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Pakistan reopens air force bases near LoC, hardly 100 Kms from Srinagar

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has reopened two air bases, hardly 100 Kms away from Srinagar. The airbases are situated in Kotli and Rawalkot, both are close to the Line of Control (LoC). These places are in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) region. 

The reopening of PAF close to the LoC is a threat, while the bolstering of the base in Shamsi in Balochistan and the construction of a new army cantonment near the PAF base in Jacobabad, Sind, is a sign of growing agitation in those provinces.  

The Kotli airbase will be in the area of the Pakistani Army’s 3 POK brigade, which is part of the 23 Division. Over a hundred air-defence troops have been moved to Kotli. 

The Rawalkot airbase comes under 2 POK Brigade of the 12 division. This airbase has been closed for four years. The PAF’s 403 Squadron (of helicopters) has shifted to Shamsi where communication and radar networks are being prepared. 

The Pak Army’s cantonment is coming up near Shahbaz, the PAF base in Jacobabad, Sind. It has acquired over 7,000 acres of land. This is in addition to a new PAF base in Nasirabad, in Balochistan. The Pakistan government has already acquired 26,000 acres for the base.  

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