Officers, jawans of Saudi Army decorated with airborne insignia by Pakistan
Pakistan Times National News Desk

PESHAWAR: An impressive wing award ceremony of Parachute Training School was held here on Saturday to award wings to the qualified officers and jawans of Royal Saudi Arabian Army in special Basic Air Borne Course.

Major General Tahir Mahmood Officer Commanding Special Services Group was the chief guest on the occasion, said a release of ISPR here.

In all 49 trainees including officers and jawans of the brethren country successfully completed the course.

The Chief Guest awarded para wings to officers and jawans on successful completion of training. Best performance prize was given to Lieutenant Fayaz Suliman Al Fayal.

Addressing on the occasion, Major General Tahir Mehmood said that the completion of rigorous training was ample testimony of the physical and mental toughness of officers and men of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces.

He said that award of para wing made them distinct from a common soldier and henceforth put more responsibilities on their shoulders. He stressed upon the successful trainees to work further hard for achieving professional excellence.

Defence Attache of Royal Saudi Embassy, Colonel Abdullah Saeed while speaking on the occasion thanked Pakistan Army for imparting standard and quality training to all ranks and said it would be a hall mark in Pak-Saudi friendship and open new avenues of such training events in future.

It is pertinent to mention here that participants of Basic Airborne Course are selected after attaining a particular standard of physical fitness.

Four-week training is imparted to the selected trainees that include three-week training on various apparatus at the Para Training School and in the final week they are taught the skills of jump from above 1200 to 1500 feets.●