List of Pakistan Air Force bases

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This is a list of air bases of the Pakistan Air Force. There are a total of 40 air bases, which are classified into two categories: flying bases and non-flying bases. Flying bases are operational bases from which aircraft operate during peacetime and wartime; whereas non-flying bases conduct either training, administration, maintenance, or mission support.^[1]

Flying Bases (Major Operational Bases)

Air Base	Location	Wing	Squadron	Aircraft	Coordinates
Northern Air Command
PAF Base Peshawar^[2]	Peshawar	No. 36 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 26 MR No. 17 AS No. 81 SAR	JF-17 Block III F-7PG Alouette III	33°59′40″N 71°31′44″E / 33.9944°N 71.5289°E / 33.9944; 71.5289 (PAF Base Peshawar)
PAF Base M.M. Alam	Mianwali	No. 37 (Combat Training) Wing	No. 1 FCU No. 20 OCU No. 86 SAR	K-8P F-7PG, FT-7P Alouette III	32°33′47″N 71°34′15″E / 32.56306°N 71.57083°E / 32.56306; 71.57083 (PAF Base M.M. Alam)
PAF Base Minhas^[3]^[1]	Kamra, Attock	No. 33 (Tactical) Wing	No. 15 MR No. 16 OCU No. 3 EW No. 87 SAR	J-10 CE JF-17 Block III Saab 2000 Erieye Alouette III, Mi-171Sh	33°52′8″N 72°24′3″E / 33.86889°N 72.40083°E / 33.86889; 72.40083 (PAF Base Minhas)
PAF Base Nur Khan	Rawalpindi	No. 35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing	No. 6 ATS No. 10 No. 12 VIP No. 41 VIP No. 52 AM	C-130 IL-78 Gulf Stream IV Embraer Phenom 100, Cessna, Beech, Y-12, CN-235-220	33°37′3″N 73°5′56″E / 33.61750°N 73.09889°E / 33.61750; 73.09889 (PAF Base Nur Khan)
PAF Academy Asghar Khan	Risalpur	(Flying Training) Wing	PFT BFT AJT Sherdils	Mushshak T-37 K-8 K-8	34°04′52″N 071°58′21″E / 34.08111°N 71.97250°E / 34.08111; 71.97250 (PAF Academy)
Central Air Command
PAF Base Mushaf	Sargodha	No. 38 (Tactical) Wing	No. 9 MR No. 24 EW CCS F-16 CCS F-7 CCS Mirage CCS JF-17 No. 29 MR No. 82 SAR	F-16 AM/BM Falcon 20 F/G F-16 AM/BM F-7P Mirage 5PA JF-17 Thunder F-16 A/B Alouette III	32°02′55″N 72°39′55″E / 32.04861°N 72.66528°E / 32.04861; 72.66528 (PAF Base Mushaf)
PAF Base Rafiqui^[3]	Shorkot	No. 34 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 14 AS No. 50 TA No. 25 TA No. 27 TA No. 83 SAR	JF-17 A Dassault Mirage III Mirage 5 ROSE-II Mirage ROSE-III Alouette III	30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E / 30.75806; 72.28250 (PAF Base Rafiqui)
Southern Air Command
PAF Base Masroor^[3]	Karachi	No. 32 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 22 OCU No. 4 EW No. 7 TA No. 8 TA No. 84 SAR	Mirage IIIEP/RP Shaanxi Y-8 ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Mirage-IIIEA ROSE-I JF-17 Block III AW-139 Seahawk	24°53′37″N 66°56′20″E / 24.89361°N 66.93889°E / 24.89361; 66.93889 (PAF Base Masroor)
PAF Base Shahbaz^[1]	Jacobabad	No. 39 (Tactical) Wing	No. 2 MR No. 5 MR No. 11 MR No. 88 SAR	JF-17 Block 2 F-16 C/D Block 52+ F-16 AM/BM Block 15 MLU Leonardo AW-139	28°17′4″N 68°27′1″E / 28.28444°N 68.45028°E / 28.28444; 68.45028 (PAF Base Shahbaz)
PAF Base Samungli^[3]	Quetta	No. 31 (Air Superiority) Wing	No. 28 MR No. 85 SAR	JF-17 Thunder Alouette III	30°14′34″N 66°56′26″E / 30.24278°N 66.94056°E / 30.24278; 66.94056 (PAF Base Samungli)
PAF Base Bholari	Bholari, Jamshoro	No. 41 (Tactical) Wing	No. 19 OCU, No. 18 OCU, No.53 AEW&C	F-16 A/B Block 15 ADF JF-17 A/B Block 2 Saab 2000 Erieye	25°14′35″N 68°02′11″E / 25.24306°N 68.03639°E / 25.24306; 68.03639 (PAF Base Bholari)
PAF Base Faisal	Karachi	No. 40 (Air Mobility) Wing	No. 21 ATS	C-130	24°52′42″N 67°6′56″E / 24.87833°N 67.11556°E / 24.87833; 67.11556 (PAF Base Faisal)

Flying Base (Forward Operational Bases)


Air Base	Location	Command
PAF Base Murid	Chakwal	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Qadri	Skardu
PAF Base Islamabad	Islamabad
PAF Base Farid	Rajanpur	Central Air Command
PAF Base Multan	Multan
PAF Base Risalewala	Faisalabad
PAF Base Chandhar	Gujranwala
PAF Base Vehari	Vehari
PAF Base Rahimyar Khan	Rahimyar Khan
PAF Base Lahore	Lahore
PAF Base Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur
PAF Base Sukkur	Sukkur	Southern Air Command
PAF Base Talhar	Badin
PAF Base Sindhri	Mirpur Khas
PAF Base Nawabshah	Shaheed Benazirabad District
PAF Base Pasni	Pasni, Gwadar
PAF Base Gwadar	Gwadar
PAF Base Karachi	Karachi

Non-flying bases

Air Base	Location	Command
PAF Camp Badaber	Peshawar	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Lower Topa^[1]	Murree
PAF Base Kohat	Kohat
PAF Base Kalabagh	Nathia Gali
PAF Base Kallar Kahar	Kallar Kahar
Chilas Airfield	Chilas
Miranshah Airfield	North Waziristan District
Dhamial Airbase	Dhamial
PAF Base Lahore	Lahore	Central Air Command
PAF Base Sakesar	Sakesar
Ghazi Airbase	Tarbela
PAF Base Korangi Creek^[1]	Karachi	Southern Air Command
PAF Base Malir	Karachi
Shamsi Airfield	Washuk District
PAF Base Ormara [3]	Ormara, Gwadar
PAF Base Khalid	Quetta

Planned bases

Pakistan Air Forces plans to construction new air base in Notal area of Nasirabad District in Balochistan province^[4] and in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pakistan Air Force Bases - list". GlobalSecurity.org website. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ Active PAF Bases Pakistan Air Force website, Retrieved 7 March 2022
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "List of Pakistan Air Force Bases". nuke.fas.org website. 13 February 2000. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ "PAF to get land in Nasirabad for air base". 3 May 2021.
^ "Pakistan Air Force Can Launch Attacks on Jammu, Srinagar with Minutes Now". 20 September 2019.

External links

[GS-1] "Pakistan Air Force Bases - list". GlobalSecurity.org website. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[2] Active PAF Bases Pakistan Air Force website, Retrieved 7 March 2022

[fas-3] "List of Pakistan Air Force Bases". nuke.fas.org website. 13 February 2000. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[4] "PAF to get land in Nasirabad for air base". 3 May 2021.

[5] "Pakistan Air Force Can Launch Attacks on Jammu, Srinagar with Minutes Now". 20 September 2019.

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