PAF RECEIVES F-16 AIRCRAFT FROM US

ISLAMABAD: THE LAST OF 18 F-16 D BLOCK 52 AIRCRAFT HAVE ARRIVED IN PAKISTAN FROM THE US. THE PLANE IS PARKED AT THE PAKISTAN AIR FORCE BASE SHAHBAZ IN JACOBABAD.

THE F-16 C/D BLOCK 52 AIRCRAFT IS A HIGH-TECH FIGHTER AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART AVIONICS SUITE AND LATEST WEAPONS WITH NIGHT PRECISION ATTACK CAPABILITY.

TWO OTHER F-16 AIRCRAFT OF THE BLOCK 15 CATEGORY ALSO ARRIVED ON MONDAY. THESE PLANES WERE EARLIER SENT TO THE US FOR A MID-LIFE UPGRADE MLU.

A SIMPLE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE PAF BASE, WHICH WAS ATTENDED A BY LARGE NUMBER OF PAF OFFICIALS.