PAF Air bases - What adversary knows

[Kingslayerr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271057027754844161

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1271057027754844161

Read the 5th tweet in this guy's thread...Lol

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

PAF is past JF-17s. Project Azm is where everything lies. Its like everyone was talking about F-16s while Raptors and F-35 was the next big thing. Even now, while we look upto those 5 Gen crafts, the work on 6 Gen is the hidden diamond.
I am glad Pakistan won't induct any new US platform but also sad at the same time for not having their marvels of art.

Countries still buy F-16s though and F-35 may be "the next big thing" but it will take a while to be inducted into Air Forces across the world. 5th generation isn't going to last for long as there isn't much difference between 5th and 4th. Even 4.5 generation can do a lot of the work of 5th generation which mostly looks as a stopgap for 6th generation which is more likely to be a game-changer in warfare.

 

[alee92nawaz]

Read the 5th tweet in this guy's thread...Lol

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[Signalian]

In a conventional war, the main landing strips will be motorways spread around the country, where a/c will land,refuel, re arm and go on missions.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

In a conventional war, the main landing strips will be motorways spread around the country, where a/c will land,refuel, re arm and go on missions.

Something like this happened on 27th I believe. Don't forget airports

 

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[PanzerKiel]

Something like this happened on 27th I believe. Don't forget airports

Easy and indentifiable targets.

 

[TheTallGuy]

AMF final assembly mein khara hai. Ander nai janay de rahay corona virus ki waja se mujhe.

i heard they are eight

 

[AMRAAM]

i heard they are eight

So a new sqn will be raised in North? Or some F-7 Sqn will be re-equipped?

 

[truthfollower]

exit the sector claiming issues with their radars

I don't think Indians are this simple and left the battlefield there must be something else or if it is recorded radio calls then it might be code for something else

 

[Dazzler]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271057027754844161

He couldn't differentiate between C-130 and P3c.

Take that for authenticity.

So a new sqn will be raised in North? Or some F-7 Sqn will be re-equipped?

True.

One sqdrn of F-7s will be reequipped with thunders.

 

[ghazi52]

Drigh Road Airfield
( PAF Faisal Base , Karachi )




Drigh Road Airfield, Karachi, is the oldest air base in Pakistan and one of the most famous. Founded soon after RAF India Command was formed in 1918 as an aircraft depot, its main mission at the time was to receive aircraft in knocked down condition off ships, assemble, test fly and then ferry them to squadrons all over India.

Here, in 1927, among a group of airmen arriving from Britain was AC2 T. E. Shaw (formerly T. E. Lawrence), who worked in the Engine Repair Shop for over a year. Lawrence's letters to his mother contain interesting details of life at Drigh Road at the time. Drigh Road was also the birth place of the Indian Air Force, as No.1 Squadron IAF was raised there on 1st April 1933 at Drigh Road, Karachi.

In 1942, the Aircraft Depot was redesignated No 1 (India) Maintenance Unit and served as the main supply base not only for the RAF in India but for all of the Burmese and Malayan campaigns. Practically every new aircraft destined for these fronts would have passed through Drigh Road.
In 1947, Drigh Road was handed over to the Pakistan Air Force and it continues to this day as PAF Faisal Airbase.

Also in Karachi was RAF Mauripur (now Masroor Airbase) which was founded in 1942 to serve as a transit airfield to relieve Drigh Road of transit traffic and allow it to focus on its role as a maintenance base. So Mauripur would have been a more appropriate transit stop for Biggles and his squadron, although Drigh Road was probably more well-known to Johns. Still, there could be plausible reasons why Biggles was taken to Drigh Road. The Wing Commander who greeted Biggles there said his "best Liberator" was waiting for him. This Liberator could have just been shipped in and gone through maintenance and test flights and was ready to be ferried to Dum Dum, Calcutta, and it was convenient for Biggles and his squadron to go along in it.


In Biggles in the Orient, Biggles and his squadron made a transit stop at Drigh Road Airfield, Karachi, on their way to their destination Calcutta. At Drigh Road, they changed from a Wellington to a Liberator for their onward journey.




Good photo of Drigh Road Airfield showing Hurricanes, Vultee Vengeances and Harvards lined up awaiting delivery to various units in India.
Image is courtesy of the Imperial War Museums available under the IWM Non-Commerical Licence.

 

[ghazi52]

Drigh Road RAF Station, Karachi
1925

 

[ghazi52]

1922 - 23 ....... Building work on the RAF Depot Karachi