Explanation

• The Badaber Air Base was leased to the United States from 1958 to 1970.
• Formerly known as Peshawar Air Station
• President Ayub Khan authorized the 10-year lease.
• Construction began in 1958, known as "Little USA."
• Operations in 1959
• It was vacated in July 1970

Additional information

• Purpose: The facility served as a listening post for the US6937 Communication Group, monitoring Soviet activities.

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Last updated by NS on 01 MAY 2026

Explanation

• The F-16 Fighting Falcon jets operated by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) 
• Currently, Pakistan operates Block 70 or F-16 Viper configuration.
• Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin (originally General Dynamics).
• Production was taken over by Lockheed in the 1990s.
• Developed by General Dynamics
• Origin: United States.

Last updated by NA on 27 April 2026

Explanation

•  Pakistan COAS during Kargil War: Gen. Pervez Musharraf
• India COAS: General V. P. Malik
• Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed was the hero of the war.

Additional information

• Kargil War was fought between India and Pakistan.
• It took place from May to July 1999.
• It is also known as the Kargil Conflict / Operation Vijay (India).
• Location was the Kargil district along the Line of Control (LoC).
• The conflict was stopped with the USA's intervention.
• India had about 30,000 troops, Pakistan had about 5,000.
• India won the Kargil War
• India lost 527 soldiers
• Pakistan lost 453 soldiers.

Last updated by NA on 26 April 2026

Explanation

• Kargil War was fought between India and Pakistan.
• It took place from May to July 1999.
• It is also known as the Kargil Conflict / Operation Vijay (India).
• Location was the Kargil district along the Line of Control (LoC).

Additional information

• The conflict was stopped with the USA's intervention.
• India had about 30,000 troops, Pakistan had about 5,000.
• Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed was the hero of the war.
• General Pervez Musharraf was Pakistan’s COAS.
• General V. P. Malik was India’s COAS.
• India won the Kargil War
• India lost 527 soldiers
• Pakistan lost 453 soldiers.

Last updated by NA on 26 April 2026

Explanation

• Pervez Musharraf became the 10th President
• He was sworn in on June 20, 2001
• He served as president from 2001 to 2008

Additional information

Know everything about Musharraf

Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)

Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)

Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998

Appointer: Nawaz Sharif

Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)

In 2006, titled In the Line of Fire was published.

In March 2007, the then-chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was suspended.

State of emergency on November 3, 2007.

Resigned from: the army chief in November 2007

Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani

Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.

In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016

On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)

Died: 5 February 2023

Dying place: Dubai, UAE

Disease: amyloidosis

Aged: 79

Buried: Karachi

 Last updated by NS 19 April 2026