Air Defense Artillery

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Please help improve this article or section by expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.
This article has been tagged since January 2007.

Branch insignia of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery, representing a missile surmounting two crossed field guns

The U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery was changed from Anti-Aircraft Artillery (part of the Field Artillery), into a separate branch on On 20 June 1968. On 1 December 1968, the ADA branch was authorized to wear modified Artillery insignia, crossed field guns with missile.

[edit] Mission Statement

Protect the Force and Selected Geopolitical Assets from Aerial Attack, Missile Attack and Surveillance.

[edit] History

Air Defense Artillery refers to the combat group that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface to air missiles). In the US Army, these groups are composed of mainly air defense systems such as the PATRIOT Missile System, the M6 Bradley Linebacker and the Avenger Air Defense system both which fire the FIM-92 Stinger missile. The branch motto is "First to fire!".