2-473: Air Commodore Pakistan Air Force Base, Rafiqui , formerly known as PAF Base Shorkot ( ICAO : OPRQ ), is a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase located near Shorkot , Jhang District , in the Punjab province of Pakistan . It is around 337 km south of Islamabad . The base is served by a single 10,000-foot runway and a parallel taxiway that could be used for emergency landing and recovery of aircraft. The base
4-540: Was renamed in honour of Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui , a highly decorated fighter pilot who led raids into enemy territory during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 . Rafiqui is famous for assisting his fellow pilots over enemy territory despite being heavily outnumbered even after the guns of his aircraft had jammed. This article about the military of Pakistan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Pakistani airport-related article
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