TAR Pathankot AFB Attack May16

PURPOSE:

• To inform the Army training community of the attempted attack on the Pathankot Air Force Base in India by Pakistani-based militants.
• To report on the actions taken by the Indian security forces upon the receipt of intelligence about a possible impending attack.
• To describe some of the deficiencies in the relationship between the local and national police and the interagency squabbles that possibly compromised safety.
• To demonstrate the connectivity among the techniques used in the attack, threat doctrine, and conditions described in training materials such as the Training Circular 7-100 series.