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Hello all, With all these power plants popping up one by one, I was wandering which companies are the main inspection service providers to these plants, pipelines, oil & gas companies, etc? And if someone has any info on what licensing system Pakistan follows, that would be great as well. I...

Guys, I just learned a very interesting fact. Turns out one of the Soviet engineers was the first one to precisely calculate RCS of an aircraft and how to reduce it. Senior Soviet aerospace engineers were very skeptical of his research paper and didn't bother with it. One of the engineers from...

Guys i found some photos i took while attending an airshow last year...thought i would share it here Pictures are low quality and unedited. Sorry about that. They say the best camera is whatever you have to capture the moment. Interesting fact i learned that day....Raptor demo team said they...

Ran into Air France at YYZ today!

Argentina Air Force officials have been interested in the Kfir for several years, but it was at the 2013 Paris Air Show that delegates met officials of Chengdu Aircraft Corp. and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, the Chinese-Pakistani partnership that produces the JF-17 fighter jet, the sources...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday signed an air force pilot training exchange agreement to help further improve bilateral relations, during the opening ceremony of the Multinational Military Flight Crew Training Centre (MMFCT-C) in Izmir, Turkey. The agreement was signed by the head...

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday decided to allot 9,000 acres of forest land to Pakistan Army for onward distribution among the heirs of slain and war-wounded military personnel. He took this decision while presiding over a meeting here at the Chief Minister House...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is considering purchase of the South Korean KAI T-50 Lead In Fighter Trainer (LIFT) to revamp its Air Force training program, although some viable alternatives remain. Interest in the T-50 comes amid moves to improve Pakistani-South Korean defense industry collaboration...

KHARIAN, Pakistan — Pakistan’s army is finally making significant gains in its campaign against Islamist militants, and some of the success can be traced back to unlikely sources: paintballs and bird calls. Here, tucked in a forest, Pakistan’s military has built a sprawling base to train...

By Jason Leopold March 19, 2015 | 1:10 pm Thirteen years ago, the intelligence community concluded in a 93-page classified document used to justify the invasion of Iraq that it lacked "specific information" on "many key aspects" of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction...

Argentina Shopping for Chinese Fighter Jets Defense Splurge Set to Include Falklands-Capable Aircraft MARCH 17, 2015 AT 12:07 PM Argentina is seeking to purchase 24 advanced fighter aircraft from China, Defense Minister Agustín Rossi told press Tuesday. The jets, it was soon reported, would be...

Alan Warnes, Kamra, Pakistan - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly 16 March 2015 The first Block 2 JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its maiden flight from the Pakistan Aeronautical Company (PAC) facility at Kamra on 9 February. The aircraft (serial number 2P01) made three more successful flights...

Does anyone has any info regarding NDT in Pakistan? Certifications, Salary, and whether PAF or PIA does it in house, etc I have done aircraft maintenance and now I'm currently doing NDT training in Canada. My co-op would start in September (If i get hired by a company) I wanted to see what...

"Karachi in Pakistan was the cheapest city to live in worldwide, followed by Bangalore, Caracas, Mumbai and Chennai." Top 10 cheapest cities in the world 1. Karachi 2. Bangalore 3. Caracas 4. Mumbai 5. Chennai 6. New Delhi 7. Tehran 8. Damascus 9. Kathmandu 10. Algiers Hong Kong in...

Written by Oscar Nkala, Friday, 06 February 2015 The Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) Air Force and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which paves way for the provision of Pakistani equipment and specialised training for the Tanzanian Air Force...

Hang on to your hats, America. And throw away that big, fat styrofoam finger while you’re about it. There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just say it: We’re no longer No. 1. Today, we’re No. 2. Yes, it’s official. The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the...

By: Giles Broom Bloomberg, Published on Fri Aug 22 2014 GENEVA — Switzerland’s two largest privately held banks are poised to publish their earnings after two centuries of secrecy. Cie. Lombard, Odier SCA, the Geneva-based bank established in 1796, is due to publish its financial statement on...