PAF Base Faisal

Royal Air Force activities began at what was then known as Drigh Road in 1933, during the British Raj. The following Royal Air Force squadrons were here at some point: • No. 5 Squadron RAF detachment initially between December 1928 and May 1933 with the Westland Wapiti then as cadre between 9 June and 1 August 1935 • No. 28 Squadron RAF detachment between March 1939 and January 1942 with the Hawker Audax and Westland Lysander II • No. 31 Squadron RAF initially as a cadre then a full squadron between 8 June 1935 and 27 October 1938 with the Wapiti. It returned on 26 March 1941 with the Douglas DC-2 until September 1941 • No. 60 Squadron RAF detachment between May 1925 and September 1940 with the Wapiti then the Bristol Blenheim I • No. 84 Squadron RAF between 18 March and 3 June 1942 • No. 159 Squadron RAF detachment between July 1944 and June 1945 with the Consolidated Liberator V • No. 160 Squadron RAF ground echelon between 4 and 17 June 1942 • No. 354 Squadron RAF between 10 May and 17 August 1943 • No. 1 Squadron IAF formed here on 1 April 1933 PAF Base Masroor is the other Pakistan Air Force base in Karachi. The new PAF Base Bholari near Karachi was inaugurated in January 2018. ==Recent developments==

PAF Base Faisal is currently the home of the PAF Air War College, preparing Pakistan Air Force junior officers who have already been marked for promotion for command and staff duties at the operational level. One of the facilities at PAF Base Faisal, the 102 Air Engineering depot, is responsible for the overhaul of turbojet engines for the PAF's fleet of Chengdu F-7. The F-7 is a type of Chinese interceptor aircraft. On 4 July 2003 a ceremony was held to celebrate the roll-out of the 10,000th turbojet engine to be overhauled at the facility. The engine overhaul workshop was also upgraded to overhaul the newer WP-13F turbojet engines of the PAF's latest F-7 model, the F-7PG. ==See also==