Overview
- Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu was awarded the Indonesian Air Force’s Medal of Honour for strengthening air-power cooperation.
- Sidhu met President Prabowo Subianto and held separate meetings with Defence Minister Lt Gen (Retd) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, the armed forces commander and the Indonesian Air Chief.
- Both sides discussed expanding air-force cooperation through joint training from basic to advanced levels, professional exchanges and work in emerging aerospace domains.
- Indonesian leaders praised PAF professionalism and modernization and highlighted potential collaboration with Pakistan’s National Aerospace Science & Technology Park.
- Reuters previously reported exploratory talks on possible sales of combat jets and armed drones, with officials indicating no concrete decisions or agreements to date.