PAF to get latest SAB-2000 aircraft today

December 29, 2009

Pakistan Air Force would receive SAB-2000 aircraft on Tuesday, report said. The ceremony would be attended by Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman as chief guest at Kamra Airbase. With the induction of this aircraft, Pakistan would become one of the few air forces in the world to have Airborne Early Warning capability. Besides detecting high- and medium-altitude aircraft, this state-of-the-art system is also capable of detecting low-level flying objects over land and sea at extended ranges. The system is capable of picking even the surface targets over the sea.