The 153 Light Air Defence ( SP) Regiment is an

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regiment of the

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. It was raised on 9 May 1993 from an independent air defence battery and was deployed in

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from 1990 to 1993 as part of

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. It was conferred with the title 'Fakhr-e-Tabuk' as a result of its performance. The regiment was also deployed in the

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in 1999 where it downed an Indian Mikoyan MiG-27 fighter aircraft using a domestically produced ANZA Mark 1 missile.

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