ISLAMABAD: Wing Commander Hamad bin Muhammad AlHajjri of the Saudi Royal Air Force said in a video shared by the Kingdom’s defense ministry this week that Saudis were participating in an ongoing air drill in Pakistan with Tornado jets.
The ACES Meet 2021-1, which kicked off on Monday, is an aerial exercise to maximize combat readiness of participating air forces through air-to-air combat training. The Pakistan Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and United States Air Force (USAF) are participating in the exercise.
“The activities of ACES 2021 have kicked off at Mushaf Air Base in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, with the participation of the Saudi Royal Air Forces , the US Air Force and the Pakistan Air Forces,” AlHajjri said in a video shared on Twitter by the Saudi ministry of defense on Wednesday.
“We have participated in these exercises also with a number of our Tornado aircraft. The exercises will be in several stages: including planning and executing air operations against air defense and based on different war scenarios.”
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The RSAF contingent has around 180 officials, including pilots, aircraft engineers and technicians, and the USAF team comprises 70 members, while around 50 officials from Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain are in Pakistan as observers at the multinational air exercise.
