PAF Base Rafiqui
| Rafiqui Airbase | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: OPRQ | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Shorkot | ||||||||||||||
| Commander | Air Cdre Hamid Rashid Randhawa | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 492 ft / 150 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°ECoordinates: 30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E | ||||||||||||||
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PAF 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.
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]
See also
References
- ↑ Active Bases PAF Official Website. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
External links
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