UK writer’s book on PAF’s history launched in Capital: Daily Times

* Pictorial ‘The Pakistan Air Force 1998-2008: A New Dawn’ highlights achievements

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday launched a book titled ‘The Pakistan Air Force 1998-2008: A New Dawn’, authored by UK-based journalist Alan Warnes, at PAF Complex, Air Headquarters.

A large number of PAF officials, foreigners and diplomats attended the book launch ceremony, outgoing Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed being chief guest.

This is a pictorial book, highlighting achievements of PAF. The author and photographer Alan Warnes captured different fighter jets on camera. Different photographs were taken during Kargil war and others showed the age of counterterrorism (2001-2008), women in PAF, different air bases, monouvering aircrafts etc.

Speaking on the occasion, Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Ahmed said launch of the book was an idea of Air Commodore Sarfraz and the author. “It’s a wonderful job done by Alan. I’m going home and will definitely thoroughly go through this book,” he said.

“For common man, this book got to be a colourful and interesting because all photographs tell you everything in a flash of time,” Ahmed said.

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