The Shamsi airbase, which is now under the control of the Pakistani army, was used by the United States for reportedly launching drone attacks on militant hideouts.
The US was forced to vacate the base as it was given a 15-day deadline by the Pakistani government following November's cross-border North Atlantic Treaty Organisation attack that killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers.
The US troops set all their redundant and useless equipment on fire before abandoning the place, according to media reports. The burning of equipments was a 'routine practice'.
A Pakistani military official in Balochistan while talking about the burning of some equipment by the US had earlier claimed this was a routine practice as the gear was no longer required.
The last flight carrying US personnel and equipment had departed from Shamsi airbase in Balochistan province on Sunday and the facility had been "completely vacated" by the Americans, the Inter-Services public relations had said.
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