PAF chief vows to defend aerial frontiers at all costs

Air chief expresses satisfaction over operational preparedness of bases, lauds high morale of combat crew

Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan has vowed to defend the aerial frontiers of the country at all costs.

He said this while visiting forward operating airbases of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Sunday.

While interacting with the combat crew, the air chief said, "We are a peace-loving nation, but if a war is imposed on us, we would defend the aerial frontiers of our motherland at any cost.



"Pakistan Air Force alongside other defence forces are ever ready to take on all kinds of challenges with operational preparedness and immaculate synergy," he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the PAF.

Air Chief Marshal Mujahid further added that the country's air force would thwart any misadventure by the enemy and was ready to respond with full force as per the aspirations of the nation.

The air chief showed satisfaction over the operational preparedness of bases and also lauded the high morale of the combat crew.



Earlier last week, amid crescendoing war hysteria and relentless threats of military action from India soon after the Pulwama bombing targetting Indian forces in the Indian occupied Kashmir, Pakistan Army issued an unambiguous warning to New Delhi: “Don’t mess with Pakistan”.

Major General Asif Ghafoor, the chief military spokesperson, said during an unusual media briefing, “We do not wish to go to war. But please be assured, should you initiate any aggression, you shall never be able to surprise us. We shall, for sure, surprise you".

The director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), regretted that India was quick to pin the blame on the state of Pakistan without investigations. “Right after the attack, India started accusing Pakistan without thinking and without any evidence,” he added.