Exercise High Mark

Exercise High Mark is a series of military exercises held by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) every 2 to 5 years. It involves deploying all of the PAF's combat units, as well as support infrastructure, under simulated wartime conditions. The first Exercise High Mark was held in 1989, with following exercises in 1993 and 1995. The most recent was held in 2010.

Combat overview
High Mark is aimed to mobilize and periodically test all combat and non-combat assets of the PAF at the same time in a warlike situation. The exercise provides a joint understanding of air force pilots participation in a joint ground and seaborne operations of how they will fly and fight under challenging environments. Under this exercise, nearly all of the PAF installations are deployed simultaneously at numerous locations, there are no days or nights. The combat squadrons are deployed in the shortest possible time, often surpassing the redeployment standards laid down by the planners at Air HQs. The 'Operational Readiness Inspection' (ORI) during these exercises has also proved very useful.

Since 2010, this exercise has included ground troops of the Pakistan Army, who are deployed in the second phase; followed by deployment of the Pakistan Navy air arm as third phase. All operations and combat missions are supervised by the air force, with navy and army playing their respective roles to succeed in the goals of the mission.