Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps
| Pakistan Army Air Defence | |
|---|---|
| Active | 10 October 1989 - Present |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Branch |  Pakistan Army |
| Type | Army Corps |
| Role | Combined arms formation Air Defence Warfare |
| Size | 50,000 approximately (vary as troops are rotated) |
| Part of | Pakistan Air Defense Command |
| HQ/Command Control Headquarter | Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan |
| Engagements | Kargil War 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff |
| Decorations | Military Decorations of Pakistan Military |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Lt Gen Hamood uz Zaman |
An Army Air Defence Regiment lowers the Regimental Flag during march past
The Pakistan Army Air Defence Command, (Urdu: ﺁرمى ایئر ڈیفینس کمانڈ; Army Defence Command, abbreviated as (II)ADC), is an active military administrative combatant staff corps of the Pakistan Army and a major combative formation tasked with air defences of the country from foreign threats. The Corps is stationed and headquartered at the Chaklala Army Cantonment in Rawalpindi, Punjab Province of Pakistan.
The command was formed following military exercises where Pakistan's military learned of its weakness in providing air cover over a moving battlefield.[1]
It consists of a total of five military divisions spread across two geographic districts; one tasked with air defence of the northern region of Pakistan headquartered in Lahore and the other with the southern region commanded from Quetta. Army Air Defence has its own school named as School of Army Air Defence (SAAD).
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 | present |
References[]
- ^ "Annual Fire Practice Exercise" GlobalSecurity.org
External links[]
- Army Air Defence (Official)
- GlobalSecurity.org, Global Security Website about the Army Air Defence
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