PAF Base Mushaf

Mushaf Air Force Base, Sargodha
Logo of PAF Base Mushaf
IATA: MSF ICAO: OPMH
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)
Operator	Pakistan Air Force
Location	Sargodha-40180, Punjab, Pakistan
Commander	Air Commodore Hassan Faisal
Occupants	No. 9 Squadron PAF No. 23 Squadron PAF No. 24 Squadron PAF No. 29 Squadron CCS F-16 "Aggressors" No. 7 Squadron PAF CCS JF-17 "Fierce Dragons" No. 82 Squadron "Stallions"
Elevation AMSL	614 ft / 187 m
Coordinates	32°02′55″N 72°39′55″E / 32.04861°N 72.66528°E / 32.04861; 72.66528
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 7,956 2,424 Asphalt 14/32 10,253 3,124 Asphalt

PAF Base Mushaf (formerly PAF Station Sargodha and 'PAF Base Sargodha), IATA: MSF, ICAO: OPMH), is a Pakistan Air Force airbase situated at Sargodha in Punjab, Pakistan. It is designated as a "Major Operational Base" (MOB) by the PAF.^[1]

It was known as PAF Base Sargodha until 2003, when it was renamed in honour of the former Base Commander and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, whose aircraft crashed on a routine flight near Kohat in February 2003.^[2][3]

The PAF's Central Air Command (CAC), the Combat Commanders' School (CCS), and the PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence (PAF ACE) are based at PAF Base Mushaf, PAF Base Mushaf is the most elite and widely operational base in Pakistan, consisting of the highest equipped aircraft and squadrons and the best trained pilots and commanders.