Airport type Military Location Shorkot 15/33 10,000 Phone +92 343 1061918 | Operator Pakistan Air Force Elevation AMSL 492 ft / 150 m Elevation 150 m | |
Commander Air Cdre Hamid Rashid Randhawa Address Shorkot Cantonment, Pakistan Occupants Pakistan Air Force, No. 15 Squadron RAF, No. 22 Squadron RAF, No. 25 Squadron RAF, No. 27 Squadron Similar Fazaia Degree College, Apna Pir Mahal, Shorkot Cantonm Junction | ||
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.
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