, for the first time, the JF-17 Thunder will also participate in the exercise, in addition to F-16s and other fighter planes,” the sources said, adding that it would be entirely an internal activity and no foreign nation would be invited to participate in it.

It is the main peacetime activity and will cover the entire country from Skardu in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south.

The exercise would also involve the army and naval contingents to show an integrated approach to deal with any eventuality in the time of war.

It would include joint operations with extensive participation from the army and navy, which would further enhance cooperation amongst the three forces.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-3-2010_pg7_28

[Selma Shirazi]

Finally! I've been waiting to see new pics of JF-17, hope to see a lots of them soon. :)

[Mastankhan]

Hi,

40 days is a very very long time for an excercize just by the air force alone---I guess they really really want to see what they are made up of and what they can do with these aircraft that they have acquired in the recent past and current.

We are all anxiously awaiting the trails.

[Araz]

If I rmember correctly this is a joint exercise in which PAF , PA and PN will participate.
Araz

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PAF employs air to air refuelling

Tanvir Siddiqi

Islamabad—Pakistan Air Force on Sunday employed air-to-air refueling skill successfully thus attaining another milestone to prove itself second to none as envisioned by Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

The attainment of the capability was a part of the on-going High-Mark 2010 exercise.

The first Air-to-Air Re-fueller aircraft of Pakistan Air Force took active part in the exercises and successfully re-fuelled two fighter aircrafts.

The PAF is expecting delivery of three more aircraft by June this year.

By virtue of its ability to refuel Air defence aircraft in air, PAF’s overall capability in terms of its effectiveness to defend the airspace of the motherland has significantly enhanced, a PAF official said.

The area of exercise High Mark-10 is spread from Skardu in the North down to the Arabian Sea. The exercise has been tailored to include joint operations with extensive participation from Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy that would further enhance Pakistan’s capability to conduct joint operations by the three armed services.

High Mark-10 is aimed at conducting operations in near-realistic tactical environment while integrating new inductions and providing role-oriented training to combat and support elements of PAF an services.

New inductions like JF-17 Thunder aircraft and force multipliers such as Saab-2000 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft and Air-to-Air Refueller aircraft are participating in the exercise for the first time.

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=21624

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SOME FOTAGE FROM HIGH MARK

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