The two units operating the Chinese-built A-5 [No. 16 Sqn and No. 26 Sqn], an aircraft believed to be a leading candidate for the aerial delivery of nuclear weapons, were reportedly stationed at PAF Masroor in early 1998. By late 1999 they had reportedly been re-deployed to PAF Peshawar. The Pakistani Air Force currently operates some 180 Mirage aircraft of various configurations, equiping four operational squadrons [No. 5, No. 7, No. 8, No. 22 (OCU)] and a Combat Command School training squadron. Pakistan obtained 43 used Mirage IIIOs and 7 Mirage IIIODs from Australia in 1990, and purchased another 40 reconditioned Mirage IIIEs from France in 1996. The allocation of these 90 aircraft is not evidently reflected in published order of battle tables, and is only estimated here.
75 with permanent-surface runways 1 with runways over 3,659 m 30 with runways 2,440-3,659 m 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Airbase | Locale | Lattitude | Longitude | Facility | Command | Wing | Squadron | Aircraft | AC # | ||
PAF Bhagtanwala | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Chaklala | Rawalpindi | MOB | No.35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing | ||||||||
No. 6 Sqn | C-130 | 14 | |||||||||
No.12 Sqn | B707, Falcon, F-27 | 6 | |||||||||
No.41 Sqn | Cessna, Aero, Beach | 3 | |||||||||
No.455 Sqn | Crotale SAM | ||||||||||
No.??? Sqn | HQ-2B SAM | ||||||||||
PAF Chander | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Chuk Jhumra | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Faisal | Karachi | MOB | Southern Air Commander HQ | ||||||||
PAF Gwadar | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Kamra [Minhas] | Kamra | MOB | Northern | No.33 (Fighter/Multi-Role) Wing | |||||||
No.14 Sqn | F-7P | ~24 | |||||||||
No.15 Sqn | F-6, FT-6 | ~24 | |||||||||
PAF Kohat | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Lahore | Lahore | FOB | |||||||||
PAF Masroor | Karachi | MOB | Southern | No 32 (Fighter Ground Attack) Wing | |||||||
No. 2 Sqn | F-7P | ~24 | |||||||||
No. 7 Sqn | Mirage 5PA, III | 24+45 | |||||||||
No. 8 Sqn | Mirage 5PA, III | 24+45 | |||||||||
No.22 Sqn | Mirage 5PA, IIIDP | 14 + 2 | |||||||||
No.84 Sqn | Alouette III | 2 | |||||||||
No.453 Sqn | Crotale SAM | ||||||||||
No.??? Sqn | HQ-2B SAM | ||||||||||
PAF Mianwali | Mianwali | MOB | No. 37 (Combat Training) Wing | ||||||||
No. 1 Sqn | FT-5 | 25 | |||||||||
No.19 Sqn | F-7P | ~24 | |||||||||
No.25 Sqn | F-7 & FT-7 | ~24 | |||||||||
No.86 Sqn | Alouette III | 2 | |||||||||
PAF Mirpur Khas | FOB | ||||||||||
PAF Multan | Multan | FOB | |||||||||
PAF Murid | FOB | ||||||||||
PAF Nawabshah | FOB | ||||||||||
PAF Ormara | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Pasni | FOB | ||||||||||
PAF Peshawar | Peshawar | MOB | Northern Air Command HQ | ||||||||
No.36 (Tactical Attack) Wing | |||||||||||
No.16 Sqn | A-5 | 25 | |||||||||
No.26 Sqn | A-5 | 24 | |||||||||
No.81 Sqn | Alouette III | 2 | |||||||||
PAF Rafiqui | Shorkot | MOB | Central | No. 34 (Fighter) Wing | |||||||
No. 5 Sqn | Mirage IIIEP/RP | 30 | |||||||||
No.18 Sqn | F-7P | ~24 | |||||||||
No.20 Sqn | F-7P | ~24 | |||||||||
No.83 Sqn | Alouette III | 2 | |||||||||
PAF Rahim Yar Khan | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Rajanpur | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Risalewala | Faisalabad | FOB | |||||||||
PAF Risalpur | Risalpur | MOB | |||||||||
PAF Samungli | Quetta | 30°14'N | 66°55'E | MOB | Southern | No. 31 (Fighter) Wing | |||||
No.17 Sqn | F-6, F-7P, FT-6 | ~24 | |||||||||
No.23 Sqn | F-6 | ~24 | |||||||||
No.85 Sqn | Alouette III | 2 | |||||||||
PAF Sargodha | Sargodha | 32°03'N | 72°39'E | MOB | Central Air Command, HQ | ||||||
No.38 (Multi-Role) Wing | |||||||||||
No. 9 Sqn | F-16A | 16 | |||||||||
No.11 Sqn | F-16 A/B | 16 | |||||||||
No.24 Sqn | Falcon 20 F/G | 2 | |||||||||
No.82 Sqn | Alouette III | 2 | |||||||||
Combat School | F-7 | ~24 | |||||||||
Combat School | Mirage 5PA | ||||||||||
PAF Shahbaz | Jacobabad | FOB | |||||||||
PAF Sindhri | sat | ||||||||||
PAF Sukkur | FOB | ||||||||||
PAF Talhar | FOB | ||||||||||
PAF Vihari | FOB |