Creation of
the Antiaircraft Command
Effective March 9, 1942, the Antiaircraft
Command came into being as an agency with command functions, under the
Headquarters Army Ground Forces, which had been created at the same
time.
3-2
ADA
and Republic of Korea's 10th Fighter Wing
Commemorate Korean War
Patriot Soldiers march with South
Korean counterparts to celebrate Korean War
anniversary.
ADA Soldier Wins
Pacific Command NCO and Soldier
of the Year Title
94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command
Staff Sergeant Excels in 'Warrior Challenge' Competition
Army Patriot Unit Helps Kickoff Joint
Exercise
2-1 ADA teams with Navy, Air Force to
defeat
three-dimensional irregular warfare threat.
THAAD Achieves First Successful Intercept of a Separating Target
Flight test demonstrated for the
first time the Terminal High-Altitude Air Defense system's ability to
detect, track, discriminate and intercept a separating target.
3-2
ADA Settling
into
South Korea
Patriot battalion
soldiers build
strong ties with
host community.
Free
Commemorative 40th ADA Anniversary Print/DVD
Order your free copy of ADA 40th Anniversary Print and DVD.
ADA
Association Membership Reaches 10,000
Staff Sergeant George C.
Laqua become 10,000th member of the Air Defense Artillery Association.
Chief of
ADA Offers Green to Gold
Hip Pocket Scholarships
for ADA Enlisted Soldiers
Scholarships pay full tuition and include monthly cost of
living allowances
D-Day:
June 6, 1944
American Antiaircraft
Artillery Units Fight Their Way Off Normandy's Invasion Beaches
Arabian Knights
A
unit-by-unit
narrative of Air
Defense Artillery
units in action
during Operation
Desert Storm (PDF)
3-2
ADA Replaces 1-7 ADA
in
South Korea
Rotation of Patriot battalions
continues to counters North Korean missile threat.
ADA Soldiers Honors
the Fallen
5-7
ADA participates in France’s
Memorial Day tribute
to American war dead.
Survivor
of Nazi horror
shares story of
survival with
Soldiers during
94th Army Air and
Missile Defense
Command's Days of
Remembrance Observance.
35th ADA Brigade Air Defenders
Compete for Soldier, NCO and KATUSA of the Year Honors
Three Soldiers selected to represent brigade in 8th Army competition.
Strike First' Battalion
Revisits Task Force Smith
1-44 ADA Soldiers tour Task Force Smith battleground.
National
Nike Veteran
Reunion
Set
For Alaska
Reunion site near
Anchorage offers
spectacular scenery,
hunting, fishing and
panning for gold.
35th ADA Brigade Welcomes 3-2
ADA
to Republic of Korea
Rotation of Patriot battalions to South Korea continues.
35th ADA Brigade
Hosts Commander's
Cup Event
Air defenders from
across the Korean
peninsula came to
compete in the 35th
Air Defense
Artillery Brigade’s
annual Commander’s
Cup.
94th AAMDC
Soldiers Establish
‘Strong
Bonds’
Fort Shafter Air
Defenders
Participate in
Single Soldier
Retreat
5-7
ADA Puts
Patriot Training
to Test On Crete
Germany-Based Patriot Battalion
Conducts First Live-Fire in Three Years.
Motorcycles: Fun or
Fatal
49th Missile
Defense Battalion
Soldiers Sign
Motorcycle
Safety Agreement and
Rider’s Covenant
First
Army Antiaircraft Artillery
First Ashore in Normandy,
First to Paris, First Across
the Rhine, First to Meet the
Russians, First Combat Unit
to Redeploy to the Pacific
ADAM Cell
Soldier Strives
to Motivate
Others By
Challenging
Himself
ADAM
Cell soldiers keep track of the locations and
altitudes of “no-fly zones” for Task Force 12
aviators.
MEADS International Welcomes ADA
Leaders
Brown, Delgado Visit Medium Extended Air
Defense System Test and Integration Facility.
35th ADA Brigade
Soldiers Conduct
Week-Long
Warrior Task
Training
Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, recently spent
their week in the field training on basic warrior
tasks.
35th ADA Brigade
Celebrates
St. Barbara's Day
Air Defenders From Across
the Korean Peninsula Gather
at 35th Air Defense
Artillery Brigade’s Annual
St. Barbara’s Day Ball
History and New Commitment
5-7 ADA conducts
reenlistment ceremony on “Bloody Omaha.”
