The topic of mine presentation is Airforce. Here i can explain about the headquater of Pakistan Airforce , Wars in which Pakistan Airforce take apart , flying bases and non-flying bases , ranks of officers in Airforce , Operations of airforce , List of Air marchels , Awards , Aircrafts .

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4. Headquarters (Pakistan Air Force)
Air Headquarters (AHQ) is the Headquarters
of Pakistan Air Force, located at Islamabad. Initially it was
established at Peshawar on 15 August 1947.Later it was moved
to Karachi on 1 June 1948 and back to Peshawar in 1960. In
1983 construction of Air headquarters was started at
Islamabad after it was decided to have all the armed forces
headquarters in the capital city. On 1 August 2005 the
headquarters was moved from Chaklala, Rawalpindi to
Islamabad. During the construction of the headquarters
building at Islamabad the headquarters offices were housed
at PAF base Chaklala.

5. Every Man A Tiger:
Pakistan
has one of the best, most
combat eady airforces in the
world. They have to; their
neighbour to the east is huge,
and the two nations, have a long history of hostilities.
For Indian war planners, the Pakistan air Force is their
worst fear. Pakistani pilots are respected throughout the
world, especially the Islamic world, beause they know
how to fly and fight.

6. Wars:
1965 India-Pakistan War:
The PAF fleet at the time consisted
of 12 F-104 Starfighters, some 120 F-86 Sabres and
Around 20 B-57 Canberra bombers.The PAF claims
to have had complete air superiority over the battle
area from the second day of operations.While,
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh of the Indian Air
Force claimed, despite been qualitative inferior,
IAFachieved air superiority in three days in the
1965 War.
According to the independent sources, the PAF lost
some 20 aircraft while the Indians lost 60–75.Despite the intense
fighting, the conflict was effectively a stalemate.

7. 1971 India-Pakistan War:
By late 1971, the intensification of the Independence
movement in erstwhile East Pakistan lead to the Bangladesh Liberation
War between India and Pakistan .On 22 November 1971, 10 days before the
start of a full-scale war, four PAF F-86 Sabre jets attacked Indian and Mukti
Bahini positions at Garibpur, near the international border. Two
of the four PAF Sabres were shot down and one damaged by the IAF's
Folland Gnats.On 3 December, India formally declared war against Pakistan
following massive preemptive strikes by the PAF against Indian Air Force
installations in Srinagar, Ambala, Sirsa, Halwara and Jodhpur. However,
the IAF did not suffer significantly because the leadership had Anticipated
such a move and precautions were taken.The Indian Air Force was quick
to respond to Pakistani air strikes, following which the PAF carried out
mostly defensive sorties.

8. Hostilities officially ended at 14:30 GMT on 17 December,
after the fall of Dacca on 15 December. The PAF flew about 2,840 sorties
and destroyed 45 IAF aircraft while Pakistan lost 75 aircraft.
1967 Arab-Israeli 'Six-Day' War:
During this conflict the PAF sent personnel to Egypt,
Jordan and Syria to support the Arabs in their battle against the Israelis.
Some Pakistani sources have claimed that PAF pilots managed to shoot
down ten Israeli aircraft.

9. 2011 Abbottabad Operation:
An initial investigation report revealed
that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) reported the movement of some
half-a-dozen planes near the Jalalabad border at 11 pm before the US
helicopters entered Abbottabad to kill Osama bin Laden."One aircraft
was identified as a US AWACS and the remaining five were recognised as
F-18 jets of the US. These planes flew near the Pakistani border, but did
not cross into the airspace of Pakistan,"
On detection of intrusion, PAF jets on air
defence alert were scrambled and the PAF immediately took adequate
operational measures as per standard operating procedure. The PAF
aircraft continued their presence in Abbottabad area until early morning
and later returned to their air bases.

10. Bases:
The PAF has a total of 18 air bases,
comprising 11 flying bases and 7 non-flying bases. Flying
bases are operational bases from which aircraft operate
During peacetime and wartime; whereas non-flying
bases conduct either training, administration,
maintenance, or mission support.

