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Pakistan Navy's primary air base in Karachi.
- ›Operated by the Pakistan Navy as a primary naval aviation base.
- ›Site of a major militant attack in May 2011 targeting P-3C Orion aircraft.
- ›Two U.S.-supplied P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft were destroyed in the 2011 attack.
- ›Officially known as PNS Mehran within the Pakistan Navy.
- ›Supports maritime patrol and surveillance operations over the Arabian Sea.
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PAF Base Faisal
Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal, founded as RAF Drigh Road, previously known as PAF Station Drigh Road, and now called Shahrah-e-Faisal, is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. In 1975, it was named after the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.
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