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Risalpur Air Base

Risalpur, Pakistan

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Risalpur · KP · Pakistan

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34.081°, 71.973° · 1050 ft elev.

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Historic Pakistan Air Force base in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Opened

1913

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Risalpur, Pakistan

Risalpur Air Base (ICAO: OPRS) is a military airfield operated by the Pakistan Air Force, located in Risalpur, Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It serves no scheduled commercial passenger operations and is not open to the general public. The base is home to the Air Force Academy (AFA), Pakistan's primary institution for training PAF officers and pilots. It has a long and distinguished history dating back to the early twentieth century, making it one of the oldest continuously operated military airfields in South Asia. Because of its exclusively military and training functions, Risalpur Air Base has no commercial terminals, airlines, or public ground transport services associated with it.

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›One of the oldest military airfields in South Asia, with origins tracing to British India around 1913.
›Home to the Pakistan Air Force Academy (AFA), the primary officer and pilot training institution of the PAF.
›Has no IATA code, reflecting its non-commercial, military-only status.
›Located in Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the historic Peshawar Valley.
›Has produced generations of Pakistan Air Force pilots and officers since the country's independence in 1947.

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Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan

National air force training school

The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (PAFAA) is an accredited four-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates of the Pakistan Armed Forces, primarily the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). It is named after officer Asghar Khan.

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