{"id":12967,"date":"2025-09-11T19:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=12967"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:19:58","slug":"iraqi-air-force-expresses-interest-in-pilot-exchange-with-pakistan-for-training-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=12967","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi Air Force Expresses Interest in Pilot Exchange with Pakistan for Training Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Islamabad (September 11, 2025):<\/strong> The Iraqi Air Force has requested Pakistan\u2019s assistance in developing a modern training system and expressed a desire to benefit from <strong>pilot exchange postings with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A high-level Iraqi defense delegation, led by the Commander of the Iraqi Air Force, met Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu at Air Headquarters in Islamabad. The two sides discussed multiple areas of bilateral cooperation, with particular emphasis on joint training, capacity building, and the development of the aviation industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting, the Air Chief highlighted the <strong>deep religious and historical ties<\/strong> between Pakistan and Iraq, calling them the foundation of strong relations between the two air forces. He reaffirmed PAF\u2019s commitment to continue supporting the Iraqi Air Force in its training and capacity-building initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both sides agreed to hold <strong>joint exercises and training programs<\/strong> to enhance cooperation and operational harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iraqi Air Force Commander praised the professional leadership of the PAF, describing it as one of the region\u2019s most advanced and technically proficient air forces. He explained that Iraq seeks to <strong>reorganize its entire training system\u2014from basic to advanced operational and combat levels<\/strong>\u2014and requested Pakistan\u2019s support in this endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledging PAF\u2019s world-class training expertise, the Iraqi Commander said his force also wished to benefit from <strong>exchange postings of Pakistani pilots<\/strong>, enabling Iraqi aviators to learn directly from Pakistan\u2019s experienced and combat-ready professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad (September 11, 2025): The Iraqi Air Force has requested Pakistan\u2019s assistance in developing a modern training system and expressed a desire to benefit from pilot exchange postings with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). A high-level Iraqi defense delegation, led by the Commander of the Iraqi Air Force, met Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12969,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12967\/revisions\/12969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}