11. Flying bases:
PAF Base Mushaf (Sargodha)
PAF Base Masroor (Karachi)
PAF Base Rafiqui (Shorkot)
PAF Base Peshawar
PAF Base Samungli (Quetta)
PAF Base Mianwali
PAF Base Minhas (Kamra)
PAF Base Chaklala (Rawalpindi)
PAF Base Faisal (Karachi)
PAF Base Risalpur (Pakistan Air Force
Academy) (Risalpur)
PAF Base Shahbaz (Jacobabad)
Non-flying bases:
PAF Base Korangi
Creek (Karachi)
PAF Base Malir (Karachi)
PAF Base Kohat (Kohat)
PAF Base Lahore (Lahore)
PAF Base Sakesar (Sakesar)
PAF Base Lower
Topa (Murree)
PAF Base Kalabagh (Nathia
Gali)

13. List of Air Chiefs:
1. Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene (15 August 1947 – 17 February 1949)
2. Air Vice Marshal Richard Atcherley (18 February 1949 – 6 May 1951)
3. Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon (7 May 1951 – 19 June 1955)
4. Air Vice Marshal Arthur McDonald (20 June 1955 – 22 July 1957)
5. Air Marshal Asghar Khan (23 July 1957 – 22 July 1965)
6. Air Marshal Nur Khan (23 July 1965 – 31 August 1969)
7. Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan (1 September 1969 – 2 March 1972)
8. Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry (3 March 1972 – 15 April 1974)
9. Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan (16 April 1974 – 22 July 1978)
10. Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim (23 July 1978 – 5 March 1985)
11. Air Chief Marshal Jamal A. Khan (6 March 1985 – 8 March 1988)
12. Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah (9 March 1988 – 9 March 1991)
13. Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan (9 March 1991 – 8 November 1994)

14. List of Air Chiefs:
 Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak (8 November 1994 – 7 November
1997)
 Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Quresh (7 November 1997 – 20
November 2000)
 Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir (20 November 2000 – 20 February
2003)
 Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat (18 March 2003 – 18 March 2006)
 Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed (18 March 2006 – 18 March
2009)
 Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman (19 March 2009 – 19 March
2012)
 Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt (19 March 2012 – 19 March 2015)
 Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman (19 March 2015 – present)

15. Awards for valour:
The Nishan-e-Haider , is the highest military
award given by Pakistan. Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (1951–20 August
1971) is theonly officer of the PAF to be awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for
sacrificing his life to save an aircraft from being hijacked to India.Other
awards include:
Squadron Leader Muhammad Mahmood
Alam — awarded for downing nine fighters, five in a minute, of the
Indian Air Force in air-to-air combat.
Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed
Rafiqui Shaheed — awarded for refusing to abandon his group of fighters
during a battle despite his guns being jammed. He continued his
attempts to assist his squadron in the battle by chasing enemy fighters
until eventually being shot down.

16. Aircraft:
There are different types of aircraft
under the Pakistan Air Force. Some of the followings are
given as follow:
1. Combat aircraft
2. Aerial refueling aircraft
3. Transport aircraft
4. Air defence systems
5. Drone technology

17. Combat Aircraft:
The PAF currently operates
approximately 450 combat aircraft of 4
different types, which are planned to be
Reduced to 2 multirole types, namely the F-16
and JF-17, by 2025. There are around 20
front-line squadrons.
The most capable fighter in PAF service from 1983 to
2007 has been the F-16 Fighting Falcon. 40 of the F-16A/B Block 15
models were delivered from 1983 to 1987.
In 2006, 12 F-16C and 6 F-16D Block 52+ were ordered
with a further 18 aircraft optional. 14 of the optional fighters were ordered
in 2010.The first batch of 3 F-16C/D fighters landed at PAF Base Shahbaz,
Jacacobad, on 26 June 2010.Pakistan also received 14 used F-16s from the
US free of cost.

18. Aerial refueling Aircraft:
In December 2009 the
PAF received its first of four Il-78
aircraft which is capable of aerial
refuellingas well as transporting
cargo. Aerial refuelling capability
was first demonstrated during the High Mark 2010
exercise on 6 April 2010 when two of the PAF's Mirage
III fighters were simultaneously refuelled in the air
by the Il-78.

19. Transport Aircraft:
The C-130 Hercules has
been the PAF's primary tactical
transport aircraft since its induction
in the early 1960s. Currently 5 C-130B
and 11 C-130E models are in service, upgraded with Allison
T56-A-15 turboprops and extended fatigue lives by Lockheed-
Georgia Company.The C-130 is supplemented by 4 CASA CN-
235 STOL transports, although the 4th aircraft is equipped
with an interior for transporting VIPs such as the PAF Chief
of Air Staff. Heavy-lift transports comprise 3 Boeing 707s
transferred from Pakistan International Airlines starting
1986.

20. Drone technology:
On 7 September 2015,
Pakistan became the ninth nation to
develop and use an armed unmanned
Combat aerial vehicle (drone) named
Burraq. Pakistan, first started exploring the
drone technology when it acquired Falco
drones from Selex Galileo of Italy for $40 million in 2008. Since then
Pakistan have been developing Falco in Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
in collaboration with the Italian firm. Then, Burraq was developed Which
was based on the same Falco technology. By March 2015, Pakistan was
able to test-fire Burraq armed with an air-to-surface missile named Barq
with pin-point precision. Burraq were used majorly during
the Operation Zarb-e-Azb.