PAF Base Samungli
Major Operational Base
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History
22 July - 31 October 1944: Used by No. 84 Squadron RAF with Vultee Vengeance III
During RPAF era: Known as RPAF Station Samungli
14 May - 12 July 1954: Commanded by Major Sikandar Khan (Pakistan Army)
Squadron Leader K. M. Akbar took over as base commander, commanded newly established GC Wing
June 1957: Annual Shaheen Air Training Corps (SATC) camp inaugurated by Squadron Leader J. Z. Mikulski
1957: SATC wings from Dacca, Sargodha, Drigh Road, Chaklala, Lahore, Peshawar participated
October 1970: C&M Party Samungli redesignated as PAF Base Samungli
1970-1978: Fighter squadrons from Masroor, Sargodha, Peshawar deployed during summer
1970s: Annual summer camps for college students; firepower demonstrations for Quetta Staff College
September 1976: Largest demonstration by Nos. 5, 7, 11, 15, 18 Squadrons
31 March 1978: Converted from satellite base to main operating base
1978: No. 23 Squadron permanently deployed
1981: Air defence units established after HQ No. 4 Sector moved due to Soviet-Afghan War
End of 1981: New messes, accommodation, 20-bed hospital built
26 May 1981: Afghan Air Force Mil Mi-8 helicopter hijacked from Qandahar, landed at Samungli
May 1983: No. 31 Wing established with Nos. 17 and 23 Squadrons
15 May 1982: Colour presentation ceremony for No. 23 Squadron after air superiority role reassignment
2001-present: Used by United States for military logistical operations supporting Afghanistan invasion
Currently commanded by Air Commodore Nasir Jamal Khattak
Important Events
RAF No. 84 Squadron arrived with Vultee Vengeance III aircraft for World War II operations
First annual Shaheen Air Training Corps camp inaugurated with wings from across Pakistan
Care and Maintenance Party Samungli redesignated as PAF Base Samungli
Converted from satellite/forward operating base to main operating base
Air defence units moved from HQ No. 4 Sector due to Soviet-Afghan War
Afghan Air Force Mil Mi-8 helicopter hijacked from Qandahar and landed at Samungli
No. 23 Squadron colour presentation ceremony after reassignment to air superiority role
No. 31 Wing established with Nos. 17 and 23 Squadrons
US began using base for military logistical operations supporting Afghanistan invasion
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