Tarbela Ghazi Airbase

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies over the mountains of Kohistan, en route to Ghazi Aviation Base, Pakistan

Tarbela Ghazi Airbase or Ghazi Aviation Base is a Pakistan Army Aviation air base located in Haripur District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in North-West Pakistan. Early reports suggested that this airbase was used in the operation in which Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed but the Pakistani government vigorously denied it.^[1]

References

↑ "How a 40-minute raid ended ten years of defiance, as American troops' head cameras relayed every detail to the President". Daily Mail. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

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[1] "How a 40-minute raid ended ten years of defiance, as American troops' head cameras relayed every detail to the President". Daily Mail. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.