Departure day of the 100th Turkish air force celebrations brought many support aircraft including this cherry on the pie for many. An Ilyushin Il-78MP Midas of the Pakistan Air Force, (پاک فضائیہ, Pakistan Fiza'ya) of the 35th Composite Air Transport Wing, 10 (MRTT) sqn Buffaloes.

R10-002 supported the six PAF F-16A/B's participating in exercise Anatolian Eagle 2022. Pakistan operates four IL-78MP in the MRTT version. Based at Nur Khan (OPRN) / Islamabad International Airport and operated by Squadron 10, they are serialled R09-001, R10-002, R11-003 and R11-004. When operating as tanker, they carry a total of three refueling pods, one under each wing and the 3rd on the rear left side of the fuselage, unfortunately not visible on this picture. R11-003 was upgraded in Ukraine and re-delivered to the PAF in early February 2022, just prior to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.