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An Army Air Defence Regiment lowers the Regimental Flag during march past. The Pakistan Army Corps of Air Defence is a military administrative and combat service support branch of the Pakistan Army. [1] Reporting direct from the Army GHQ, it is commanded by Major-General Sarfraz Ahmed who served its director-general as of 2023. [2]
The Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) was established on 15 August 1947 with the independence of Pakistan from British India. The RPAF began with a paper share allotment of 2,332 personnel, a fleet of 24 Tempest II fighter-bombers, 16 Hawker Typhoon fighters, two H.P.57 Halifax bombers, two Auster aircraft, twelve North American Harvard trainers and ten de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes.
The Pakistan Army Air Defense Command (acronym: AAD) is a military formation of Pakistan Army formed in 1999 with a mission of providing the country with air and missile defense. [1] [2] It is currently headquartered in Chaklala Cantonment, and commanded by Lieutenant-General Mohammad Zafar Iqbal as its commander. [3]
Pakistan MALE UCAV, UAV Strike, Reconnaissance: 2014: 13 13: Used jointly with Pakistan Army. [59] Shahpar: GIDS Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2012: 6 6 [60] [61] Jasoos II: SATUMA: Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2010: 46 46: Bravo+. [62] Falco: Selex ES, PAC Italy, Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2007: 26 26: Produced under license by PAC since 2008 ...
This is a list of squadrons from the Pakistan Air Force's Air Defense branch organized according to their type and role. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Command & Control Centers
The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (PAFAA) [a] is an accredited four-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates of the Pakistan Armed Forces, primarily the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). [3] Eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to the academy for flying training.
Initially, the Aviation Corps was part of the Pakistan Air Force but was commissioned in the Pakistan Army after its personnel were trained and certified in the United States in 1958.: 32 [2] [3] The Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering started to maintain the aircraft and helicopters given by the U.S. Army's Aviation Branch, opening ...
From 1947–71, the Pakistan's Army GHQ had been a central and focal strategic planning center for military operations with most taken on army's point of view.: 180 [2] The Pakistani troops and sailors deployed in the Eastern Command and the Western formations had fought Indian Armed Forces without the mission clarity and without the ground, air, and sea line of strategic communication.: 41 [2]