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'''Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|پی اے ایف بیس فیصل }}}}), founded as '''RAF Drigh Road''', now called [[Shahrah-e-Faisal]].<ref name=GlobalSecurity>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/faisal.htm|title=PAF Base Faisal|website=GlobalSecurity.org website|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref> This air force base is located at [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan. In 1975, it was named after the late King [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]].<ref>[https://www.scramble.nl/planning/orbats/pakistan/pakistan-air-force#OPMR404 Pakistan Air Force (scroll down to read about PAF Base Faisal)] Scramble (Dutch Aviation Society) website, Retrieved 4 October 2021</ref>

It is the site of PAF's Southern Air Command HQ and [[PAF Air War College]].

==History==
During the [[British Raj]], PAF Base Faisal was established in 1933 and was known as RAF Drigh Road.<ref name=Dawn/> It was the first air force station in the [[Indian subcontinent]] and was the birthplace of the colonial-era Royal Indian Air Force, the PAF's parent force. The [[Royal Air Force mutiny]] of 1946 was a mutiny on dozens of Royal Air Force stations in the [[Indian Subcontinent]] in January 1946. The mutiny began at RAF Drigh Road, now known as PAF Base Faisal, and later spread to involve nearly 50,000 men over 60 RAF stations in British India and RAF bases as far as Singapore.<ref name=GlobalSecurity/><ref name=Childs22>{{Harvnb|Childs|2000|p=22}}</ref>

[[PAF Base Masroor]] is the other [[Pakistan Air Force]] base in [[Karachi]]. The new [[PAF Base Bholari]] near Karachi was inaugurated in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/173828-blaze-erupts-at-mill-in-karachis-nazimabad-vicinity|title=PAF inaugurates new operational air base at Bholari near Karachi|website=Geo TV News website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nation.com.pk/10-Dec-2015/khawaja-asif-lays-foundation-stone-of-paf-bholari-base-in-jamshoro|title=Khawaja Asif lays foundation stone of PAF Bholari base in Jamshoro|date=10 December 2015|newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)|access-date= 4 October 2021}}</ref>

==Recent developments==
It is currently the home of the [[PAF Air War College]], preparing Pakistan Air Force junior officers who have already been marked for promotion for command and staff duties at the operational level. 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 J-7|Chengdu F-7]]. The F-7 is a type of Chinese [[interceptor aircraft]]. On 4 July 2003 a ceremony was held to celebrate the roll-out of the 10,000th turbojet engine to be overhauled at the facility.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/109625/pm-says-ties-with-china-to-grow-stronger-10000th-engine-rolls-out |title=PM says ties with China to grow stronger: 10,000th engine rolls out|newspaper= Dawn (newspaper)|date= 4 July 2003 |accessdate=4 October 2021}}</ref>

The engine overhaul workshop was also upgraded to overhaul the newer [[List of Chinese aircraft engines#Turbojet engines|WP-13F]] turbojet engines of the PAF's latest F-7 model, the F-7PG.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/380613|title= ISLAMABAD: Air chief visits Faisal base|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper) |date=20 January 2005 |accessdate=4 October 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Pakistan Air Force bases]]
* [[List of airports in Pakistan]]
* [[Pakistan Air Force]]
* [[PAF Base Masroor]]
* [[PNS Mehran]]

==References==
* {{Citation
| surname1 = Childs
| given1 = David
| year = 2000
| title = Britain Since 1945: A Political History
| publisher = Routledge
| isbn = 0-415-24804-3
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/britainsince19450000chil
}}
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[[Category:Airports in Karachi]]
[[Category:Military installations in Karachi]]
[[Category:Pakistan Air Force bases]]
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]

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