'Sacrifices won't go waste': Gen Qamar visits family of martyred PAF wing commander

We owe improved peace to supreme sacrifices rendered by our martyrs, ISPR quoted COAS as saying

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited family of Wing Commander Noman Akram who embraced martyrdom in a plane crash last week and prayed for the departed soul.

"We owe improved peace and stability to supreme sacrifices rendered by our martyrs. Their sacrifices won’t go waste,” the army chief was cited by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as saying on Sunday.

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 fighter aircraft crashed near Shakarparian area of Islamabad on Wednesday while rehearsing for the March 23 parade which has been cancelled amid coronavirus outbreak.

The Air Headquarters had ordered a board of inquiry to determine the cause of the incident.



“Wing Commander Nauman Akram embraced martyrdom in the
crash,” an air force spokesperson said, adding that he was the only pilot in the aircraft.

The F-16 serves as the premier air defence fighter in the PAF and the first batch was acquired in the 1980s. The air force operates multiple versions of the aircraft, with the Block 52s being the most modern.

PAF’s F-16 fleet has undergone multiple upgrades and remains a potent and lethal force to counter a peer adversary.