[5] Operationally, PAF ACE has the status of a Wing under the CAC, with three fighter squadrons of the CCS under its command.

After the 1965 India-Pakistan War, the FLS underwent periodic closures due to various constraints and faded from the scene in the early 1970s.

[8] Dissimilar air combat training (DACT) at the CCS is renowned "throughout the world" for giving complete freedom and responsibility to participating pilots for forming and executing their mission plans.

Combat missions are regularly flown at tree-top height and pilots are also responsible for their own post-flight learning.

Foreign Chiefs of Air Staff visiting the base have been "most impressed" and "showed surprise at the freedom allotted to the student DACT pilots.

"[8] CCS staff pay annual visits to all PAF fighter squadrons to evaluate and enhance combat capabilities and ensure standards.

In 1992, SCUP was replaced with the regular Exercise Saffron Bandit, which is a more demanding and complicated near-realistic environment for participating fighter pilots and air defence controllers.