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Rafiqui Air Base

Shorkot, Pakistan

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Shorkot · PB · Pakistan

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30.758°, 72.283° · 492 ft elev.

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Pakistan Air Force strategic base in central Punjab.

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Shorkot, Pakistan

Rafiqui Air Base, designated OPRQ under ICAO, is a Pakistani Air Force installation located near Shorkot in Punjab province, Pakistan. It serves as an operational military airfield rather than a civilian commercial airport, hosting PAF combat and training units. The base is named in honor of Squadron Leader Muhammad Mahmood Alam's comrade, reflecting PAF traditions of naming installations after fallen officers. It plays a role in Pakistan's central air defense posture and has hosted various fighter squadrons over the decades. Due to its military nature, public information about specific operational details, infrastructure, and unit deployments is limited. The base is not open to civilian air traffic and has no commercial passenger services.

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›Rafiqui Air Base is a Pakistan Air Force installation in Punjab province.
›The base is named after a PAF officer, honoring military heritage.
›It is located near Shorkot, in the Jhang District of Punjab.
›The base hosts PAF combat and operational squadrons.
›No civilian or commercial air services operate from this facility.

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Pakistan Air Force Base Rafiqui formerly known as PAF Base Shorkot, is a Pakistan Air Force base located within the outskirts of Shorkot city in the Jhang District of Pakistan's Punjab province and around 337 kilometres (209 mi) south of Islamabad. The airbase was named in honor of Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui, a war hero from the 1965 Indo-Pakistani war who is famous for fighting Indian Hawker Hunters and covering his flight members in an F-86 Sabre with jammed guns. It is the home of Central Air Command's 34th Tactical Attack Wing.

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