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)[1]

Number Air Base Location Command Wing Squadron Aircraft
1. PAF Base Masroor[2] Karachi Southern Air Command 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#Variants/ ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle
Mirage-IIIEA ROSE-I
JF-17 Block III
AW-139 Seahawk
2. PAF Base Shahbaz[1] Jacobabad Southern Air Command 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 A/B Block 15
Leonardo AW-139
3. PAF Base Samungli[2] Quetta Western Air Command No. 31 (Air Superiority) Wing No. 28 MR
No. 85 SAR 		JF-17 Thunder
Alouette III
4. PAF Base Bholari Bholari, Jamshoro Southern Air Command 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
5. PAF Base Faisal Karachi Southern Air Command No. 40 (Air Mobility) Wing No. 21 ATS C-130
6. PAF Base Mushaf Sargodha Central Air Command 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 A/B
Falcon 20 F/G
F-16 A/B
F-7P
Mirage 5PA
JF-17 Thunder
F-16 A/B
Alouette III
7. PAF Base Rafiqui[2] Shorkot Central Air Command 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
8. PAF Base Peshawar[3] Peshawar Northern Air Command No. 36 (Tactical Attack) Wing No. 26 MR
No. 17 AS
No. 81 SAR 		JF-17 Block III
F-7PG
Alouette III
9. PAF Base M.M. Alam Mianwali Northern Air Command No. 37 (Combat Training) Wing No. 1 FCU
No. 20 OCU
No. 86 SAR 		K-8P
F-7PG, FT-7P
Alouette III
10. PAF Base Minhas[2][1] Kamra, Attock Northern Air Command 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
11. PAF Base Nur Khan Rawalpindi Northern Air Command No. 35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing No. 6 ATS
No. 10
No. 12 VIP
No. 41 VIP
No. 52 Squadron 		C-130
IL-78
Gulf Stream IV
Embraer Phenom 100, Cessna, Beech, Y-12, CN-235-220
12. PAF Academy Asghar Khan Risalpur Northern Air Command (Flying Training) Wing PFT
BFT
AJT
Sherdils 		Mushshak
T-37
K-8
K-8

Flying Base (Forward Operational Bases)[2]

Number Air Base Location Command Wing Squadron Aircraft
1. PAF Base Murid Chakwal Northern Air Command
2. PAF Base Sukkur Sukkur Southern Air Command
3. PAF Base

Farid

Rajanpur Central Air Command
4. PAF Base Multan Multan Central Air Command
5. PAF Base Talhar Badin Southern Air Command
6. PAF Base Sindhri Mirpur Khas Southern Air Command
7. PAF Base Nawabshah Shaheed Benazirabad District Southern Air Command
8. PAF Base Qadri Skardu Northern Air Command
9. PAF Base Risalewala Faisalabad Central Air Command
10. PAF Base Chandhar Gujranwala Central Air Command
11. PAF Base Vehari Vehari Central Air Command
12. PAF Base Rahimyar Khan Rahimyar Khan Central Air Command
13 PAF Base Pasni Pasni, Gwadar Southern Air Command
14 PAF Base Gwadar Gwadar Southern Air Command
15. PAF Base Lahore Lahore Central Air Command
16. PAF Base Islamabad Islamabad Northern Air Command
17. PAF Base Karachi Karachi Southern Air Command
18. PAF Base Bahawalpur Bahawalpur Central Air Command CH4


Non-flying bases

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Pakistan Air Force Bases - list GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 7 March 2022
  2. ^ a b c d List of Pakistan Air Force Bases nuke.fas.org website, Published 13 February 2000, Retrieved 7 March 2022
  3. ^ Active PAF Bases Pakistan Air Force website, Retrieved 7 March 2022

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