Navy Cruiser Gets Shot
at Falling
Satellite, But
Anti-Satellite
Mission Once
Belonged to Air
Defense
Artillery
In 1990, Air
Defense
Artillery
revealed plans
to field
anti-satellite
fire units.
ADA Soldiers Learn How Not
to Date a 'Jerk(ette)'
Spiritual Fitness Seminar
mixes spiritual guidance and
Korean cultural awareness
training.
An ADA Officer Tours the
Korean DMZ
Visit to 38th Parallel stirs
memories of the 'Forgotten
War.'
ADA Proponent Packet Facts and
Myths
The Proponent Memo doesn’t get
NCOs promoted; only the NCO
and raters can make that happen.
1-7 ADA
Patriot Soldiers Play Host to Korean
Middle School Students
The1st Battalion, 7th Air
Defense Artillery, stationed at Suwon
Air Base, Republic of Korea, hosts
middle school students for Military
Day.
Army-Navy Game
Exhibit Introduced Citizens, Cadets to the World of Air
Defense Artillery
Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system draws crowds to popular Air Defense Artillery display.
Fort Sill Patriot Battalion
Conducts Consolidated Training
Hands-on training enhances battery command post standardization.
69th ADA Soldiers Feel Sting of Training
Realistic
scenarios heighten effectiveness of field training.
Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar Sense and Warn Battery
An Avenger battery takes an atypical mission in support
of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Chadian Affaire
In a virtually forgotten engagement, a French Hawk battery intercepted and destroyed a Tupolev-22 bomber.
Army
Leadership:
A Personal
View
A leader is so in love with life that he or she is willing to die to ensure that others lives, and our great nation will go on!
Operation
Highland
Warrior
New Exercise
Immerges Summer Camp Cadets in Demanding, Difficult,
and Realistic Training
Changing
Foxholes
Alpha
Battery, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery settles
in at Fort
Bliss.
Kiwi' Makes
History for
94th Army
Air and
Missile
Defense
Command
ADA warrant
officer
makes a
historic
flight,
arrested
landing and
catapult on
the USS
Kitty Hawk.
Proposed U.S. Missile Defense Assets in Europe
Pentagon,
State Department publication details proposed
deployment of ground-based interceptors to Europe
(PDF).
6-52 ADA Soldiers Showcase
Air
Defense
Artillery to
Future
Officers
Soldiers from B Battery, 6th
Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, demonstrated
what air defense is all about to West Point cadets
during Mounted Maneuver Training.
Air and Missile Defense: A
Forgotten Member of the Joint Fires Community
Air Defense Artillery
must learn how to tie it capabilities, roles and
missions with the joint fires community or face the
possibility of becoming irrelevant in the eyes of
today’s warfighter.
ADA Doctrine: Is It Time for a Change?
A three-part
series focusing upon the principles and employment
guidelines of the Air Defense Artillery branch.
Commander Expresses Optimism
About Pacific Region Missile Defense
Pacific Command commander says United
States has made significant strides this year in
upgrading its missile detection in the Pacific
region.
Air Traffic and Airspace
Seminar
U.S.
Army Aeronautical Services Agency invites Army air
traffic and airspace management personnel to attend
April seminar.
Terminal High-Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD) System Scores Hit During First
Launch From Pacific Missile Range Facility
An intercept test for the Terminal High Altitude
Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense element was
successfully conducted 27 January 2007 at the
Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.
ADA System Star at
All-American Bowl Video Features ADA Systems
Patriot and Avenger systems crewed by 4-5 ADA
Soldiers highlighted exhibits at the U.S. Army's
All-American Bowl, January 6, 2006. The annual
East-West match-up showcases high school athletes
who excelled in the classroom as well as the
gridiron.
Operation Hurry Up
During the "Formosa Crisis" of 1958, a Nike-Hercules
battalion deployed from the United States to Taiwan
to confront mainland China.
Alaska Guard Troops Conduct
Vital Missile Defense Mission
Ground-based
interceptor missiles buried in underground silos
represent a key part of a multi-layered defense
system designed to protect the United States from
ballistic missile attack.
Soldier Team Development,
Vision, and Commitment: Building a Rock-Solid
Foundation
An ADA sergeant major explain the
mechanics of successful team building.
Army Guard Takes Charge of
National Capital Region’s Air Defense
South Carolina Army National Guard's 263rd Army
Air Missile Defense Command takes over Operation
Clear Skies from the active Army's 32nd Army Air and
Missile Defense Command.
Fires
Center of Excellence: Young Leaders Need to Think
Past the Merger of Field Artillery and Air Defense
Artillery
Young
officers and NCOs need to accept that the merger of
Air Defense Artillery and Field Artillery is
inevitable and gauge its impact on their careers.
