PM congratulates President Erdogan on maiden light combat Hurjet’s flight

ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday congratulated President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the successful maiden flight of Hurjet, a light combat aircraft.  

On his Twitter handle, the prime minister, responded to a tweet of President Erdogan and said that it was undoubtedly, a huge achievement for Turkiye & Turkish defence industries.  

“I wish greater success to brotherly Turkiye in TF-X project,” he further added. 

On Tuesday, according to media reports, the Turkish Aerospace Industries conducted the first successful flight test of its locally produced basic trainer and light-assault aircraft, known as the Hurjet.