Pakistan Air Force: We’re Ready.
December 22, 2008Dan Qayyum | PakistanKaKhudaHafiz.com
The Pakistan Air Force today scrambled its jets over Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi in what is being seen as a clear warning to India after the recent spate of immature statements from the politicians of that country as well as the recent military buildup in Rajasthan, India.
In their recent comments, Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee have failed to rule out military action on Pakistan territory.
The PAF has come out strongly to let the nation know that they are ready to defend the nation, and to let the Indians know that any air incursions into Pakistan territory will not go unchallenged.
A ‘red-alert’ was declared at Lahore airport delaying some flights as upto 30 PAF jets (hot mode) patrolled the skies over Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Residents of Lahore came out in to the streets and chanted slogans in favour of PAF. Many climbed on their roofs for a better look as the planes flew extremely low carrying their weapons.
This comes after the aborted attempt by the Indian Air Force last week to take out the Jama’at ud Dawa headquarters at Muridke and the abandoned Lashkar camp in Muzaffarabad. PAF jets chased them back over the border on that occasion.
UPDATE on December 23rd PM
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jet fighters today continued flying over the skies here for the second consecutive day.
Sources said that the aircrafts equipped with the extra-fuel tanks kept taking rounds of Lahore air space on Tuesday morning for surveillance. PAF jet fighters taking off from Sargodha Air Base made rounds over Lahore for about 8 minutes and then landed at the Lahore Air Base besides making to and fro surveillance flight from Sargodha to Lahore.
The people witnessing the jet-speeding fighters happily waved and welcomed the ever-agile ‘Shaheens’ and voiced slogans in support of the motherland.
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