Who is the Airbase named for that is located in Punjab, Pakistan?
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PAF Base Minhas Minhas Airbase or Kamra Airbase is a PAF Airbase located at Kamra, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was named in the honour of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, who was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for valor in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Pakistan Aeronautical Complex is located in Minhas Airbase which manufactures aircraft like CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder, PAC MFI-17 Mushshak, Hongdu JL-8. It also rebuilds aircraft like the Dassault Mirage and Chengdu F-7.
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the liberation war in East Pakistan, from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971. The war began with preemptive aerial strikes on 11 Indian air stations that led to the commencement of hostilities with Pakistan and Indian entry into the war of independence in East Pakistan on the side of Bengali nationalist forces. Lasting just 13 days, it is one of the shortest wars in history.
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Shamsi Airfield Shamsi Airfield, also known as Bhandari Airstrip, is an airfield situated about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Quetta and about 248 miles (400 km) northwest of Gwadar in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The airfield is located in Washuk District and nestled in a barren desert valley between two ridges of the Central Makran Range approximately 21 miles (35 km) southeast of the village of Washuk.
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Rawalpindi Rawalpindi (Punjabi, Urdu: ‎ , "Rāwalpiṇḍī "), commonly known as Pindi (Punjabi: ), is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the fourth-largest city in Pakistan by population, while the larger Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area is the country's third-largest area. The economy of Rawalpindi is interlinked with Islamabad, and the two are jointly known as the "twin cities". The city is the administrative seat of the Rawalpindi District.
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Lahore Area Control Centre Lahore Area Control Centre (Urdu: ‎ ) is one of two Area Control Centers in Pakistan operated by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and based at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore. Lahore ACC air traffic controllers provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Lahore Flight Information Region (FIR). The Lahore FIR airspace covers Pakistani airspace between the 30° North to 37° North. To the south is the Karachi FIR. To the north is the Urumqi FIR. To the east is the Delhi FIR. To the west is the Kabul FIR.
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Kibrit Air Base Kibrit Air Base is an operational Egyptian Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية‎ ‎ , "Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä ") helicopter base located in Egypt, approximately 20 miles north of Suez; 125 km east of Cairo. An SA-342 Gazelle unit is based here. The name of the station came from a nearby village, and in Egyptian means "sulphur كبريت". "Kabrit" now is the name of a pilot station for Suez canal navigation on the same location.
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Pak Airways Pakistan Airways also known as Pak Air or Pak Airways, was an airline from Pakistan with its headquarters in Karachi. The company was founded in 1948 and ceased again in 1949, following a series of air accidents.
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Kütahya Air Base Kütahya Air Base (Turkish: "Kütahya Hava Üssü" ) (ICAO: LTBN) is a military airport of the Turkish Air Force located in Kütahya, Turkey. The airport operates as primarily as a military air base but also accepts civilian passenger flights.
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PAF Museum, Karachi PAF Museum, Karachi (Urdu: ‎ ) is an Air Force museum and park situated near "Karsaz Flyover" on Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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PIA Township PIA Township (Urdu: پی آئی اے ٹاؤن شپ‎ ) also known as PIA Colony is Pakistan International Airlines flat complex which is a major residential neighborhood & gated community located in Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority area of Faisal Cantonment in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The township was built for the employees working in Pakistan International Airlines.
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Allan Perry-Keene Air Vice Marshal Allan Lancelot Addison Perry-Keene CB, OBE (10 November 1898 – 16 March 1987) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. Between 1947 and 1949, he served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force.
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Sui Airport Sui Airport (IATA: SUL, ICAO: OPSU) is located at Sui in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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Air Force Base Ysterplaat Air Force Base Ysterplaat (ICAO: FAYP) is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is located in Cape Town, on the southwestern coast of South Africa.
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No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force) No. 9 Squadron, named the Griffins, is a Pakistan Air Force fighter squadron assigned to the No. 38 Multi-Role Wing of the PAF Central Air Command. The squadron is stationed at PAF Base Mushaf, Sargodha. It was the PAF's first fighter squadron, has been commanded by seven Chiefs of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force. The squadron crest is a red griffin which symbolises strength, aggressiveness and vigilance. Scrolls around the squadron crest display the battle honours "Sargodha 65" and "Karachi 71". The Griffins are considered as the PAF's most elite unit as well as its most senior.
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Sialkot District Sialkot District (Punjabi and Urdu: ‎ ), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. It is the third richest city in Pakistan. In sialkot cantonment was established in 1852.
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Bandırma Airport Bandırma Airport (IATA: BDM, ICAO: LTBG) is a military airbase and public airport located at Bandırma in the Balıkesir Province, Turkey.
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Jaranwala Jaranwala (Punjabi and Urdu: ‎ )is a city in the Faisalabad District of Punjab, Pakistan.
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National Guard of Pakistan The 185,000-member National Guard (Urdu: قومیمحافظ‎ ), is a paramilitary force comprising the Mujahid Force and the Janbaz Force, a locally recruited militia mainly charged with air defense, and two programs similar to the United States Reserve Officers Training Corps, the National Cadet Corps and the Women's Guard. The Women's Guard, unlike the National Cadet Corps, included individuals trained in nursing, welfare, and clerical work. There were also some women in the Janbaz Force, and a very small number of women were recruited into the regular service in limited numbers to perform medical and educational work. The National Cadet Corps was disbanded 14 years ago.
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Hyderabad Airport (Sindh) The Hyderabad Airport (IATA: HDD, ICAO: OPKD) of Pakistan is a domestic airport in Hyderabad, the second-largest city in the Sindh province. It is very close to the Pakistan Army's Sindh Regimental Centre and the HDA Kohsar Housing Society. The airport is now closed to commercial traffic as of 2013.
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Inamul Haque Khan Air Marshal Inamul Haque Khan (Urdu:إنعام الحـــق خان; May 23, 1927 – August 10, 2017) , was a three-star rank air force general in the Pakistan Air Force who is known for his role as AOC of the Eastern Air Command of the Pakistan Air Force.
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Shaheen Air Shaheen Air (Urdu: ‎ ) is a private Pakistani airline with its head office in Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. Shaheen Air, which provides passenger, cargo and charter services, serves the major cities of Pakistan and the Middle East.
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Kunduz airlift The Kunduz airlift refers to the evacuation of thousands of top commanders and members of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, their Pakistani advisers including Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agents and army personnel, and other Jihadi volunteers and sympathizers, from the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan, in November 2001 just before its capture by U.S. and United Front of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance) forces during the War in Afghanistan. As described in several reports, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda combatants were safely evacuated from Kunduz and airlifted by Pakistan Air Force cargo aircraft to Pakistan Air Force bases in Chitral and Gilgit in Pakistan-administered Kashmir's Northern Areas.