ISLAMABAD: Concluding session marking culmination of PAF’s exercise Tempest-II was held at Air Headquarters here, according to a press release issued here on Thursday.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) Chairman General Rashad Mahmood was chief guest. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zakaullah and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman were also present at the session.
Senior officers from tri-services also attended the session. On the accession, the air chief said that PAF, in synergy with sister services, has played an important role in the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation. “This operation has greatly contributed towards jointness and interoperability amongst the sister services and the coordination among them is better than ever,” he said.
“The exercise has immensely contributed towards operational preparedness and our armed forces are at the highest level of operational readiness to take on any challenge, be it internal or external,” he said. General Mahmood lauded the efforts of conducting this significant war game which will help in revolutionising the latest war fighting concepts.
He said that the exercise not only generated fruitful debates on strategy and planning but also proved to be an effective tool in identifying own strengths and challenges. The war game was based on the prevalent concept of operations of PAF and it helped in assessing the efficacy of airpower in any future conflict.
This exercise would prove to be an important element of the PAF’s operational planning cycle and its outcome would assist PAF in campaign planning during war.
