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  2. Pakistan Air Force - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Pakistan Air Force Academy - Wikipedia

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    The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (Urdu: پاکستان فضائیہ اکیڈمی اصغر خان) is an accredited four-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates for the Pakistan Air Force. The eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to the academy for flying training.

  4. List of active Pakistan Air Force aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Italy: UAV Reconnaissance: 2007: 26 26: Produced under license by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan. [56] [57] Shahpar: Global Industrial Defence Solutions Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2012: 6 6 [58] [59] Jasoos II: SATUMA: Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance, Training: 2010: 46 ...

  5. Pakistan Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Pakistan Air Force Base Corangi Creek - Wikipedia

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    The facility was established by the Royal Air Force in 1923. Located in a beach area of Karachi, the primary role of the facility was to provide the embarkation and disembarkation facilities to the RAF and other British personnel arriving by civil or military amphibious aircraft, and also to handle receipts and dispatch of cargo on these aircraft.

  7. List of Pakistan Air Force bases - Wikipedia

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    There are a total of 40 air bases, which are classified into two categories: flying bases and non-flying bases. Flying bases are operational bases from which aircraft operate during peacetime and wartime; whereas non-flying bases conduct either training, administration, maintenance, or mission support.

  8. History of the Pakistan Air Force - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. Pakistan Air Force ranks and insignia - Wikipedia

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    The ranking structure as well as rank insignia of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) are primarily based on the ranking structure of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force. [1] The insignia for PAF officer ranks underwent an extensive change in 2006, whereby British-influenced rank insignia were dropped for the adoption of Turkish-style insignia, while the British ranking style was maintained.