Mushaf Airbase (formerly Sargodha Airbase) (IATA: SGI, ICAO: OPSR) is PAF Airbase located at Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. It was renamed in the honour of Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir in 2003, who was the former Base Commander Sargodha Airbase. His airplane crashed on a routine flight near Kohat the same year. The Airbase is the site of PAF's Central Air Command.
On November 1, 2007, a suicide bomber struck the 50-seater bus carrying PAF officers to nearby Kirana Ammunition Depot killing 11 people including seven officers, with 28 injuries. The bombing took place on the Faisalabad Road, when an incoming motorcycle rammed into the bus triggering the blast instantly. All of the officers were new recruits posted to Mushaf Airbase for initial training.[1] This was the last major attack before the state of emergency was imposed on the country.
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