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Pakistan Airforce bases are spread throughout the country. The airbases are divided into three categories:
Major Operational Bases
Forward Operational Bases
Satellite Bases
Major Operational Bases:
These bases are fully functional and support the airforce in both peace and wartime. There are 10 of them.
1. PAF Chaklala, Rawalpindi
2. PAF Kamra, Kamra
3. PAF Masroor, Karachi
4. PAF Mianwali, Mianwali
5. PAF Peshawar, Peshawar
6. PAF Rafiqui, Sharkot
7. PAF Risalpur, Risalpur
8. PAF Samungli, Quetta
9. PAF Sargodha, Sargodha
10. PAF Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi
FORWARD OPERATIONAL BASES
These bases become fully operational during wartime. Their infrastructure is similar to the MOBs. The only difference beteween these bases and MOBs is that during peacetime there are no airplanes stationed on these bases. Pakistan Airforce has 11 such bases.
1. PAF Lahore, Lahore
2. PAF Mirpurkhas, Mirpurkhas
3. PAF Multan, Multan
4. PAF Murid, Murid
5. PAF Nawabshah, Nawabshah
6. PAF Pasni, Pasni
7. PAF Risalewala, Faisalabad
8. PAF Shahbaz, Jacobabad
9. PAF Sukkhar, Sukkhar
10. PAF Talhar, Talhar
11. PAF Vehari, Vehari
Satellites Bases
These bases are of minimal use. They are used for recovery of aircraft in both peace and wartime. They have little to no infrastructure other than the runway. In some cases there are no airforce personnel located at these bases. There are 9 such bases that belong to PAF.
1. PAF Bhagtanwala, Bhagtanwala
2. PAF Chander, Chander
3. PAF Chuk Jhumra, Chuk Jhumra
4. PAF Gwadar, Gwadar
5. PAF Kohat, Kohat
6. PAF Ormara, Ormara
7. PAF Rahim Yar Khan, Rahim Yar Khan
8. PAF Rajanpur, Rajanpur
9. PAF Sindhri, Sindhri
AIRFIELDS:
On the map there are several major airfields shown. Most of these are civilian airports, with very little infrastructure for the airforce. These bases would most likely be used as the Satellite Bases.