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{{short description|Pakistan Air Force military installation}} | {{short description|Pakistan Air Force military installation}} | ||
{{distinguish|Peshawar Air Station}} | {{distinguish|Peshawar Air Station}} | ||
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| name = PAF Base Peshawar | | name = PAF Base Peshawar | ||
Latest revision as of 08:02, 26 October 2022
PAF Base Peshawar | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Military airbase |
| Operator |  Pakistan Air Force |
| Location | Peshawar Cantonment, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Commander | Air Cdre. Taimur iqbal |
| Occupants | |
| Coordinates | 33°59′40″N 71°31′44″E / 33.9944°N 71.5289°E |
| Map | |
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PAF Base Peshawar is an airbase of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the operational site of the PAF's Northern Air Command, located to the east of Bacha Khan International Airport, which is shared by both civil aviation flights and military flights.
Notable incidents[edit | edit source]
- The airbase was the site of the 2012 Bacha Khan International Airport terrorist attack by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which left around nine people dead (including five TTP militants) and over 40 injured.[1]
- One day after the Bacha Khan International Airport attack, on 16 December 2012, an additional six people, including five militants and one police officer died and two police officers were wounded in a gunfight that broke out near the airbase. Pakistani security forces claimed that the militants, who were Uzbeks, were accomplices of the TTP fighters who were killed on 15 December 2012 during the airport attack.[2][3]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Taliban attack on Peshawar airport leaves 5 dead". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ "Five terrorists dead as Peshawar operation concludes". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "4 killed as police, militants clash in Peshawar, Pakistan". 16 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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