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Awaz Apni Staff Report JACOBABAD: Three latest F-16 fighter jets are officially handed over to Pakistan Air Force while PAF Air Chief Marshall Rao Qamar said we do not intend to participate in the weapons race but the purchase of the F-16 fighter jets is necessary for the defense of the country, Awaz Apni reported Sunday. The official ceremony, to hand over 3 F-16 jets to PAF, was held at Jacobabad’s Shahbaz Air Base. The American Ambassador in Pakistan N.W.Peterson and Head of the American Air Force General A Schwartz were also present at the ceremony. General Schwartz, in his address to the ceremony, said that the delivery of F-16 jets is a proof of the strong relations between America and Pakistan and these will help in action against the terrorists. The American Ambassador N....

Pakistan gets new F16 Awaz Apni reported: Three F16 aircrafts provided by the US have formally been inducted into Pakistan Air Force (PAF) today in a ceremony at the Shahbaz Airbase. The three F-16s are part of a batch of 18 aircrafts to be given to the Pakistan Air Force by the end of the year. The ceremony was attended by Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, US Air Chief General Schwartz, US ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson and other senior civil and military officials. Ambassador Anne Patterson said the US is increasing cooperation with Pakistan in the economic and energy sectors as well. She added that the induction of F-16s will strengthen Pakistan’s fight against militancy. In the second phase, five F-16 Block 52 C fighter jets would be given to Pakistan over a period of a month and a half. As per the contract, the PAF would receive these aircraft in several batches. The delivery ...