[2] In 1950, a transport squadron consisting of Dakotas and Bristol Freighters moved into the base from Peshawar before eventually relocating to Chaklala in 1960.
In 1961, for the first time, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Super Constellation aircraft made its landing at the airport.
[2] In 1978, with the arrival of radar technologies in the country, the Lahore base served as a center for training officers on using equipment.
[2] An air defence modernization school, now renamed Air Defence System School (ADSS) was established at the PAF Base Lahore in 1978, with a primary aim of imparting aviation training to PAF technicians, operators, engineers and controllers, which includes training courses on "high power radars, communication, uninterrupted power supply systems, power generators" and other equipment.
[3][2] The school was later shifted to Walton Airport in 1987 and then to PAF Base Mushaf, where it presently continues to function.