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In April 2024, the Biden administration put into effect a regulation named "Upholding Civil Service Protections and Merit System Principles" (89 FR 24982) that allows employees to keep existing job protections even if their positions were reclassified, preventing most of the effects of a reinstatement of Schedule F. While the regulation could ...
The Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) was established on 15 August 1947 with the independence of Pakistan from British India. The RPAF began with a paper share allotment of 2,332 personnel, a fleet of 24 Tempest II fighter-bombers, 16 Hawker Typhoon fighters, two H.P.57 Halifax bombers, two Auster aircraft, twelve North American Harvard trainers and ten de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes.
PAF Base Rafiqui: Mirage 5 ROSE III [23] No. 28 Squadron: Phoenixes: Multi-role Western Air Command 31 AS Wing 28 February 2018 PAF Base Samungli: JF-17A [24] [25] No. 50 Squadron: Saf Shikan: Tactical Attack Central Air Command 34 TA Wing 16 December 2021 PAF Base Rafiqui: Mirage 5PA [26]
The PAF Academy holds an All-Pakistan Declamation Competition, one of the biggest annual events. Some forty teams from major higher education institutes in Pakistan are invited to take part. The event takes place over four days during which a number of rounds are held. The PAF bears all the expenses of travel and accommodation of the teams. [38]
The PAF's Central Air Command (CAC), the Combat Commanders' School (CCS), and the PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence (PAF ACE) are based at PAF Base Mushaf, PAF Base Mushaf is the most elite and widely operational base in Pakistan, consisting of the highest equipped aircraft and squadrons and the best trained pilots and commanders.
PAF Air War College Building, 2010. PAF Air War College Institute is the Pakistan Air Forces academic establishment located at PAF Base Faisal providing training and education primarily to mid-career officers of the air force as well as a limited number of officers from Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Army and allied forces.
When the PAF decided to acquire the Chengdu J-10CEs, the 15 Squadron was chosen to be equipped with it. The 15 squadron's previous fleet of PAC upgraded Mirage-VEF ROSE-IIIs were still capable enough in modern warfare and since the PAF high command wasn't in the favor of retiring them, the No. 50 Squadron was raised on 1st December 2021 to inherit all of the No. 15 Squadron's Mirages and ...
The USAF and PAF's F-16s head out for a training sortie at a PAF operational base in Peshawar. This was a first exercise since 2019. The military establishments of the two countries have cooperated to take action against militant groups involved in the wars in Afghanistan and Bosnia , although there is no consensus on issues such as dealing ...