PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence

PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence
Active22 February 2016 – present
Country Pakistan
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Air Force
TypeWing / Airpower and Air Warfare Research, Planning, and Development Establishment
RoleResearch, Planning, and Development of Airpower and Air Warfare Doctrines and Strategies
Part ofCentral Air Command, Pakistan Air Force
Garrison/HQPAF Base Mushaf
Nickname(s)PAF ACE

The PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence or PAF ACE is an airpower and air warfare research, planning, and development facility of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) based at PAF Base Mushaf, Sargodha, Pakistan.[1][2][3]

Operationally, PAF ACE has the status of a Wing under the PAF's Central Air Command (CAC), with four fighter squadrons of the PAF's Combat Commanders' School (CCS) under its command.[4]

PAF ACE is geared primarily towards the research, planning, and development of airpower and air warfare doctrines and strategies and linking airpower research and air combat doctrines and strategies with air combat operations to orchestrate effective military air campaigns.[2]

  1. ^ "Pakistan's Airpower Centre of Excellence (ACE)". May 30, 2016.
  2. ^ a b www.webspider.pk, Web Spider (pvt) Ltd. "PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence". www.hilal.gov.pk.
  3. ^ https://insider.pk/national/defence/airpower-centre-of-excellence-a-historic-milestone-for-paf/
  4. ^ "Orbats". www.scramble.nl.