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Just to enlighten some, PAF has been training the Sri Lankan airforce for over a decade while it's aircraft are overhauled at PAC Kamra.
http://www.airforce.lk/pdf/news paper/slaf/srilanka_ariforce.pdfThe four Pakistan Air Force instructor pilots who
were assisting in the training of SLAF students
commenced their work on July 27, 2001, just two
days after the attack. As they taxied out on their
first mission that day, they went past three burnt out
K-8 hulks. The PAF instructors had been seconded
to the SLAF for 18 months, but due to an increased
threat from India and the build up of their troops on
Pakistans border the pilots were subsequently posted
back to their units by mid-2002. Unfortunately, one
of them, Sqn Ldr Niswan, was subsequently killed in
a Mirage crash in 2003. A Pakistan flag flies along
with Chinese and Sri Lankan flags outside the COs
office as a tribute to those countries that assisted in
the creation of the unit.
Three replacement K-8s were delivered in 2005
and today 14 Squadron is on the verge of moving
to China Bay, where all the SLAF flying training
will be consolidated. This will help to ease the air
traffic worries at Sri Lankas international airport.