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PAF Base Rafiqui

Coordinates: 30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E / 30.75806; 72.28250
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Rafiqui Air Force Base, Shorkot
Logo of PAF Base Rafiqui
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorPakistan Air Force
LocationShorkot Cantt, Jhang District
Commander

Air Commodore

Taimur
OccupantsPakistan Air Force
Elevation AMSL492 ft / 150 m
Coordinates30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E / 30.75806; 72.28250
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 10,000 3,048 Asphalt
15R/33L 9,621 2,932 Asphalt

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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b PAF Base Rafiqui /Shorkot Cantt GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 5 October 2021
  2. ^ Pakistan Air Force Bases nuke.fas.org website, Retrieved 5 October 2021
  3. ^ Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui: Shaheed of 1965 War Fearlesswarriors.pk website, Retrieved 5 October 2021
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