PAF Base Minhas explained

Minhas Air Force Base, Kamra
Commander: Air CommodoreAgha Mehr Gul
Iata:ATG
Icao:OPMS
Type:Military
Owner:Government of Pakistan
Operator:Pakistan Air Force
Location:Attock
Occupants:Pakistan Air Force
Elevation-F:1023
Elevation-M:312
R1-Number:12/30
R1-Length-F:9,950
R1-Length-M:3,033
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Pakistan Air Force Base, Minhas is a PAF Airbase located at (Kamra Cantt) 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.[1] Currently, PAF Base Minhas is equipped with JF-17 aircraft operated by No.16 Squadron also called "Black Panthers".

2012 terrorist attack

On 16 August 2012, nine Tehrik-e-Taliban militants assaulted PAF Base Minhas at about 2 am. After a pitched battle all nine attackers were killed while two Pakistani security officials also died.[2] The base commander, Air Commodore Muhammad Azam, was reported wounded in the attack as well.[3] [1] The militants also destroyed one Saab 2000 Erieye plane[4] and damaged one[5] or two others.[6]

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  1. Web site: Operation completed at Kamra base, all 8 militants killed. 1 July 2011. 18 August 2012. Geo TV News website. dead. 7 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120818235207/http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=63571.
  2. News: Kamra base attack: Soldier succumbs to injuries, takes death toll to 2. 7 March 2022. The Express Tribune (newspaper). 17 August 2012.
  3. News: Taliban attacks major Pakistani air base, 10 dead. 7 March 2022. The Christian Science Monitor (newspaper). 16 August 2012.
  4. News: Tax-payers kept in the dark about loss of plane worth $250m. 20 June 2013. The News International. 9 February 2013.
  5. News: Ansari. Usman. Pakistani Air Force Wary of Terrorist Threat to Airbases. https://archive.today/20140402074948/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140401/DEFREG03/304010034/Pakistani-Air-Force-Wary-Terrorist-Threat-Airbases. dead. 2 April 2014. 7 March 2022. Defense News website. 1 April 2014.
  6. Web site: Aerial Eyes: Pakistan's New AWACS Fleets. defenseindustrydaily.com. 10 April 2013. 7 March 2022.