[1][2][3][4] The base's history traces back to 1954 when the Pakistan Air Force selected the Sakesar hill top for a future high powered radar installation site.

410 Squadron PAF which by then was operating a single AN/FPS-20 Early Warning Radar acquired from the USA under the 1954 US-Pakistan Mutual Defense Treaty.

[1][5] Sakesar was under command of Group Captain Rehmat Khan during the 1971 war and actively took part in combat operations throughout the conflict.

An attack by a pair of Indian Hawker Hunters on 5 December 1971 which executed two strafing and bombing runs damaged the radar antenna.

410 Squadron which by now was obsolete was replaced with a YLC-2 Radar which was provided by China under emergency circumstances as US sanctions under Pressler amendment were still in effect.