PAF Base Chaklala

PAF Base Chaklala
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		military
Owner		Pakistan Defense Forces
Operator		Pakistan Air Force
Serves		Chaklala, Rawalpindi
Location		Rawalpindi, Punjab
Commander		Air Commodore Shoaib Khan
Occupants		Pakistan Air Force

PAF Base Chaklala is an active Pakistan Air Force airbase located in Chaklala Rawalpindi, Punjab province, Pakistan.^[1] It also forms part of Islamabad International Airport.

History

The base was originally operated by the Royal Air Force as R.A.F. Chaklala and, during World War 2, parachute training operations were conducted there.^[2]

Once transferred to the then Royal Pakistan Air Force (now Pakistan Air Force) the base came into use as a transport hub, with the PAF's fleet of various transport aircraft operating from it.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.paf.gov.pk/active_bases.html
2. ^ "Parachute training at R.A.F. Chaklala". http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/54/a5825054.shtml. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 
3. ^ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/chaklala.htm. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 

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