"Basic Liaison2014" Bahrain Air Force Joint Drill launched

Manama: April 27 – (BNA): The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF)'s Royal Air Force has launched the "Basic Liaison Drill 2014" with participation of eleven brotherly and friendly countries. The drill was attended by Major-General (Pilot) Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Khalifa the Commander of the Bahrain Royal Air Force. One of major exercises regularly annually implemented by the Bahrain Air Force over the past twenty years, the Basic Liaison comes as part of defence cooperation and joint coordination with the air forces of brotherly and friendly countries to boost regional security and stability. The yearly drill which was started in 1988 comes under the training policy of the BDF aimed to intensify joint exercises with brotherly and friendly countries as the key cornerstone to gauge combat readiness and preparedness of forces and as a richer military environment to exchange expertise and unify concepts. The drill embodies the BDF's utmost attentiveness to development of the Bahrain Royal Air Force combat and administrative, support and maneuvers units and brushing up their skills which reflects positively on the standards of pilots and technicians and their professional career development in compliance with standing orders from the BDF Headquarters' officials led by the BDF Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The drill has contributed into the advancement of the level of BDF Air Force personnel regarding the development of air defence capabilities and exchanging military expertise with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Arab Republic of Egypt, Turkish Republic, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the United States of America, the United Kingdom in addition to the Kingdom of Bahrain which is the host country in order to boost develop technical combat capabilities in this vital military field. (IY) . I.Y