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PAF s’ News Section paffalcons.com Exercise High Mark-89 was held from November 14 to December 23, 1989. The aim of this exercise was to create a realistic operational environment for the full range of air operations and to employ all participating units in their war roles and to identify weaknesses affecting mission accomplishment. With the overall deployment in mind, the exercise was structured in a manner which ensured that besides achieving the desired aim, maximum air support was made available to the Pakistan Army’s major exercise, ‘Zarb-e-Momin’. The exercise was conducted on a two-force concept. The AOC, NAC commanded Blueland Air Force (BAF) from his battle headquarters located at Chaklala, while the AOC, CAC commanded Foxland Air Force (FAF) from his battle headquarters at Sargodha. The exercise was conducted in three stages. Counter Air Operations (CAO) including DACT were designated as Stage-I, weapons delivery as Stage-II, and land support operations as Stage-III. The respective force commanders were given the freedom to plan and exercise their allocated assets in Stage-I and Stage-III of the exercise. Stage-II was controlled from the Command Operations Center (COC). The overall battle scenario was portaryed as that of Exercise Zarb-e-Momin and accordingly the air assets were divided to suit the requirements of the exercise. The exercise commenced with the declaration of Phase -I on November 14, 1989. Phase-II was declared in November 22, 1989. The movement …
