PAF Base Rafiqui
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Rafiqui Air Force Base, Shorkot | |||||||||||||||
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Logo of PAF Base Rafiqui | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Location | Shorkot Cantt, Jhang District | ||||||||||||||
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Occupants | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 492 ft / 150 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E | ||||||||||||||
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Pakistan Air Force Base, Rafiqui, formerly known as PAF Base Shorkot (ICAO: OPRQ), is a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase located near Shorkot, Jhang District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is around 337 km south of Islamabad. The base is served by a single 10,000-foot runway and a parallel taxiway that could be used for emergency landing and recovery of aircraft.[1][2]
The base was renamed in honour of Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui, a highly decorated fighter pilot who led raids into enemy territory during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Rafiqui is famous for assisting his fellow pilots over enemy territory despite being heavily outnumbered even after the guns of his aircraft had jammed.[1][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b PAF Base Rafiqui /Shorkot Cantt GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 5 October 2021
- ^ Pakistan Air Force Bases nuke.fas.org website, Retrieved 5 October 2021
- ^ Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui: Shaheed of 1965 War Fearlesswarriors.pk website, Retrieved 5 October 2021
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