Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps

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Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps
Army Air Defence Command logo.png
Badge of the Pakistan Army
Founded1948;77 years ago (1948)
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
BranchFlag of the Pakistani Army.svg  Pakistan Army
Type Combined and Combat support service
Role Administrative and staffing oversight.
HQ/Garrison Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.
Nickname(s)ADC
Colors identificationBlack, Yellow
  
Anniversaries1948
Engagements Military history of Pakistan
Commanders
Director-General Maj-Gen. Sarfraz Ahmad
Notable
commanders		 Gen. Ehsan ul Haq
Insignia
War Flag
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg
An Army Air Defence Regiment lowers the Regimental Flag during march past Pakarmyairdefenceregt.jpg
An Army Air Defence Regiment lowers the Regimental Flag during march past

The Pakistan Army Corps of Air Defence is a military administrative and combat service support branch of the Pakistan Army. [1] Reporting direct from the Army GHQ, it is commanded by Major-General Sarfraz Ahmed who served its director-general as of 2023. [2]

Contents

Overview

The Pakistan Army troops operating a M45 Quadmount during the 1965 conflict with India. Pakistani Army Soldiers on an M45 Quadmount in 1965.jpg
The Pakistan Army troops operating a M45 Quadmount during the 1965 conflict with India.

The Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps was commissioned into the Pakistan Army as an administrative staff branch from the partition of the former British Indian Army's Corps of Army Air Defence, and it was inspected by then-Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah on 21 February 1948. [1]

The Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps provides an effective air defense against the foreign threats by employing ant-aircraft tactics to defend the airspace of the country. [1] Since its commissioning as an administrative corps, the army air defense is structured in regimental composition and has twelve active regiments. [3]

The education and training for the personnel to be commissioned in the corps of army air defence is provided at the School of Army Air Defence (SAAD) located in Malir Cantonment in Karachi, Sindh. [4] The corps is commanded by the director-general, usually serving as an active-duty two star rank, major-general, working under the Chief of the General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. [5]

Units

Key:

List of commanders

Rank and NameStart of TermEnd of Term
Maj Gen Agha Masood Hassan,October 1987September 1991
Lt Gen Nazar Hussain,September 1991March 1996
Maj Gen Zahid Ehsan,March 1996April 1998
Lt Gen Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah,April 1998August 2000
Lt Gen Khateer Hasan Khan,August 2000May 2005
Maj Gen Tahir Mahmud Qazi,May 2005October 2006
Lt Gen Muhammad Ashraf Saleem,October 2006April 2010
Lt Gen Syed Muhammad Owais,April 2010April 2012
Lt Gen Zamir Ul Hassan Shah,April 2012December 2013
Lt Gen Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza,December 2013December 2017
Lt Gen Hamood Uz Zaman Khan,December 2017December 2021
Lt Gen Muhammad Zafar IqbalDecember 2021Present

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Army Air Defence – Pakistan Army" . Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Pakistan Army Chief Shuffles Generals – Northlines". 3 October 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Annual Fire Practice Exercise" GlobalSecurity.org
  4. ↑ "HEC – National Digital Library – Bahria University". digitallibrary.edu.pk. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Alam, Dr Shah (1 July 2012). Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN   978-93-81411-79-7 . Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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