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PAF Base Rafiqui

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IATA
ICAO
Pakistan Air Force


Air Commodore
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"
AMSL
Coordinates
30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.28250°E / 30.75806; 72.28250
Runways
Direction
Asphalt
Asphalt
ICAO
Pakistan Air Force
Shorkot
Jhang District
Punjab province
Pakistan
Islamabad
Squadron Leader
Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

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