PAF Base Rafiqui
| PAF Base Rafiqui | |||||||
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| Jhang District, Punjab in Pakistan | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Force base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense | ||||||
| Operator | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Central Air Command | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Website | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
PAF Base Rafiqui Shown within Punjab, Pakistan PAF Base Rafiqui PAF Base Rafiqui (Pakistan) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1968 | ||||||
| In use | 1968 - present | ||||||
| Battles/wars | |||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Current commander | Air Commodore | ||||||
| Garrison | 34 Tactical Attack Wing | ||||||
| Occupants | 14 Squadron "Tail Choppers" 25 Squadron "Eagles" 27 Squadron "Zarrars" 50 Squadron "Saf Shikan" 83 SAR Squadron "Kites" | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: OPRQ | ||||||
| Elevation | 150 metres (492 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Pakistan Air Force Base Rafiqui formerly known as PAF Base Shorkot (ICAO: OPRQ), 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 (34 TA Wing).