PAF Base Minhas

Minhas Airbase
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Pakistan Air Force
Location		Kamra
Elevation AMSL		1,023 ft / 312 m
Coordinates		33°52′8″N 72°24′3″E / 33.86889°N 72.40083°E / 33.86889; 72.40083Coordinates: 33°52′8″N 72°24′3″E / 33.86889°N 72.40083°E / 33.86889; 72.40083
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	9,950	3,033	Asphalt

Minhas Airbase or Kamra Airbase is PAF Airbase located at Kamra, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was named in the honour of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, who was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for valor in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.^[1]

On December 10, 2007 a school bus carrying children during the morning rush was attacked by a suicide bomber, injuring seven. It was a PAF employees bus and the attack took place near the Fauji gate outside the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra on the Attock-Kamra road.^[2]

On January 18, 2008, terrorists fired four rockets at short intervals. One landed on the roof of senior NCO's mess, and two inside the Mirage Rebuild Factory in the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, although no casualties were reported.^[3] The base has two fighter squadrons, and played an important role during Soviet-Afghan war.

References

1. ^ Active Bases PAF Official website. Retrieved 08 August 2010.
2. ^ "Suicide bombing hits children’s bus: 7 injured". http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/11/top3.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
3. ^ "Rockets fired on air force complex in Kamra". http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/18/top3.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19. ^{[dead link]}

See also

• Rashid Minhas

References

1. ^ Active Bases PAF Official website. Retrieved 08 August 2010.
2. ^ "Suicide bombing hits children’s bus: 7 injured". http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/11/top3.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
3. ^ "Rockets fired on air force complex in Kamra". http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/18/top3.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Airport information for Minhas Airbase at World Aero Data