Where is kamra air base

Minhas, 45 miles northwest of Islamabad, is adjacent to the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, a major air force research and development center. Pakistan manufactures JF fighter planes, jointly developed with China, at the site. Suicide bombers launched attacks near the base and the aeronautical complex in and , but news reports said defenses were not breached.

In Washington, U. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said there had been an improvement recently in cooperation with Pakistan in trying to squeeze militant networks in the region. She said she had no information that would contradict Pakistani statements that there were no nuclear weapons at the site.

It was not immediately clear how the attackers managed to enter the sprawling base. Although the attack took place at about 2 a. EDT Wednesday , it is likely many of the soldiers on the base were awake for prayers or breakfast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

The JF fighter plane, jointly developed with China, is built at the facility. Facebook Count. Twitter Share. Read more. On DawnNews. Latest Stories. Most Popular Must Read. Reuters Dawn. Umair Ali Rashid: Calling Minhas a naval airbase! Dude, are you high? Minhas is PAF base while Mehran is the naval one. Air force officers and martial of court you know my aim is also to go in airforce.

Un believe able! Air force officers Plain and simple. They should be removed to Afghanistan along with the 3 m afghans the later humanely and with dignity. Faisal: And as for the charge of collusion; that was made by your media, religious parties and defense analysts. Spock just held a mirror to your face : Also read what Jibran said. And whole Pakistan is in mourning over Mehsud,the no.

Off course,Pakistan was in mourning too for OBL. Who is the imbecile here? Is it the job of the air force technicians to defend the airbase and are they really trained for it?

When are we going to have Moral Courage to call a spade a spade. The world knows that these terrorist are funded by the so called Muslim Munafiq States such as the British created workhorse Saudi Arabia and Qatar. There are only two reasons why the Government of Pakistan is quiet about it. They have no power to fight the Saudis 2. They are complicit and are party to the killing of Shia and Sunni Muslims at the hands of these Wahhabi Salafis. Poor low ranking soldiers.

While the top guns roam around in 4x4, have lunches in their mess, jet set around Pakistan on discounted fares, have their kids join big companies, have all the perks set for themselves, get big plots, waste my tax money paid to government, how will they think of having proper security around the bases, The poor low ranking soldiers here always gets to pay.

A military source earlier told The Express Tribune that the officials were not facing court martial for their involvement in terror attack rather they were indicted over charges of negligence.. Lower level officials get charged with negligence and incompetence. How does this help moral of the jawans? Naval based was attacked 3 valuable planes were destroyed no action taken against the naval chief GHQ was attacked.

Kayani was COAS rewarded with 3 years extension I think that it is you who has mixed up the airbases and their names. Rashid Minhas.