- PAF Base Chaklala
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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
- ^ http://www.paf.gov.pk/active_bases.html
- ^ "Parachute training at R.A.F. Chaklala". http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/54/a5825054.shtml. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Error: no
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