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References
- 1 2 Rehman, Dawood (October 28, 2017). "PAF's first multinational air exercise ACES Meet 2017 concludes in Pakistan". en.dailypakistan.com.pk.
- ↑ "ACES Meet-2017". Daily Times. November 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Aces Meet: Multinational counter-terrorism air exercise concludes". The Express Tribune. October 28, 2017.
- ↑ "'ACES Meet 2021-2': Senior Pak armed forces officers visit Pak-Turk air exercise". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ↑ Desk, Web (April 8, 2021). "Multi-national exercise 'ACES Meet 2021-1' concludes". www.nation.com.pk.
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