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Shamsi Airfield

Washuk, Pakistan

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Shamsi Airfield

Washuk, Pakistan
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Remote Pakistani airfield with significant strategic history.

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Washuk, Pakistan
Shamsi Airfield, also known as Bandari Airfield, is a remote military airstrip located in the Washuk District of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. The facility sits in a sparsely populated desert region and has no commercial aviation operations. The airfield gained international attention when it was reportedly used by the United States as a base for CIA drone operations targeting militants in the Afghan-Pakistani border region following the September 11 attacks. Pakistan demanded the United States vacate the facility in 2011 following a NATO airstrike that killed Pakistani soldiers, and American forces subsequently withdrew. Today the airfield remains under Pakistani military control. It has no public terminal infrastructure, commercial flights, or passenger services, and functions strictly as a restricted military installation.
Notable facts
  • ›Also known as Bandari Airfield, located in Balochistan's remote desert terrain.
  • ›Reportedly used by the CIA for drone strike operations after 9/11.
  • ›Pakistan ordered US forces to vacate the base in 2011 following the Salala incident.
  • ›No commercial aviation operations or passenger services exist at the facility.
  • ›The airfield is under Pakistani military control and closed to civilian access.
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Shamsi Airfield, also known as Bhandari Airstrip, is an airfield situated about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Quetta and about 248 miles (399 km) northwest of Gwadar in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The airfield is located in Washuk District and nestled in a barren desert valley between two ridges of the Central Makran Range approximately 21 miles (34 km) southeast of the village of Washuk.

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