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Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps
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Not to be confused with Army Air Defence Command (Pakistan).
Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps | |
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Founded | 10 October 1989 |
Country | Pakistan |
Type | Administrative corps |
Role | Anti-aircraft warfare |
Size | 17 battalion-sized Regiments |
Part of | Pakistan Army |
Headquarters | Chaklala Cantonment |
Engagements |
Kargil War 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff |
Commanders | |
Current commander |
Lt Gen Muhammad Zafar Iqbal |
The Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps, (ﺁرمى ایئر ڈیفینس كور), abbreviated as ADC), is an military administrative formation of the Pakistan Army, tasked with preparing its constituent units for anti-aircraft warfare against foreign threats. The Corps should not be confused with the Army Air Defence Command, which is a deployment formation that includes some of the regiments of the Corps.
The Corps was formed in 1989 following military exercises where Pakistan's military learned of its weakness in providing air cover over a moving battlefield. It consists of twelve regiments together with the School of Army Air Defence (SAAD).
Units
- 5 Light Air Defence (SAM) Regiment
- 67 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
- 74 Light Air Defence (SAM) Regiment
- 89 Light Air Defence Regiment
- 97 RCG Air Defence Regiment
- 98 RCG Air Defence Regiment
- 102 Light Air Defence (SAM) Regiment
- 103 Light Air Defence (GM) Regiment
- 104 RCG Air Defence Regiment
- 126 Light Air Defence (Gun Missile) Regiment
- 127 Medium Air Defence Regiment
- 134 Radar Control Guns Regiment
- 142 Light Air Defence Regiment
- 148 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
- 151 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
- 153 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
- 154 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
- 160 RCG Air Defence Regiment
- 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 |
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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 |
External links
- Army Air Defence (Official)
- GlobalSecurity.org, Global Security Website about the Army Air Defence
Pakistan Army Administrative Corps
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