Zambia Air force (ZAF) says Government and its cooperating partners have been instrumental in rendering essential support aimed at building capacity among officers for the benefit of the nation.
ZAF Commander Andrew Sakala praised Government for its gesture saying it has continued to render support in uplifting the standards of the Air force personnel throughout the country.
ZANIS reports that speaking when he officially opened the 10th Operations Air Seminar in Lusaka today, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sakala said this is why there is need for officers to exhibit high standards of discipline in their operations if they are to properly utilise the support.
Lt Gen Sakala noted that discipline is an essential component of every organisation hence the need to uphold it all times.
He said through maintaining discipline the Air force Personnel will be able to accurately account for all resources that they get for their operations from donors and Government.
He stressed the need for high standards of discipline among the officers as this instiled donor confidence adding that the Operations Department is cardinal in the Zambia Air Force despite complexities of the equipment that are used coupled with adverse working conditions.
Lt Gen Sakala further urged participants to take the seminar seriously as it plays a pivotal role in providing an opportunity for widening the spectrum of ideas and strategies essential for improving efficiency, capability and professionalism.
Earlier, ZAF Chief of Operations Brigadier General Vanwick Mwanza said imparting personnel with modern skills and knowledge is important to achieving improved capability, efficiency and reliability among officers.
Brig. Gen Mwanza added that this is why the Air force will strive to ensure that personnel are equipped with necessary modern skills to improve the Operations departments country wide.
The five days seminar has drawn participants from all ZAF units in the country.
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hmmmm! Its as Good as thanking your parents, for taking you to a goverment school!! Thats a goverment wing Commander, and what else can you say other than that??? malabish!
Of course you are happy with GRZ. It brought you back from retirement.
#1: Spot on! And thats what has caused politicians to be sto stupid. They expect to be hero worshiped for the jobs they are so well paid to do; of which they dont even bother to do. Politics in everything, even though we know that Zed must be one of the most ill equiped airforce in the region at the moment.
That is why you are flying them around rubbish!