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‘Damaged Awacs aircraft repairable’
Friday, August 17, 2012
ISLAMABAD: A nozzle of an Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs) aircraft was damaged as a rocket-propelled grenade hit it when terrorists stormed Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Airbase Minhas in Kamra on Thursday.
However, the aircraft is repairable, Minister for Defence Syed Naveed Qamar said.
“The engineers and technicians of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex have examined the partially damaged aircraft, and according to the initial report,
this most advanced Awacs aircraft of the Saab-2000 category can be repaired,”
said the defence minister while talking to The News at an Iftar-dinner hosted by the Iranian ambassador here on Thursday.
“A test flight of the aircraft will be conducted after repairing it,” he added.
According to sources, three to four dozen aircraft were present at the airbase when the terrorists launched the attack. Most of these aircraft were brought to Kamra for overhauling and repair.
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