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153 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment

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153 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
Founded9 May 1993
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
RoleAnti-aircraft warfare
Part ofArmy Air Defence Corps
EngagementsGulf War 1990–1993
Kargil War 1999–2000
War on Terror
Commanders
Brigadier Fayaz Farrooq[1]Colonel of the Regiment

The 153 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment is an anti-aircraft warfare regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was raised on 9 May 1993 from an independent air defence battery and was deployed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia from 1990 to 1993 as part of Operation Desert Storm. It was conferred with the title 'Fakhr-e-Tabuk' as a result of its performance.

The regiment was also deployed in the Kargil War in 1999 where it downed an Indian Mikoyan MiG-27 fighter aircraft using a domestically produced ANZA Mark 1 missile.

References

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  1. ^ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 14 October 2020. p. 550. Retrieved 16 December 2022.