korangi creek is very Important and Well manage non operational Air Base

[syed zia Hassan]

korangi creek is very Important and Well manage non operational Air Base ..

 

[Tps43]

Paf Base Korangi is training base for airmen .

 

[Viking 63]

I had the privilege of visiting this base few times as a very young man. Lot of memories!

 

[Vortex]

AOA,

I have a question : in one picture we see 2 mirages and the second one in the background seems to be bigger than the first mirage. Are these different versions or it is due to some strange optical effect ?

Thanks.

 

[ghazi52]

Korangi Creek

Royal Air Force

The facility was established by the Royal Air Force in 1923. Located in a Beach area of Karachi, the primary role of the facility was to provide the embarkation and disembarkation facilities to the RAF and other British personnel arriving by civil or military amphibious aircraft, and also to handle receipts and dispatch of cargo on these aircraft.

In 1942, the RAF leased an area of 1,007 acres (4.08 km2) and the station premises were then properly secured with a perimeter fence. It also served as a logistic base for the aircraft repair depot at Drigh Road through the supply depot there. Aircraft engines and spare parts that were brought to Korangi Creek by amphibious aircraft were eventually transferred to Drigh Road ( now Shara-e-Faisal) to be made use of. Much of the equipment serviced by the repair depot was channeled through Korangi to Bombay to support RAF units all over British Raj. After the independent, the station continued to be commanded and manned by RAF personnel till 1949.


Pakistan Air Force

In December 1949, the first RPAF station commander was WC A.R.K. Malik. At this stage, it was decided to make Korangi a technical training base for officers and airmen of the PAF. In April 1951, the first technical school was established at this station, and was named the School of Aeronautics (SOA). The school was inaugurated by the PM Liaquat Khan. The SOA soon established its reputation as a successful training program in the PAF and abroad, and a large number of foreign countries started sending their air technicians to the base for basic training. In 1963, the School of Electronics (SOE) was moved from PAF Station Malir to Korangi Creek to become the sister institution of the SOA.

School of Aeronautics (SOA) . School of Electronics (SOE). School of Education, Sea Survival School and junior commissioned officer Academy.

 

[ghazi52]

Passing out parade of Aero apprentices held at PAF base Korangi Creek

PAF Korangi Creek recreation facilities

 

[GriffinsRule]

korangi creek is very Important and Well manage non operational Air Base ..

I am very interested in the specially painted Mirage in the background. Do you have any additional images of that bird?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Inception-06]

I am very interested in the specially painted Mirage in the background. Do you have any additional images of that bird?
Thanks in advance.

Just retired Mirage aircraft, repainted in some kind of art!

 

[GriffinsRule]

Just retired Mirage aircraft, repainted in some kind of art!

Thanks, looks pretty neat lol