| Army Air Defence Command | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1990 - 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) |
| 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 Syed Muhammad Owais |
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 the foreign threats. The Corps is stationed and headquartered at the Chaklala Army Cantonment in Rawalpindi, Punjab Province of Pakistan.
The command was formed after 1989 Zarb-e-Momin military exercise when the Pakistani military learned of its weakness in providing air cover to a moving battlefield.[1]
It consists of a total of five military divisions; one tasked with air defence of the northern region of Pakistan and the other with the southern region. Army Air Defence has its own school named as School of Army Air Defence(SAAD).
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