Pakistan: Attack On PAF Kamra
By Raja G Mujtaba,
Pakistan Air Force Base at Kamra was attacked in the very early
morning hours today. Kamra, besides an Air Base, is Aeronautical complex
also where PAF not only produces her latest JF 17 Aircraft but also has
the rebuild facility for its entire weapon system.
Attack on Kamra is continuation of previous attacks on GHQ where the
attempt was to take General Ashfaq Kayani as hostage and at PNS Mehran
where the P3 C Orion Anti Submarine warfare Surviellance Aircraft were
the target. At Kamra, SAAB 2000 the Early Warning Aircraft Sytem
equipped with the latest techonology were the target.
The attack took place at 0230 hours when people were generally
suppose to be busy with preparations of fasting. The date and time by
the attackers was very carefully selected as it being the 27th of
Ramadan on which night the maximum number of Muslims try and pray the
whole night. Thinking that at this time all would be on low guard, the
attackers tried to enter the base in PAF uniforms. The security guard
Mohammad Asif having sensed the foul play shot dead one of the attackers
who was later identified from Central Asia. Later the security guard
was shot dead by the other attackers.
With this everone was alerted and everything moved in very swiftly to
defend the base successfully. Air Commodore Mohammad Azam who moved in
immediately to lead the operation got a bullet a bullet in his shoulder.
Likewise an injured Squadron Leader who crawlled to put out the fire
from a random firing that damaged a SAAB 2000 Aircraft.
The PAF spokesperson when contacted on telephone informed that PAF
Chief Air Cheif Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt immediately at 0230 hours
took over the entire operation for its logical conclusion.
All the eight attackers have been killed, the operation has concluded successfully for which the PAF desrves a commendation.
Prior to this report, I had written an analysis of the incident that is placed below.
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