PAF Base Faisal

PAF Base Faisal
PAF Base Faisal
	IATA: none; ICAO: OPSF;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Pakistan Air Force
Location	Karachi
Elevation AMSL	N/A ft / N/A m
Coordinates	24°52′42″N 67°6′56″E / 24.87833°N 67.11556°E
Runways
	PAF Base FaisalLocation of PAF Base Faisal in Karachi, Pakistan

PAF Base Faisal (Template:Lang-ur) is Pakistan Air Force airbase located at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was named after late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.^[1] It is the site of PAF's Southern Air Command and PAF Air War College.

During the British Raj, PAF Base Faisal was known as RAF Karachi. PAF Base Masroor is the other Pakistan Air Force base in Karachi.

One of the facilities at PAF Base Faisal, the 102 Air Engineering depot, is responsible for the overhaul of turbojet engines for the PAF's fleet of Chengdu F-7. The F-7 is a type of Chinese interceptor aircraft. On 04 July 2003 a ceremony was held to celebrate the roll-out of the 10,000th turbojet engine to be overhauled at the facility.^[2] The engine overhaul workshop was also upgraded to overhaul the newer WP-13F turbojet engines of the PAF's latest F-7 model, the F-7PG.^[3]

References

^ Active Bases PAF Official Website. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^ http://archives.dawn.com/2003/07/04/top2.htm
^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_4-7-2003_pg7_40

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[1] Active Bases PAF Official Website. Retrieved 8 August 2010.

[2] ttp://archives.dawn.com/2003/07/04/top2.htm

[3] ttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_4-7-2003_pg7_40

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