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PAF Base Masroor
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Karachi | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Commander |   Air Commodore Muhammad Umar | ||||||||||||||
| Occupants | No. 2 Squadron PAF No. 4 Squadron PAF No. 8 Squadron PAF No. 22 Squadron PAF No. 84 Squadron PAF | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 35 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°53′37″N 66°56′20″E / 24.89361°N 66.93889°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||||||||
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PAF Base Masroor (ICAO: OPMR) is the largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force. It is located in the Mauripur area of Karachi, in the Sindh province.[1]
The base was originally known as RIAF Base Mauripur (1940-47), RPAF Station Mauripur (1947-56), and after 23 March 1956, as PAF Station Mauripur.
PAF Base Faisal and PAF Base Bholari are the other Pakistan Air Force bases in Karachi.[2][3]
- ^ Shazia Hasan (7 September 2018). "Defence Day celebrated in city with great zeal". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ PAF inaugurates new operational air base at Bholari near Karachi
- ^ Khawaja Asif lays foundation stone of PAF Bholari base in Jamshoro
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