Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps



The Pakistan Army Air Defence Command, )Urdu: ﺁرمى أير ڈفينص كامانڈ; 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.

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

 * 1) Maj Gen Agha Masood Hassan, October 1987 - October 1991
 * 2) Lt Gen Nazar Hussain, October 1991 – January 1993
 * 3) Maj Gen Zahid Ehsan, March 1996 – April 1998
 * 4) Lt Gen Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, April 1998 – August 2000
 * 5) Lt Gen Khateer Hasan Khan, August 2000 – May 2005
 * 6) Maj Gen Tahir Mahmud Qazi, May 2005 – October 2006
 * 7) Lt Gen Muhammad Ashraf Saleem, October 2006 – April 2010
 * 8) Lt Gen Syed Muhammad Owais, April 2010 – April 2012
 * 9) Lt Gen Zamir Ul Hassan Shah, April 2012 – December 2013
 * 10) Lt Gen Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza, December 2013 – present

Present day and order of battle

 * HQ ADC, Rawalpindi
 * 3rd Air Defence Division, Sargodha
 * 3rd Air Defence Brigade
 * 4th Air Defence Division, Malir

Major Units
33. 102 Lt Air Defense Regiment (The Hunters)
 * 1. 142 Lt AirDefence (RBS-70) Regiment (Karmanwali)
 * 2. 5 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment- Fakhr-e-Quaid (the oldest regiment of Army Air Defence)
 * 4. 147 SP AirDefence Regiment
 * 5. 144 SP AirDefence Regiment
 * 6. 148 SP AirDefence Regiment
 * 7. 154 SP AirDefence Regiment
 * 8. 67 SP AirDefence Regiment
 * 9. 6 Lt AirDefence (GM) Regiment Glorious Sixth
 * 10. 146 SP AirDefence Regiment
 * 11. 159 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 12. 94 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 13. 74 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 14. 141 AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 15. 133 RCG AirDefence Regiment
 * 16. 134 RCG AirDefence Regiment
 * 17. 123 SC&R AirDefence Regiment
 * 18. 124 SC&R AirDefence Regiment
 * 19. 125 SC&R AirDefence Regiment
 * 20. 20 Medium AirDefence Regiment (Sky Saviours)
 * 21. 41 Medium AirDefence Regiment
 * 22. 58 Medium AirDefence Regiment
 * 23. 127 Medium AirDefence Regiment
 * 24. 52 Medium AirDefence Regiment
 * 25. 153 SP AirDefence Regiment- Ek Tarwinja, also Known as Fakhr e Tabuk or Pride of Tabuk (A veteran regiment of 1st Gulf War)
 * 25. 96 Medium AirDefence Regiment
 * 26. 43 Lt (GM) AirDefence Regiment
 * 27. 44 Lt AirDefence (GM/SP) Regiment "THE DESERT STAR"
 * 29. 88 Lt (GM) AirDefence Regiment(Mardan-e-haq)
 * 30. 143 Lt AirDefence (RBS-70)Regt.(MARKSMEN)
 * 31. 126 Lt AirDefence (GM) Regiment (Victorious)
 * 32. 98 Lt(GM) AirDefence Regiment
 * 33. 145 Lt AirDefence (SP/GM) Regiment
 * 34. 136 RCG AirDefence Regiment
 * 35. 29 RCG AirDefence Regiment
 * 36. 160 RCG AirDefence Regiment in Multan (First Round First Kill)
 * 37. 161 RCG AirDefence Regiment
 * 38. 100 Lt Air Defence (GM) Regiment
 * 39. 101 Lt Air Defence (GM) Regiment
 * 40. 102 Lt Air Defence (SAM) Regiment
 * 41. 103 Lt Air Defence (GM) Regiment
 * 42. 104 Lt Air Defence (GM) Regiment (Fakhar E Chaman)
 * 43. 75 Lt Air Defence (GM) Regiment (Katiba Mujahid, Holder of Kokab i Ula ; Highest military award of Jordan: awarded to unit for its role in establishing Jordanian Air Defence and protection of its air bases from Israel Air force during Arab - Israel War )
 * 44. 13 Lt Air Defence (GM) Regiment
 * 45. 19 Lt Air Defence (SP/GM) Regiment
 * 46. 152 Lt Air Defence (GM) Regiment
 * 47. 97 RCG Air Defence Regiment (SATAANWAY, The Killer Regiment)
 * 48. 135 Missile AirDefence Regiment
 * 49. 151 Lt AirDefence (SP/GM) Regiment
 * 50. 36 Lt AirDefence (GM) Regiment
 * 51. 162 SC&R AirDefence Regiment
 * 52. 156 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 53. 157 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 54. 158 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 55. 89 Lt AirDefence (SAM) Regiment
 * 56. 95 Lt AirDefence (GM) Regiment