PAF Base Masroor
Major Operational Base
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Squadrons Based Here
Aircraft
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History
1942: Established by RIAF during World War II as transit airfield
Allowed RAF Drigh Road to concentrate on maintenance operations
Huge numbers of aircraft staged through Mauripur during and after WWII
1940-1947: Known as RIAF Base Mauripur
1945-1947: Hosted numerous RAF squadrons including Nos. 5, 10, 20, 31, 62, 77, 117, 267, 298
RAF squadrons operated Hawker Tempest F.2, Douglas Dakota, Handley Page Halifax A.7
British units continued using airfield after Pakistan creation in 1947
1947-1956: Known as RPAF Station Mauripur
1956: British units finally left; RAF Gan and Masirah took over staging duties
23 March 1956: Renamed PAF Station Mauripur
24 May 1968: Renamed PAF Station Masroor in honor of Air Commodore Masroor Hosain
1 July 1970: PAF stations renamed to bases, became PAF Base Masroor
1979: Home to No. 7 Squadron with Martin B-57B Canberra
Used for domestic flights before Karachi Airport
Used by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
Currently commanded by Air Commodore Omair Najmi
Important Events
Established by RIAF during World War II as transit airfield for RAF operations
Hosted major RAF squadrons during and after WWII: Tempest fighters, Dakota transports, Halifax bombers
Partition of British India; became RPAF Station Mauripur
British RAF units finally departed; renamed PAF Station Mauripur
Renamed PAF Station Masroor in honor of base commander Air Commodore Masroor Hosain
PAF stations renamed to bases; became PAF Base Masroor
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