This is a list of air bases of the Pakistan Air Force. There are a total of 32 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]
Air Base | Location | Command | Wing | Squadron | Aircraft |
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PAF Base Masroor[2] | Karachi | Southern Air Command | No. 32 (Tactical Attack) Wing | No 2 MR No. 4 EW No. 7 TA No. 8 TA No. 84 SAR |
JF-17C ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Mirage-IIIEA ROSE-I, Mirage 5PA2/3 Mirage IIIDE,5EF AW-139 Seahawk |
PAF Base Shahbaz[1] | Jacobabad | Southern Air Command | No. 39 (Tactical) Wing | No. 5 No. 11 MR No. 88 SAR |
F-16 C/D Block 52+ F-16 A/B Leonardo AW139 |
PAF Base Samungli[2] | Quetta | Southern Air Command | No. 31 (Air Superiority) Wing | No. 23 AS No. 28 MR No. 85 SAR |
F-7PG JF-17 Thunder Alouette III |
PAF Base Bholari | Bholari, Jamshoro | Southern Air Command | No. 41 (Tactical) Wing | No. 19 OCU | F-16 A/B Block 15ADF |
PAF Base Faisal | Karachi | Southern Air Command | No. 40 (Air Mobility) Wing | No. 21 ATS | C-130 |
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 |
PAF Base Rafiqui[2] | Shorkot | Central Air Command | No. 34 (Tactical Attack) Wing | No. 15 TA No. 22 OCU No. 25 TA No. 27 TA No. 83 SAR |
Mirage IIIEP/RP Mirage III Mirage 5 ROSE-II Mirage ROSE-III Alouette III |
PAF Base Peshawar[3] | Peshawar | Northern Air Command | No. 36 (Tactical Attack) Wing | No. 26 MR No. 17 AS No. 81 SAR |
JF-17 Thunder F-7PG Alouette III |
PAF Base M.M. Alam | Mianwali | Northern Air Command | No. 37 (Combat Training) Wing | No. 1 FCU No. 18 OCU No. 20 OCU No. 86 SAR |
K-8P F-7P, FT-7P F-7PG, FT-7P Alouette III |
PAF Base Minhas[2][1] | Kamra, Attock | Northern Air Command | No. 33 (Tactical) Wing | No. 14 AS No. 16 OCU No. 3 EW No. 87 SAR |
JF-17 Thunder JF-17 Thunder Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C Alouette III, Mi-171Sh |
PAF Base Nur Khan | Rawalpindi | Northern Air Command | No. 35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing | No. 6 ATS No. 10 No. 12 VIP No. 41 |
C-130 IL-78MP MRTT Gulf Stream IV Embraer Phenom 100, Cessna, Beech, Y-12 and various other |
PAF Academy Asghar Khan | Risalpur | Northern Air Command | (Flying Training) Wing | PFT BFT AJT Sherdils |
Mushshak T-37 K-8 K-8 |
PAF Base Murid | Murid | Southern Air Command | |||
PAF Base Sukkur | Sukkur | Southern Air Command |
Air Base | Location | Command |
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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 |
Chandhar Air Force Base | Chandhar | |
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 |
Shamsi Airfield | Washuk District | Southern Air Command |
Tarbela Ghazi Airbase | Tarbela | Central Air Command |
PAF Base Qadri | Skardu | Northern Air Command |
PAF Base Kalabagh[1] | Kalabagh | Northern Air Command |
PAF Base Nawabshah | Shaheed Benazirabad | Southern Air Command |
PAF Base Sindhri | Sindhri, Mirpurkhas | Southern Air Command |
PAF Base Pasni | Pasni, Gwadar | Southern Air Command |
PAF Base Vehari | Vehari | Southern Air Command |
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