List of Pakistan Air Force centers and depots

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The following is a list of centers and depots of the Pakistan Air Force sorted by branch. [1] [2]

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Engineering Depots

UnitBaseEstablishedStatusNotes
No. 102 Air Engineering Depot
 PAF Base Faisal 1921Active [1] [2]
No. 104 Air Engineering Depot
 PAF Base Nur Khan 1947Active [1] [2]
No. 105 Air Engineering Depot
 PAF Base Malir 1943Active [1] [2]
No. 106 Air Engineering Depot
 Nowshera Cantonment 1948Active [1] [2]
No. 107 Air Engineering Depot
Classified1954Active [1] [2]
No. 108 Air Engineering Depot
 PAF Base Nur Khan 1958Active [1] [2]
No. 109 Air Engineering Depot
 PAF Camp Badaber 1979Active [1] [2]
No. 114 Air Engineering Depot
 PAF Base Mushaf 1990Active [1] [2]
No. 115 Air Engineering Depot
 PAF Base Malir 2011Active [1] [2]
No. 118 Software Engineering Depot
Classified1983Active [1] [2]
PAF Base Nur Khan 1993Active [1] [2] [3] [4]

Logistics Centers & Depots

UnitBaseEstablishedStatusNotes
No. 101 Air Logistics Centre
 PAF Base Faisal 1921Active [1] [2]
No. 103 Air Logistics Centre
 PAF Base Nur Khan 1955Active [1] [2]
No. 110 Air Logistics Depot
 PAF Camp Badaber 1973Active [1] [2]
No. 120 Air Logistics Depot
 PAF Base Mushaf 1984Active [1] [2]
No. 121 Air Logistics Depot
 PAF Base Shahbaz 2010Active [1] [2]
No. 122 Air Logistics Depot
 PAF Base Minhas 2022Active [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Hashmi, Qadeer (2014). History of the Pakistan Air Force 1999-2013 (1st ed.).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Khan, Farhat; Hashmi, Qadeer (2024). History of the Pakistan Air Force (2014-2023): The Next Generation Air Force (1st ed.). pp. 415–426. ISBN   978-969-7518-01-2.
  3. ↑ Warnes, Alan (2017-04-06). "Looking After 'The Old Man'". Asian Military Review.
  4. ↑ Khan, Bilal (2017-03-15). "Pakistan Air Force celebrates 50 C-130 overhauls". Quwa.org.
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