Pak Indo War 1971 Kargil War 1999

Kashmir Conflict 2019Garrison informationOccupantsNo. 488 Mission Control Center
No. 909 MRR Squadron No. 5 AJT Squadron PAF College ChaklalaAirfield informationIdentifiersIATA: KDU, ICAO: OPSDElevation2,230 metres (7,316 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
14L/32R	3,641 metres (11,946 ft) Asphalt
14R/32L	3,641 metres (11,946 ft) Asphalt

PAF Base Qadri, (Urdu: پی اے ایف بیس قادری) is a main operating base of the Pakistan Air Force's Northern Air Command which located near the city of Skardu in the Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is named after Air Commodore Qadri.

It was originally built in 1949 as an emergency airstrip together by the Pakistan Air Force and the balti locals in the area to establish a logistic supply line to Pakistani troops engaged with Indian military in post war skirmishes. It continued to function as PAF Skardu, a satellite of PAF Base Minhas. As time passed, the PAF felt the need for a base in Northern Pakistan as it could only employ F-16s from PAF Base Sargodha and PAF Base Minhas to carry out effective aerial operations over the northern parts of the country.

In 2002, the base commander of Minhas airbase was killed after his Chengdu F-7P Skybolt crashed. PAF Skardu was renamed PAF Qadri in his honor in 2003. By this time, it was hosting Exercise Mountain Camp annually.

In the late 2010s, the camp received major infrastructure upgrades and its status was changed to an FOB+ with its role and task revised accordingly. TPS-77 and SPADA-2000 squadrons were also deployed there for air defense.

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