Kohat Airbase

Infobox Airport
name = Kohat Airbase
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IATA = OHT
ICAO = OPKT
type = Military
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operator = Pakistan Air Force
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location = Kohat
elevation-f = 1,650
elevation-m = 503
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r1-number = 14/32
r1-length-f = 7,717
r1-length-m = 2,352
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Kohat Airbase Airport codes|OHT|OPKT is located at Kohat, Kohat District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.

On February 20 2003, Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and 16 others were killed when their Fokker F27 crashed into the hills near the airbase. The aircraft was inbound to Kohat from Chaklala Airbase. Included in the dead were the wife of Mushaf Ali Mir and two Air Vice Marshals. [ [http://www.tajanews.com/noqnews/nnqview.php?ArtID=52 News report on the death of Mushaf Ali Mir] TajaNews ]

On August 6, 2007, two personnel of the Pakistan Air Force and a child accompanying them were injured when a bomb exploded near their vehicle on the Kohat Road near the PAF Airbase. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/07/top8.htm Two PAF men, child injured in bomb blast] Dawn Newspaper ]

References

External links

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/kohat.htm Kohat Airbase at Global Security]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030220-0 Neutral report on the accident killing Mushaf Ali Mir from Aviation Safety Network]
* [http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/03oct22/edit.htm#5 News report on the death of Mushaf Ali Mir from the Daily Excelsior suggesting a connection with Osama bin Laden]