- PAF Base Kohat
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Kohat Airbase IATA: OHT – ICAO: OPKT Summary Airport type Military Operator Pakistan Air Force Location Kohat Elevation AMSL 1,650 ft / 503 m Coordinates 33°34′14″N 71°26′22″E / 33.57056°N 71.43944°ECoordinates: 33°34′14″N 71°26′22″E / 33.57056°N 71.43944°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 7,717 2,352 Asphalt Kohat Airbase (IATA: OHT, ICAO: OPKT) is an Air Force base and a Air Force facility that is located in Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
On February 20, 2003, Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and 16 others were killed when their Fokker F27 crashed into the hills near the airbase. The aircraft was inbound to Kohat from Chaklala Airbase. Included in the dead were the wife of Mushaf Ali Mir and two Air Vice Marshals.[1]
On August 6, 2007, two personnel of the Pakistan Air Force and a child accompanying them were injured when a bomb exploded near their vehicle on the Kohat Road near the PAF Airbase.[2]
References
- ^ News report on the death of Mushaf Ali Mir TajaNews
- ^ Two PAF men, child injured in bomb blast Dawn Newspaper
External links
- Kohat Airbase at Global Security
- Neutral report on the accident killing Mushaf Ali Mir from Aviation Safety Network
- News report on the death of Mushaf Ali Mir from the Daily Excelsior suggesting a connection with Osama bin Laden
Categories:- Airports in Pakistan
- Pakistan Air Force
- Military installations of Pakistan
- Pakistan Air Force bases
- Pakistani military stubs
- Pakistani airport stubs
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