Mushaf Airbase

Infobox Airport
name = Mushaf Airbase
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IATA = SGI
ICAO = OPSR
type = Military
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operator = Pakistan Air Force
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location = Sargodha
elevation-f = 614
elevation-m = 187
coordinates = Coord|32|02|55|N|72|39|55|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
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r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-f = 7,956
r1-length-m = 2,424
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 14/32
r2-length-f = 10,253
r2-length-m = 3,124
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Mushaf Airbase (formerly Sargodha Airbase) Airport codes|SGI|OPSR is PAF Airbase located at Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. It was renamed in the honour of Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir in 2003, who was the former Base Commander Sargodha Airbase. His airplane crashed on a routine flight near Kohat the same year. The Airbase is the site of PAF's Central Air Command.

On November 1, 2007, a suicide bomber struck the 50-seater bus carrying PAF officers to nearby Kirana Ammunition Depot killing 11 people including seven officers, with 28 injuries. The bombing took place on the Faisalabad Road, when an incoming motorcycle rammed into the bus triggering the blast instantly. All of the officers were new recruits posted to Mushaf Airbase for initial training.cite web| url=http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/02/top2.htm | title= Seven PAF officers among 11 dead in suicide attack | accessdate=2008-01-19| ] This was the last major attack before the state of emergency was imposed on the country.

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External links

* [http://www.pakaviation.com/PVA/Library/World_Airport_Data/airport_dtl.php?DAFIF_ID=PK69868 Pakistan Aviation]