PAF Base Rafiqui

Rafiqui Airbase
Rafiqui Airbase
	IATA: none; ICAO: OPRQ;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Pakistan Air Force
Location	Shorkot
Occupants	Pakistan Air Force; No. 15 Squadron; No. 20 Squadron; No. 27 Squadron;
Elevation AMSL	492 ft / 150 m
Coordinates	30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E
Runways

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 lead 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.^[1]

References

^ Active Bases PAF Official Website. Retrieved 8 August 2010.

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

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