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153 Light Air Defence (SP) Regiment
Pakistani military unit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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.
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