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. Reporting direct from the Army GHQ, it is commanded by Major-General Sarfraz Ahmed who served its director-general as of 2023.

Overview

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, and it was inspected by then-

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on 21 February 1948. 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. Since its commissioning as an administrative corps, the army air defense is structured in regimental composition and has twelve active regiments. 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 (SAAD) located in

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in Karachi, Sindh. The corps is commanded by the director-general, usually serving as an active-duty two star rank, major-general, working under the

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at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.

Units

* 1 LOMAD * 2 LOMAD * 3 LOMAD (Born To Win) (Al Daqeeq) * 4 HIMAD * 5 Lt (SAM)AD (Fakhar-e-Quaid) (Sargodha 71) * 6 Lt AD (Glorious) * 13 Lt AD (The First Pakistani) * 15 Lt AD * 19 SP AD * 20 Medium AD (Sky Saviours) * 29 RCG AD (1957) (Rachna Warriors) (Zafarwal 71) * 36 Lt AD ( Sher-e-Jang) * 41 Med AD * 43 Lt AD (Teer-Ba-Hadaf) * 44 SP AD (The Desert Star) * 52 LT AD (Eshorad) (Discipline Vigilance Dedication) (Sargodha 71) * 58 Lt AD (Eshorad) (Fakhar-e-Badin) (Badin 71) * 67 Lt SP AD * 74 Lt AD * 75 RCG AD (Katiba Mujahid) * 85 Lt AD (Falak Shagaf) * 88 Lt AD (Mardan-e-Haq) * 89 SAM (ESHORAD) (The Al Fajr) (The First Eshorad) * 94 Lt AD * 95 Lt AD (GM) (Tiara Shikan) * 96 Lomad (Shaheen Ba Hadaf) * 97 RCG (Killer) * 98 RCG (Paasdar e Bayyena) (Athanway) * 100 Lt AD (Centurions) * 102 Lt AD * 103 Lt AD * 104 Lt AD (Fakhar e Chaman) * 123 SCR AD * 124 SCR AD (Chokas o Tayyar) * 125 SCR AD (Barwaqt O Yaqeeni) * 126 Lt AD (G/M) Regiment (Victorious) * 127 medium AD * 133 RCG AD * 134 RCG AD * 135 Missile AD (Falak Shigaaf) * 136 RCG AD (Aatish Fishan) * 140 RCG AD (Fakhar E Chaman) * 141 Lt AD(SAM) Regt (The Lightening One) * 142 Missile AD * 143 Missile AD * 144 SP AD * 145 Lt SP AD * 146 SP AD (Bahimmat) * 147 Lt AD * 148 (SP) Lt AD (AK) (First To Fire) (Chinarees) * 151 SP AD (The Pioneers) (Chambb) * 152 Lt AD * 153 SP AD (Fakhar E Tabuk) (Ek Tarwanja Sher Ka Panja) * 154 SP AD * 155 SP AD (Zarb E Katum) * 157 Lt AD * 156 Lt AD (COMP) (Falak Paima) * 158 Lt AD * 159 Lt AD * 160 RCG * 161 RCG (Nigah Buland) Key: * Lt AD = Light Air Defence * RCG = Radar Control Guns * SAM = Surface to Air Missile * SP = Self Propelled

List of commanders

References

External links

Army Air Defence (Official)
*GlobalSecurity.org

{{Pakistan Army Administrative Corps A Air defence corps Military units and formations established in 1948