Army Air Defence College

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Army Air Defence College
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Former name
  • Anti-Aircraft Technical Training Battery
  • Air Defence & Guided Missile School and Centre (1989–1998)
Type Military
Established1989 (1989)
Affiliation Corps of Army Air Defence
Commandant [1] Lt Gen U V Talur, AVSM VSM
Location, ,
India

19°15′38″N84°52′08″E / 19.260529°N 84.8689369°E / 19.260529; 84.8689369 [2]
Campus2728.568 acres (approx) [3]
Inaugurated by [3] Indira Gandhi
Colors   
Sky Blue & Red
Website AADC-Indian Army

The Army Air Defence College, (abbreviated as AADC), is the training college for the Army Air Defence Corps of Indian Army. The college is located in the Gopalpur Military Station in Ganjam, Odisha. It spreads over an area of 2728 acres of land. The primary objective of the academy is to impart technical and operational knowledge to the personnel of Indian Army posted to the Corps of Army Air Defence (AAD) about the air defence systems and anti-aircraft warfare. Besides the army personnel, the college also trains personnel from navy, air force and officers from friendly foreign nations..

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The history of the college dates back to mid 1940s when anti-aircraft training battery was established by the British in July 1940 at Karachi (now Pakistan) to train the troops deputed to the newly established air defence artillery. Post-independence Air Defence & Guided Missile School and Centre was established at Gopalpur. The school was later renamed as 'Army Air Defence College (AADC)' in 1998. The college enjoyed autonomy after the splitting of the Corps of Army Air Defence from the Regiment of Artillery. In 2008, the Army Air Defence Centre and in 2014 ,Army Air Defence Records were also moved to Gopalpur .

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Army Air Defence College

The Army Air Defence College located at Gopalpur is a premier training institute of Indian Army. Army Air Defence College is devoted to training of all ranks in Leadership ,Tactics & Weapons related to Air Defence in Indian Army . [3] [4] [5] [6]

History

Pre-independence

In July 1940, government established training schools for anti-aircraft and coastal defence wings at Karachi. These schools predominantly trained the Indian personnel including commissioned, junior commissioned and non-commissioned officers in anti-aircraft warfare. Unlike the Coastal Artillery School (CAS), which was moved to Deolali, the anti-aircraft training school continued at Karachi till 1947. [3] [7] [8] [9]

Post-independence

Following the independence in August 1947, the training school was moved and merged into the air defence wing of School of Artillery in Deolali. Initially ten courses were proposed for training at different stages in anti-aircraft warfare.

In 1955, Due to lack of facilities and firing ranges available for firing of missiles and other air defence weapon systems, it was proposed to relocate the wing. After the approval of setting up the academy in the 3000 acres of land given by the Government of Orissa in 1968, the government authorized the establishment of Air Defence & Guided Missile School and Centre in 1979. On 1 November 1989, the Air Defence & Guided Missile School and Centre was formally inaugurated as a part of Gopalpur military cantonment.

After the bifurcation of 'Corps of Air Defence Artillery' (later Corps of Army Air Defence) from the Regiment of Artillery in 1994, the college was awarded autonomous status from 10 January 1994.

The 'Air Defence & Guided Missile School and Centre' was rechristened as 'Army Air Defence College' (AADC) in 1998. Later in 2008, the Army Air Defence Centre was also relocated to Army Air Defence College. [4] [7] [9] [10] [8]

Training Infrastructure

The college is equipped with latest state of the art training facilities to train air defence warrior like several types of simulators, class room variants (CRVs), working models of weapon, cut sections and actual parts of radars, guns, missile and air defence systems used by the corps. These include ZSU-23-4B "Shilka", Tunguska Gun Missile System, L/70 Gun Systems, Zu 23 mm gun systems, 9K33 OSA-AK and its variants and the ingeniously developed Akash and MRSAM surface-to-air missile. Besides these, the college holds a computer and electronic lab, combat simulator room, sand model room, EW labs, Akashteer command and control complexes etc. the college is also Centre of expertise (CoE) on C-UAS and EW non Comn aspect. Indoor training comlex is known as Takhshila and outdoor training area is Ashtrshala.

College is having lush green campus with excellent administrative and sports facilities to rejuvenates troops and families staying inside campus. administrative facilities like Nalanda Library, an auditorium ( known as 'AIMA Auditorium'), Sibia sports complex, Army Environmental Park and Golf Course, Samudrika sea beach, Sagarika shopping complex, station sainik institute, officer mess ,Dolphin officer institute , Unit Run Canteen and a lake for different aqua and sailing activities and adventure sports. [11] [12] [9] [10] [8]

Gopalpur Seaward Firing Ranges

The college hosts a seaward firing range, known as Gopalpur seaward firing ranges with a range about 75 km, to conduct the air defence weapon firing and outdoor exercises. This range is also equipped with electro-optical tracking and assessment system for firing analysis and validation of all army air defence systems. The ingenuously developed pilot-less target aircraft: DRDO Lakshya, MEAT and Banshee is used as the target drone. [11] [8]

Commandants

The Commandant of Army Air Defence College is the head of the college. The inaugural holder is Brig AS Sibia. Initially the position was held by a two-star general and later it was elevated to the rank of three-star general. The present commandant is Lt Gen U V Talur, AVSM VSM.

S.NoRankNameAppointment dateLeft officeLater served as the
DG of Corps of Army Air Defence
1 Brig AS Sibia15 July 198922 Mar 1990No
2 Maj Gen Ram Pratap23 Mar 199031 October 1991No
3 Maj Gen Y R Jetley, VSM 15 october 199131 October 1993No
4Maj GenJagjeet Singh1 November 199321 December 1995No
5Maj GenS P Malhotra, VSM 22 December 199530 September 1997No
6Maj GenNaresh Chand1 October 199731 January 2001Yes
7Maj GenP K Saighal2 February 200128 February 2002No
8Maj GenJ S Mahil, AVSM19 April 20027 June 2003No
9Maj GenR K Sudan, AVSM 23 June 200331 January 2006No
10Maj GenRam Pratap, VSM 2 February 20064 July 2008Yes
11Maj GenV K Saxena, VSM 5 July 200818 September 2009No
12 Lt Gen Kuldip Singh, AVSM 1 December 200830 June 2011Yes
13Lt GenDr V K Saxena, PVSM, AVSM, VSM 1 July 201130 June 2013Yes
14Lt GenRajiv Bhatia, AVSM 1 July 201331 May 2015Yes
15Lt GenA K Sahgal, VSM, ADC1 June 201531 December 2016Yes
16Lt GenP S Jaggi30 January 201715 December 2017Yes
17Lt GenA P Singh, PhD16 December 201723 January 2019Yes
18Lt GenSatinder Singh, AVSM 24 January 201931 July 2022No
19Lt GenU V Talur, AVSM,VSM1 August 2022Till DateNo

Awards (Since Raising)

1. AVSM-06, 2. VSM-03, 3. COAS COMMENDATION CARD-32, 4 GOC-in-C COMMENDATION CARD-324.

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