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Air Defence Command (Pakistan)
The Air Defence Command (ADC) (), is a major command of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) which is responsible for the surface front of Pakistan's air defence, complementing the air defence provided by PAF fighter squadrons.> History Pre-formation ADC's history traces back to 1949 with the establishment of the first PAF Air defence elements. Four Mobile Observer Units (MOUs) were raised at Mauripur airbase in Karachi which were similar to the USA's Ground Observer Corps, these were initially commanded by Squadron Leader Lister and other British RAF Officers as the RPAF was short on manpower. The personnel of these MOUs equipped with wireless sets and binoculars would report all visual air activity in their area of operations to a control and reporting (C&R) center. Owing to the success of these units, the Air Headquarters expanded the MOU force throughout the 1950s and by 1959, 7 MOU Wings had been operationalized. During this time, Squadron Leader SM Haq who was a grounded pilo ...
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Command (military Formation)
A command in military terminology is an organisational unit for which a commanding officer, military commander is responsible. Commands, sometimes called Military organization#Commands, formations, and units, units or formations, form the building blocks of a military. A commander is normally specifically appointed to the role in order to provide a legal doctrine, legal framework for the authority bestowed. Naval and military officers have legal authority by virtue of their commissioned officer, officer's commission, but the specific responsibilities and privileges of command are derived from the publication of appointment. The relevant definition of 'command' according to the United States Department of Defense (US DOD) is as follows: Major Command Major Command or Major Commands are large Military organization#Commands, formations, and units, formations used by the United States Department of Defense. Historically, a Major Command is the highest level of command. Within t ...
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Inamul Haque Khan
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British Government
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London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ...
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Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan (1 October 189516 October 1951) was a Pakistani lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan (, Roman Urdu, romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Cabinet of Pakistan, cabinet, desp ... from 1947 until Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, his assassination in 1951. He was as pivotal to the consolidation of Pakistan as the Quaid-i-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was central to the creation of Pakistan. He was one of the leading figures of the Pakistan Movement and is revered as Quaid-e-Millat ("Leader of the Nation") and later on as "Shaheed e Millat" ("Martyr of the Nation"). Khan was born in Karnal, Punjab Province (British India), Punjab Province to a wealthy family. His grandfather, Nawab Ahmad Ali, provided significant support to the British during the Indian Rebellio ...
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Richard Atcherley
Air Marshal Sir Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, (12 January 1904 – 18 April 1970) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1949 to 1951. His final appointment before retiring from the RAF was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command. Early life Richard Atcherley and his twin David were born on 12 January 1904. They were the sons of Major General Sir Llewellyn Atcherley, Chief Constable of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and his wife, Eleanor Frances "Nelly" Mickelthwait (1871–1957), daughter of Richard Mickelthwait, of Ardsley House, in the valley of Deane near Barnsley. The Atcherley twins were first cousins of William Empson, a literary critic and poet, and both attended Oundle School in Northamptonshire. RAF career In 1922, Atcherley attended the RAF College Cranwell and was commissioned two years later. He initially served as a pilot on No. 29 Squadron, flying Snipes out of Duxford ...
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Radars
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, map weather formations, and terrain. The term ''RADAR'' was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an acronym for "radio detection and ranging". The term ''radar'' has since entered English and other languages as an anacronym, a common noun, losing all capitalization. A radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwave domain, a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna (often the same antenna is used for transmitting and receiving) and a receiver and processor to determine properties of the objects. Radio waves (pulsed or continuous) from the transmitter reflect off the objects and return to the receiver, giving information ab ...
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allies of World War I, Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF emerged as the largest air force in the world at the time. Since its formation, the RAF has played History of the Royal Air Force, a significant role in Military history of the United Kingdom, British military history. In particular, during the Second World War, the RAF established Air supremacy, air superiority over Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, and led the Allied strategic bombing effort. The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence (MOD), which are to "provide the capabilities nee ...
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Air Headquarters (Pakistan)
Air Headquarters (AHQ) is the Headquarters of Pakistan Air Force, located in Islamabad. Initially it was established at Peshawar on 15 August 1947. Later it was moved to Karachi on 1 June 1948 and back to Peshawar in 1960. In 1983 construction of Air headquarters was started at Islamabad after it was decided to have all the armed forces headquarters in the capital city. On 1 August 2005 the headquarters was moved from Chaklala, Rawalpindi to Islamabad. During the construction of the headquarter's building at Islamabad the headquarters directorates were housed at PAF base Chaklala. Command Structure There are nine branches at AHQ each commanded by Air marshal rank officer, and several directorates headed by Air vice-marshal rank officers. 1.Chief of Air Staff Secretariat * Advisor (Administration) to Chief of the Air Staff * Advisor (Operations, Audit & Evaluation Cell) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ * Advisor (Engineering) to Chief of the Air Staff 2.Vice Chief of the Air ...
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Aircraft Recognition
Aircraft recognition is a visual skill taught to military personnel and civilian auxiliaries since the introduction of military aircraft in World War I. It is important for air defense and military intelligence gathering. Aircraft recognition generally depends on learning the external appearance of the aircraft, both friendly and hostile, most likely to be encountered. Techniques used to teach this information have included scale models, printed silhouette charts, slide projectors, computer aided instruction and even specially-printed playing cards. Early development of skills In the United Kingdom, The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was formed as a defence warning organisation with civilians trained in aircraft recognition and operated primarily as such between 1925 and 1957. Aircraft recognition was first developed between the First and Second World wars when aerial warfare was first recognised as a future threat, after 208 Zeppelin and 435 aircraft raids over London during the Fi ...
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