PAF Base Rafiqui

Pakistan Air Force 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.^[1][2]

Rafiqui Air Force Base, Shorkot
Logo of PAF Base Rafiqui
IATA: RAF ICAO: OPRQ
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Pakistan Air Force
Location	Shorkot Cantt, Jhang District
Commander	Air Commodore Taimur
Occupants	Pakistan Air Force No. 14 Squadron "Tail Choppers" No. 25 Squadron "Eagles" No. 27 Squadron "Zarrars" No. 50 Squadron "Saf Shikan" No. 83 SAR Squadron "Kites"
Elevation AMSL	492 ft / 150 m
Coordinates	30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 10,000 3,048 Asphalt 15R/33L 9,621 2,932 Asphalt

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.^[1][3]

See also

• List of Pakistan Air Force Bases