OPRS Risalpur Air Base MVFR

  • Name
    Risalpur Air Base
  • ICAO / GPS
    OPRS / OPRS
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    2:22 am (PKT)
  • Municipality
    Risalpur
  • Coordinates
    34° 4′ 51″ N 71° 58′ 21″ E
  • Elevation
    1’050 ft (320 m MSL)

About Risalpur Air Base

The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (Urdu: پاکستان فضائیہ اکیڈمی اصغر خان) is an accredited four-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates for the Pakistan Air Force.

The eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to the Academy for flying training. It is located in the town of Risalpur in Nowshera District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, it is a premier cadet training institution of the Pakistan Air Force which offers academic professional degrees. Its role is the training of General Duty Pilots (GDP), Aeronautical and Avionics Engineers and the initial training of other Ground Branch cadets. Cadets of all branches join the academy following a recommendation by the Inter Services Selection Board (Pakistan) and the AHQ (PAF) Special Selection Board for Short Service Commission candidates. Graduates of the Academy's four-year program receive a Bachelor of Science degree, and are commissioned as Flying Officers in the Pakistan Air Force.

The airfield was created in 1910 for the Royal Flying Corps and was later used by the Royal Air Force. It officially became the airfield of the RPAF on 15 August 1947, with Asghar Khan as the first Commandant of the academy. On 13 April 1948, Quaid-e-Azam elevated the school's status to that of a flying college. Field Marshal Ayub Khan upgraded the college to the status of an academy on 21 January 1967.

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