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The Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) was established on 15 August 1947 with the independence of Pakistan from British India. The RPAF began with a paper share allotment of 2,332 personnel, a fleet of 24 Tempest II fighter-bombers, 16 Hawker Typhoon fighters, two H.P.57 Halifax bombers, two Auster aircraft, twelve North American Harvard trainers and ten de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes.
The following is a list of centers and depots of the Pakistan Air Force sorted by branch. [1] [2] Engineering Depots. Unit Base Established Status Notes
The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan [a] is an accredited four-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to the academy for flying training.
The Special Service Wing (SSW) is the newest special operations force, re-established by the Pakistan Air Force in 2004, in the wake of challenges posed by the Afghanistan war. [154] The unit was active earlier by the name of Special Air Warfare Wing and had seen action during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and 1971. [155]
Northern Air Command 36 TA Wing 30 August 1967 PAF Base Peshawar: JF-17A [21] [22] No. 27 Squadron: Zarrars: Tactical Attack Central Air Command 34 TA Wing April 2007 PAF Base Rafiqui: Mirage 5 ROSE III [23] No. 28 Squadron: Phoenixes: Multi-role Western Air Command 31 AS Wing 28 February 2018 PAF Base Samungli: JF-17A [24] [25] No. 50 Squadron ...
Pakistan MALE UCAV, UAV Strike, Reconnaissance: 2014: 13 13: Used jointly with Pakistan Army. [56] Shahpar: GIDS Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2012: 6 6 [57] [58] Jasoos II: SATUMA: Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2010: 46 46: Bravo+. [59] Falco: Selex ES, PAC Italy, Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2007: 26 26: Produced under license by PAC since 2008 ...
The College of Flying Training (CFT) is located at Risalpur, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The College is a constituent unit of the Pakistan Air Force Academy and affiliated with Air University (Islamabad). College of Flying training consists of four flying training squadrons, which include Basic Flying Training squadron ...
Air Officer Commanding, Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (AOC PAF Academy Asghar Khan), Risalpur Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2027 21 Nauman Waheed GD (P) Director General, Air Operations (DG AO), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2027 22 Mehr Yar Saqib Niazi Engg