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Pakistan Naval Station Mehran (abbreviated to PNS Mehran) is

a Pakistani navalstationand headquarters of the Naval Air Arm. The

base is situated in Karachi, Pakistan.

From its formation in 1975, Naval Aviation has grown to its presentinventory of 27 multi role aircraft. The latest addition in the Air Arm is

the Westland Lynx helicopter and P-3C Orionmaritime patrol aircraft.

In early years of its establishment, Naval Air Arm depended upon

Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Army to meet the training

requirement of air and ground crew. In April 1988, the Naval Aviation

Training School (NATS) was established to impart training to air and

ground crew of the Pakistan Naval Air Arm. The school is also geared

to train surface fleet officers and men to meet the various

requirements of ship borne flight operations.

History

Commissioning Orders for PNS Mehran were received in the office of

the Commander Pakistan Fleet on 13 September 1975. Three D'

Class houses from PNS Karsa were taken over on 18 September and

thereafter the MES put in their efforts to prepare the place and

surroundings for housing and commissioning of PNS Mehran. The

work was completed 25 September, a day before PNS Mehran wasformally commissioned on 26 September 1975.

PNS Mehran was commissioned by the Vice Chief of Naval Staff

Rear Admiral L N Mungavan. On the first day strength of PNS

Mehran was eight officers, four sailors and no aircraft. Although Sea

King helicopters had been handed over to Pakistan Navy, they were

still in theUnited Kingdom. The first Commanding Officer was then

Captain Syed Fazl Rab PN (P No 456). PNS Mehran, since its

inceptions, is efficiently supporting day and night operational activitiesof all the squadrons. Despite facing acute shortage in every

sphere[citation needed], the base has accomplished every task assigned.

A Westland Sea King helicopter was the first machine to fly from this

Base. Breguet Atlanticand Sud Aviation Alouette aircraft soon joined

the Naval Air Arm.

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22 May 2011 attack

Main article: PNS Mehran attack

On 22 May 2011, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed that its force of

8-20 armed men had attacked the base. Aircraft stationed in the basewere destroyed using rocket propelled grenades, including a

helicopter and two, out of the Pakistan Navy's four, P-3C

Orion aircraft.[1] The Orions were upgraded P-3C MPA and P-3B

AEW models equipped with Hawkeye 2000 AEW system and formed

the core of Pakistan's early warning system. The Zarrar Battalion of

the Special Service Group responded to the attack, with the military

killing four of a claimed force of 8-20 attackers at a cost of ten of their

own men in an operation that lasted 15 hours. The remaining

assailants are believed to have been captured or escaped and an

unexploded suicide jacket and live grenades were recovered after the

operations.[2]

The attack was the third attack on Pakistani naval forces since

American forces killed Osama bin Laden.[3][4] A spokesman for the

Pakistan Taliban says the raid was revenge for bin Laden's killing,[2] however Pakistani naval officials believe the attacks are linked to

two other attacks that took place on April 26 and 28 respectively, not

bin Laden's death.[5] Eyewitnesses have claimed that the attackerswere dressed in naval uniforms and were aware of the security

protocol at the base and behaved like soldiers. This contradicts the

claim by Pakistan's Interior Minster, Rehman Malik who had claimed

that the attackers had cut through barbed wire at a place on the

perimeter where they could not be detected by security cameras, and

that they were wearing black.[2]

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