PAF Base Peshawar

PAF Base Peshawar
(RAF Peshawar)
PAF Base Peshawar; (RAF Peshawar);
Peshawar Cantonment, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
	Logo of PAF Base Peshawar
	PAF Base Peshawar Shown within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PAF Base Peshawar PAF Base Peshawar (Pakistan)
Coordinates	33°59′40″N71°31′44″E / 33.9944°N 71.5289°E
Type	Military air base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Pakistan Air Force ; Royal Air Force (1918-47)
Controlled by	Northern Air Command
Site history
Built	1918
In use	1918 -
Garrison information
Current; commander	Air Cdre. Syed Inam
Occupants	Pakistan Air Force ; No. 17 Squadron "Tigers" ; No. 26 Squadron "Black Spiders" ; No. 81 Squadron "Kangaroos" ;

Last updated April 04, 2024

Pakistan Air Force Base, Peshawar is an airbase of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the operational site of the PAF's Northern Air Command, located to the east of Bacha Khan International Airport, which is shared by both civil aviation flights and military flights.

History

The site was originally established by the British as RAF Peshawar. It was formerly used by the Royal Air Force between 1918 and 1947. The following units were here at some point:^[1]

No. 5 Squadron RAF between 22 January and 3 July 1947 with the Hawker Tempest F.2^[2]
No. 20 Squadron RAF initially between 5 January and 22 May 1925 with the Bristol F.2B Fighter, then returning on 12 October 1925 and staying on and off until 1 May 1942 operating the Westland Wapiti then the Hawker Audax and finally the Westland Lysander II^[3]
No. 27 Squadron RAF between 26 May and 12 October 1925 with the Airco DH.9A ^[4]
No. 28 Squadron RAF initially between 19 April 1923 and 5 January 1925 with the F2B Fighter, followed by detachments during 1931 and 1939^[5]
No. 31 Squadron RAF between 31 October 1921 and 17 April 1923 with the F2B Fighter^[6]
No. 34 Squadron RAF detachment between June and December 1942 with the Bristol Blenheim IV^[7]
No. 39 Squadron RAF detachment between March 1929 and November 1931 with the Wapiti^[8]
No. 60 Squadron RAF initially between 29 May and 15 October 1925 with the DH.9A then between March 1939 and February 1941 as a detachment^[9]
No. 155 Squadron RAF between 1 April and 9 July 1942^[10]
No. 659 Squadron RAF from 12 January 1946 then downsizing to a detachment from January 1947 operating the Taylorcraft Auster AOP.5 & Auster AOP.6. The squadron was disbanded on 14 August 1947^[11]

Units

The airbase is currently home to:

Notable incidents

The airbase was the site of the 2012 Bacha Khan International Airport terrorist attack by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which left around nine people dead (including five TTP militants) and over 40 injured.^[12]
One day after the Bacha Khan International Airport attack, on 16 December 2012, an additional six people, including five militants and one police officer died and two police officers were wounded in a gunfight that broke out near the airbase. Pakistani security forces claimed that the militants, who were Uzbeks, were accomplices of the TTP fighters who were killed on 15 December 2012 during the airport attack.^[13]^[14]

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References

Citations

↑ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 329.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 25.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 31.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 33.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 34.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 35.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 36.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 38.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 44.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 63.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 103.
↑ "Taliban attack on Peshawar airport leaves 5 dead". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
↑ "Five terrorists dead as Peshawar operation concludes". Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
↑ "4 killed as police, militants clash in Peshawar, Pakistan". 16 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

Bibliography

Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.

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[FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007329-1] Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 329.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198825-2] Jefford 1988, p. 25.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198831-3] Jefford 1988, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198833-4] Jefford 1988, p. 33.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198834-5] Jefford 1988, p. 34.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198835-6] Jefford 1988, p. 35.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198836-7] Jefford 1988, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198838-8] Jefford 1988, p. 38.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198844-9] Jefford 1988, p. 44.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198863-10] Jefford 1988, p. 63.

[FOOTNOTEJefford1988103-11] Jefford 1988, p. 103.

[Geo_News-12] "Taliban attack on Peshawar airport leaves 5 dead". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

[Geo_News1-13] "Five terrorists dead as Peshawar operation concludes". Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

[FirstPost-14] "4 killed as police, militants clash in Peshawar, Pakistan". 16 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

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