Boost professional skills to achieve goals

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina asked on Wednesday the members of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to maintain professional skills, discipline and patriotism to accomplish the national goals, reports UNB.
"It is impossible to achieve the goals without hard work, discipline and patriotism. I hope you will be aware of these and will build yourselves accordingly," she said.
The PM was addressing a ceremony marking the induction of 'GROB G-120 TP' trainer aircraft into the fleet of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF).
She joined the function at BAF Base Bir Shreshtha Matiur Rahman in Jashore, virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban in the city.
Hasina said Bangladesh believes in peace, not war, as its foreign policy articulately mentioned that friendship to all malice towards none.
"But if we are ever attacked, we must acquire the skills to defend our country's independence and sovereignty," she said stressing the need for having proper trainings and knowledge about technology, war and all other relevant issues among the members of the Air Force.
To ensure better and up-to-date flight training for the future generations of the Air Force, the government has already added the latest Fly-by-Wire and the YAK-130 combat trainer with digital cockpit, K-8W Jet Trainer, L-410 Transport Trainer, AW-119KX Helicopter Trainer and various types of simulator to the force, she said.
"In continuation of this, today 12 GROB-120 Trainer Aircraft was inducted into the fleet of the Air Force," said the prime minister.
She said several more GROB-120 trainer aircraft will be added to the force in the second phase.
With the induction of modern GROB-120 aircraft collected from Germany, the aviators of the air force would be very skilled and trained, she hoped.
The air force will soon have unmanned aerial vehicle system, air defense system integration, mobile gap filler radar, K-8D aircraft simulator, attack helicopter and various types of military equipment, she said.
Following the footsteps of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, her government had taken initiatives to modernise the Bangladesh Air Force further after coming to power in 1996.
Latest airplanes, helicopters, various types of radars, missiles and necessary military hardware have already been added to the air force. New bases, units and training institutes have been set up for the force, she said, adding that its infrastructural development also continues.