Effective A2C2 Planning to
Achieve Synchronization (SIPRNET)
A Joint Readiness Training Center
observer/controller explains how Air Defense
Airspace Management (ADAM) Cell operators can
deconflict small unmanned aerial vehicles and
MEDEVACs.
Sea-Based Ballistic Missile
Defense: Background and Issues for Congress
Read the Congressional Research Service's
37-page report to Congress on the status of
sea-based missile defense (PDF).
SLAMRAAM Army-Navy Weekend
Mission Successful
Air Defense Artillery Surface-Launched Advanced
Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile display draws a
crowd during Army-Navy Weekend.
Fort Bliss Offers
Example, Lessons for BRAC Gaining Posts
Bases slated to grow as a result of the Base
Realignment and Closure process need look no farther
for lessons learned than Fort Bliss, Texas.
Air and Missile Defense Goes
Global (PDF)
[Army Magazine]
“ADA soldiers will confront future air and
missile threats as team players in a global alliance
of joint and coalition theater air and missile
defense forces representing the world’s most
technologically advanced nations.”
Ballistic Missile Defense: The
High Ground Secured (PDF)
[Army Magazine]
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense
Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command protects
the United States and our allies from emerging
21st-century threats.
ADA Battery Celebrates
Thanksgiving With All the Fixings
Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery, 2nd Battalion, 1st air Defense Artillery,
celebrate Thanksgiving in the Republic of Korea.
Bravo Battery, 1-43 ADA,
Conducts Soldiers' Skills Field Training Exercise
Patriot
battery defends supply routes and tactical site
against opposing force onslaught.
5th Annual Future Artillery
Conference Draft Agenda
Major General David C. Ralston, chief
of Field Artillery, is among scheduled speakers at
the 5th Annual Future Artillery Conference in
London.
2-1 ADA Completes Move to Camp
Carroll
Move from Gwangju Air Base to Camp Carroll
postures Patriot battalion for optimal warfighting
readiness.
Missile Defense Agency's
Combined Test Force Achieves Full Operational
Capability
The Combined Test Force's mission is to plan,
integrate and analyze tests of the Ballistic Missile
Defense system.
94th Army Air and
Missile Defense Command Remains Relevant and Ready
Air and missile defense command
stands prepared to strategically deploy combat-ready
air and missile defense units and personnel
throughout the U.S. Pacific Command’s area of
responsibility.
Archie in the Allied
Expeditionary Force
Forged in combat, the Antiaircraft Service of
World War One laid the foundations for today's Air
Defense Artillery.
35th ADA Honors
Fallen Comrades with Memorial Leadership Awards
The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade presents
annual Memorial Leadership Awards.
Ambassador Park Visits 2-1 ADA
Soldiers
Former Korean Ambassador to the
United States, the Honorable Park, Young Chul, bids
farewell to 2-1 ADA Soldiers as they prepare to move
from Gwangju Air Base to Camp Carroll, Republic of
Korea.
Avenger Soldiers On Guard as
Air Force 'Buzzes' West Point
2-44 ADA Soldiers say "airborne
taunting" contributes to effectiveness of Air
Defense Artillery display as Army prepares to play
Air Force.
Army Awards Patriot Contract
Delivery
order is part of a $683,154,082 firm-fixed-price
contract for support and maintenance of Patriot
missile system.
Antwerp, "City of Sudden
Death"
Website chronicles the Allied defense of Antwerp
against German ballistic missile attacks.
Army Activates First
Forward-Based X-Band Transportable Radar Detachment
in Japan
94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command
ceremony formally activates missile warning
detachment.
Softball Diplomacy
35th Air Defense Artillery Plays Republic of
Korea Women’s team in "Friendship Game."
Terminal High-Altitude Area
Defense System Equipment Arrives in Hawaii
Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system testing
moves from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, to
the Pacific Missile Range Facility
in Hawaii.
Missile Defense Agency
Successfully Completes Integrated Ground Test
Ballistic
Missile Defense System integrated ground test was
first in a series of exercises to assess system
functionality and interoperability under
increasingly stressing conditions.
Antwerp X
Antiaircraft defense of Antwerp Against
V-1 "Buzz Bombs" provided early example of
integrated air defense and airspace management.
Global Missile
Defense Planning 2017
Space and
Missile Defense Command video shows Air Force and
Air Defense Artillery countering ballistic missile
attacks.
