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| | #REDIRECT [[PAF Airmen Academy Korangi Creek]] |
| | name = Pakistan Air Force Airmen Academy
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| | motto = اس کامقام بلند،اس کاخیال عظیم([[Urdu language|Urdu]])
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| | established = 1923 as [[Royal Air Force]] Base Korangi Creek<br>Upgraded to the status of an Academy in 2019
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| | type = [[Military Academy]]
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| | head_label = [[Air Officer Commanding|AOC]]
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| | head = [[Air Vice-Marshal|AVM]] Zubair Hassan Khan, SI(M)
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| | city = [[Korangi]]
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| | state = [[Sindh]]
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| | country = Pakistan
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| | free_label = Nick Name
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| | free = Home of Airmen
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| | name = PAF Airmen Academy Korangi Creek
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| | pushpin_label = PAF Airmen Academy
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| | type = Military
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| | operator = [[Pakistan Air Force]]
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| | location = [[Karachi, Pakistan]]
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| | elevation-f = 16
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| | elevation-m = 5
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|24|46|59|N|67|08|04|E|type:airport_region:PK}}
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| | website = {{url|www.paf.gov.pk}}
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| '''Pakistan Air Force Airmen Academy''' Korangi Creek is "Home of Airmen". It was PAF Base which imparts only technical training to Aero Apprentices and training of non-technical trades was going on another PAF Bases, so PAF needed to train all [[Airmen]] at one place. In 2019, It was established as an Academy in which training of all trades is planned. It was a momentous occasion in the history of Pakistan Air Force, as the [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Air Chief]] laid the foundation stone of PAF Airmen Academy at [[PAF Base Korangi Creek]] Monday.
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| To mark this historic event, a ceremony was held, in which [[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Mujahid Anwar Khan]], [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of the Air Staff]] [[Pakistan Air Force]] unveiled the plaque of this unique institution. Addressing at the occasion, the Air Chief said that PAF has always focused on imparting quality training to the airmen, who are considered to be the backbone of [[Pakistan Air Force|PAF]] human resource. He further said that existing airmen training model needed revamping to make it at par with [[Pakistan Air Force Academy|PAF Academy Asghar Khan]], which is a premier training institution of officers’ cadre. He added that in this centralized institution, airmen of various trades and expertise would be trained in technical and non-technical disciplines under one umbrella. The [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Air Chief]] reiterated his resolve of making it a reputed institution which would also offer quality training to the airmen from friendly air forces. High ranking civil and defence forces officers and a large number of [[Pakistan Air Force|PAF]] personnel attended the ceremony.
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| ==History==
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| ===Royal Air Force===
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| The facility was established by the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1923. Located in a [[beach]] area of Karachi, the primary role of the facility was to provide the embarkation and disembarkation facilities to the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] and other British personnel arriving by civil or military amphibious aircraft, and also to handle receipts and dispatch of cargo on these aircraft.
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| In 1942, the RAF leased an area of {{convert|1007|acre|km2}} from the [[Government of Sindh]] and the station premises were then properly secured with a perimeter fence. Korangi Creek also served as a logistic base for the aircraft repair depot at Drigh Road through the supply depot there. Aircraft engines and spare parts that were brought to Korangi Creek by amphibious aircraft were eventually transferred to Drigh Road ( now [[Shara-e-Faisal]]) to be made use of. Much of the equipment serviced by the repair depot was channeled through Korangi to Bombay to support RAF units all over British Raj. After the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]], the station continued to be commanded and manned by RAF personnel till 1949.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}
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| ===Pakistan Air Force===
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| In December 1949, the first [[Pakistan Air Force|RPAF]] station commander was [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] A.R.K. Malik.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}} At this stage, it was decided to make Korangi a technical training base for officers and airmen of the PAF. In April 1951, the first technical school was established at this station, and was named the School of Aeronautics (SOA). The school was inaugurated by the [[Prime minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Liaquat Ali Khan]]. The SOA soon established its reputation as a successful training program in the PAF and abroad, and a large number of foreign countries started sending their air technicians to the base for basic training. In 1963, the School of Electronics (SOE) was moved from PAF Station Malir to Korangi Creek to become the sister institution of the SOA.
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| ==Other==
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| The Academy is implicitly used for the development of the [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|Unmanned Aerial Vehicle]]. Pakistan's [[Integrated Defence Systems]] (IDS) and the military scientists from [[College of Aeronautical Engineering]] and [[Pakistan Navy Engineering College]] have been engaged in the research and development of UAVs and aerospace related technologies. Now, the Pakistan Air Force is also producing EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) qualified technicians. Now, they are among the world's most talented technicians and engineers. EASA courses are being taught in PAF Airmen Academy Korangi Creek.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Korangi Creek]]
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| * [[Faisal Cantonment]]
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| * [[Karachi Naval Dockyard]]
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| * [[Military installations in Karachi]]
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| * [[PAF Base Faisal]]
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| * [[PAF Base Masroor]]
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\06\09\story_9-6-2009_pg12_11
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| *http://theasiandefence.blogspot.com/2009/04/flying-high-in-korangi-made-in-pakistan.html
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| *http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/drones-made-in-pakistan
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