PAF Base Mushaf

Mushaf Air Force Base, Sargodha
Logo of PAF Base Mushaf
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerMinistry of Defence (Pakistan)
OperatorPakistan Air Force
LocationSargodha-40180, Punjab, Pakistan
Commander Air Commodore Hassan Faisal
Occupants
Elevation AMSL614 ft / 187 m
Coordinates32°02′55″N 72°39′55″E / 32.04861°N 72.66528°E / 32.04861; 72.66528
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 7,956 2,424 Asphalt
14/32 10,253 3,124 Asphalt

PAF Base Mushaf (formerly PAF Station Sargodha and 'PAF Base Sargodha), IATA: MSF, ICAO: OPMH), is a Pakistan Air Force airbase situated at Sargodha in Punjab, Pakistan. It is designated as a "Major Operational Base" (MOB) by the PAF.[1]

It was known as PAF Base Sargodha until 2003, when it was renamed in honour of the former Base Commander and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, whose aircraft crashed on a routine flight near Kohat in February 2003.[2][3]

The PAF's Central Air Command (CAC), the Combat Commanders' School (CCS), and the PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence (PAF ACE) are based at PAF Base Mushaf, PAF Base Mushaf is the most elite and widely operational base in Pakistan, consisting of the highest equipped aircraft and squadrons and the best trained pilots and commanders.

  1. ^ PAF Base Mushaf on Scramble (Dutch Aviation Society) website Retrieved 30 September 2021
  2. ^ Funeral held for Pakistan air chief (Mushaf Ali Mir) BBC News website, Published 21 February 2003, Retrieved 30 September 2021
  3. ^ Sargodha Air Base named after Mushaf Dawn (newspaper), Published 30 April 2003, Retrieved 30 September 2021