General Kayani, clad in a G-Suit, is helped into the co-pilot seat of an F-16
by Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman for an aerial view of the ground
situation in the area of operation.

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman have reiterated their resolve to defeat terrorists who were challenging the writ of the state.

General Kayani and Air Chief Marshal Suleman, who visited the PAF operational base on Monday along with senior officers of both the forces, expressed complete solidarity in successfully meeting the challenges.
Addressing airmen on the occasion, General Kayani said that the Operation Rah-i-Raast was launched after efforts to resolve the matter by peaceful means had failed. ‘We want to see a peaceful Swat once again,’ he remarked.
He said that the present situation was different from a war situation in which the enemy was well-known. In the current situation it is difficult to pinpoint the enemy.
He paid tribute to the men and officers who laid their lives for the cause of the country and also to people who had to leave their homes. He said around 126 men and officers had embraced Shahadat and another 50 were wounded. He said that the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Army were working in unison and taking part in the operation shoulder-to-shoulder.
Air Chief Marshal Suleman also said that the PAF and army were carrying out joint operations to eradicate the menace of terrorism. He said the morale of the forces was very high and they were determined to curb the nefarious designs of the elements who had challenged the writ of the state. He said a small group was terrorising the majority and forcing it to follow its dictates. The ground forces, he said, would always found the PAF on the forefront.
Expressing satisfaction over the progress of the operation, he said that security forces had made good progress. He said a number of hideouts, ammunition dumps and training camps of terrorists had been targeted and destroyed with pinpoint accuracy and precision.
General Kayani announced that all officers and men at the Operational Base would get double salary, like the ground forces taking part in the Operation Rah-i-Raast from July 1, as announced by the government.

Later, General Kayani clad in a PAF G-Suit, co-piloted an F-16 aircraft for an aerial view of the ground situation in the area of operation.