Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
Badge of the Pakistan Army
Founded1948 (1948)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeCombined and Combat support service
RoleAdministrative and staffing oversight.
HQ/GarrisonArmy GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.
Nickname(s)ADC
Colors identificationBlack, Yellow
  
Anniversaries1948
EngagementsMilitary history of Pakistan
Commanders
Director-GeneralMaj-Gen. Sarfraz Ahmad
Notable
commanders		Gen. Ehsan ul Haq
Insignia
War Flag
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]

Overview

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 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

  • 5 Light Air Defence (SAM) Regiment[6]
  • 44 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
  • 67 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment[7]
  • 74 Light Air Defence (SAM) Regiment[8][9]
  • 89 Light Air Defence Regiment[10]
  • 97 RCG Air Defence Regiment[11]
  • 98 RCG Air Defence Regiment (Paasdar-e-Bayyena)[12]
  • 102 Light Air Defence (SAM) Regiment[13]
  • 103 Light Air Defence (GM) Regiment[13]
  • 104 RCG Air Defence Regiment[14]
  • 126 Light Air Defence (Gun Missile) Regiment[15]
  • 127 Medium Air Defence Regiment[16]
  • 134 Radar Control Guns Regiment[10]
  • 142 Light Air Defence Regiment[10]
  • 148 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment[17]: 67 
  • 151 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment[18]
  • 153 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment[19]
  • 154 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment[20]
  • 160 RCG Air Defence Regiment[13][21]: 130 
Key
  • RCG = Radar Control Guns
  • SAM = Surface to Air Missile
  • SP = Self Propelled

List of commanders

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

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". www.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.
  6. ↑ www.webspider.pk, Web Spider (pvt) Ltd. "The Unforgettable Reveille of 1948: Quaid's Visit to 5 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment". hilal.gov.pk. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 15 January 2020. p. 11. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Public Tenders page 3". Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. Notifications issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Defence Production" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 9 September 2020. p. 492. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 Tariq, Sardar Muhammad; Raja, Asif Jehangir. "Spirits Rekindled – Joint Staff Pakistan Day Parade - 2015". Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 19 May 2021. p. 191. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 1 January 2020. p. 4. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 "Public Tenders page 1". Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 16 June 2021. p. 243. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 3 June 2020. p. 201. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  16. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 21 April 2021. p. 108. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  17. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  18. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 28 April 2021. p. 111. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 14 October 2020. p. 550. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 7 April 2021. p. 98. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  21. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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