PAF Base Mushaf
| PAF Base Mushaf | |||||||||
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پی اے ایف بیس مصحف | |||||||||
| Sargodha District, Punjab in Pakistan | |||||||||
Flight line of Mushaf airbase in 2024 | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Air Force base | ||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Central Air Command | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Other site facilities | Combat Commanders' School | ||||||||
| Website | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°02′55″N 72°39′55″E / 32.04861°N 72.66528°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1942 | ||||||||
| Built for | British India Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||
| Built by | British Raj (foundation) | ||||||||
| In use | 1942 - present | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | 1965 Indo-Pakistani war 1971 Indo-Pakistani war Operation Sentinel Operation Swift Retort 2025 India–Pakistan conflict | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Air Commodore Hassan Faisal | ||||||||
| Garrison | 38 MR Wing Airpower Center of Excellence | ||||||||
| Occupants | 9 Squadron Griffins 7 Squadron Bandits 24 Squadron Blinders 29 Squadron Aggressor CCS JF-17 Dashings CCS Mirage Skybolts 82 CS Squadron Stallions CCS f16 | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: MSF, ICAO: OPMH | ||||||||
| Elevation | 187 metres (614 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf or more simply 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.
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.
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.