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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Pakistan to station JF-17 combat jets at Peshawar


PAF Air Base, Peshawar
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will station its first squadron of the JF-17 Thunder combat jet that has been jointly developed with China at Peshawar, the capital of the restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP), it was announced Friday.

“The first fighter squadron of JF-17 Thunder aircraft will be raised and stationed at Peshawar,” PAF chief Air Chief Marshal Qamar Suleman said on a visit to the base.

“By the end of 2009, the squadron will be fully operational,” a PAF release quoted him as saying while addressing officers and airmen at the base.

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