| Unit Name: | No. 28 Multirole Squadron |
| Dates: | Since 28 February 2018 |
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| Type: | Squadron |
| Role: | Multi-role |
| Garrison: | PAF Base Samungli |
| Garrison Label: | Airbase |
| Motto: | خودی کو جس نے فلک سے بلند تر دیکھا |
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| Mascot: | A Phoenix |
| Equipment: | JF-17 |
| Equipment Label: | Aircraft |
| Aircraft Fighter: | JF-17A Thunder |
The 28 Multi-Role Squadron; (28 MR Squadron) nicknamed Phoenixes is a unit of the Pakistan Air Force operating JF-17 fighter jets. It is based at Samungli airbase in Quetta.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The squadron was raised at its home airbase on 28 February 2018 and became the sixth squadron to be equipped with the JF-17 fighters. It was the first JF-17 squadron to be raised in the Baluchistan province hence its historic raising was celebrated with a grand inauguration which was attended by key officials including the PAF Chief, ACM Sohail Aman.[5] [1]
The unit is responsible for providing Day and night cover to Pakistan's western borders with Afghanistan and Iran, particularly to the CPEC projects in Baluchistan.[1]
In 2019, the squadron saw its first oversees deployment at Konya in Turkey for the Anatolian Eagle Exercises.[2]