South
Korea-Based 35th ADA Poised for Danger
Composed of
two battalions that collectively boast PAC-3 Patriot
missile and Avenger missile capabilities, the 35th
ADA Brigade is the only air defense brigade in the
Pacific.
ADA Unit Has Firm Hold on Combatives
Soldiers from
Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense
Artillery, earn Level One certification in the
Modern Army Combatives Program.
Forward-Based
X-Band Radar Transportable Unit Activation in Japan
Strengthens Missile Defense Shield
94th Army Air and Missile Defense
Command activates Forward-Based X-Ban Radar
Transportable unit.
D-Day, June 6,
1944
Antiaircraft Artillery
battalions fight their way off Normandy's invasion
beaches.
As I Remember It
An
Antiaircraft Artilleryman's Memoir of World War II
by Lt. Col. (Ret.) John F. Manning.
Antiaircraft Command and Center:
Study No. 26
"Antiaircraft Command and Center" chronicles the
formation and activities of the U.S. Army
Antiaircraft Command, which equipped and trained
antiaircraft artillery units for combat during World
War II. The 278-page history, divided into three
segments, is presented here in PDF format:
Part I
(9.0 MB),
Part II
(8.2 MB), and
Part III (10.5 MB).
Army Awards
Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM)
Integration Contract
Department of the Army awards Forward Area Air
Defense Command and Control/Counter-Rocket,
Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) Systems Integration
contract to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems.
Trends in Global
Terrorism: Implications for the United States
Read the full text of recently declassified
National Intelligence Estimate excerpt in PDF
format.
Will the Second
Time Around Work for Air Defense Artillery and Field
Artillery?
Torn Asunder by a 1968 Divorce, Air Defense
Artillery and Field Artillery Contemplate
Reconciliation
Intercept Point:
United States Stations Patriot Battalion in Japan
Major General
Robert P. Lennox, Chief of Air Defense Artillery,
reports on 1-1 ADA's move to Kadena Air Base,
Okinawa.
Stripes
ADA Command Sergeant
Major Robert S. Rodgers challenges NCOs to make
their vision of what a good NCO should be their
personal reality.
The Looming Force
Protection Crisis for Brigade Combat Teams
Can brigade combat
teams count on small arms alone to defend
themselves from air and missile attack?
Preparing West
Point Cadets for Combat
Air Defense Artillery
combat veterans add realism to summer training at
the United States Military Academy.
Deployable
Homeland Anti-Cruise Missile Defense
1st Battalion, 44th Air
Defense Artillery, deploys composite Patriot,
Avenger, and Sentinel battery for NORAD Proof of
Concept Operation.
Employing the Air
Defense Airspace Management Cell
10th Mountain Division
Soldiers demonstrate ADAM Cell's combat
effectiveness.
Training for Air
and Missile Defense Operations on the Asymmetric
Battlefield
Air defenders must
training to defend battle positions against
asymmetric attacks.
Shaping NATO for
the Twenty-First Century Fight
U.S. Army personnel lend
their expertise to NATO's Rapid Deployment Corps.
DARPA and the
Future of Army Air and Missile Defense
Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency explores new technologies
to counter future air and missile threats.
Patriot Weapons
and Tactics Training Program
Restructured training
programs can increased combat readiness of Patriot
battalions and batteries.
The Making of an
ADA Warrant Officer: Part II
Heather Ann Ritter
continues her transformation from ADA enlisted
soldier to ADA warrant officer.
2-1 ADA Moving to
Camp Carroll
U.S. Patriot battalion
leave Gwangju, South Korea, protestors behind.
Missile Defense
System Goes Operational as North Korea Goes
Ballistic
100th Missile Defense
Brigade activates Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
System during North Korean "missile crisis."
35th ADA
Brigade Jumps to Success
The 35th Air
Defense Artillery Brigade become first Air Defense
Artillery brigade to deploy a jump tactical
operations center in the Republic of Korea.
Homeland Air
Security: A Challenge in Defense Transformation
Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to
Avenger/Sentinel units play a crucial role in
homeland air security. They are tasked to defend the
National Capital Region and other vital assets
against air and missile attack, a mission ensnarled
in a bureaucratic tangle that badly needs
unraveling.
The First PAC-3
Engagement: Patriot Intercept Credited With Saving
Vital Operation Iraqi Freedom Headquarters From
Destruction
The Iraqi tactical ballistic missile attack on
Combined Forces Land Component Commander (CFLCC)
headquarters on 20 March 2003 provided one of
Operation Iraqi Freedom’s most dramatic moments.