35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States)

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35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
35ADABdeSSI.svg
Active2005 – Present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Type Air Defense Artillery
Size Brigade
Part of Eighth United States Army
Garrison/HQ Osan Air Base (South Korea)
Nickname(s)The Dragon Brigade
Motto(s)"Ready in Defense"
ColorsScarlet and Yellow
Mascot(s)Dragon
Commanders
Current
commander
COL Kevin P. Stonerook
Notable
commanders
Aaron Bradshaw Jr.
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
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The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (ADAB) is an Air Defense Artillery unit of the United States Army subordinate to the Eighth United States Army, located at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. 35th ADAB has integrated the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) into its layered defense on the Korean Peninsula. [1] D Battery 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (ADAR).

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History

It was reactivated in November 1948 at Fort Bliss, Texas. [2] [ better source needed ] The 35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade subsequently moved to Fort Meade, Maryland in 1950 to provide anti-aircraft defense of Washington, DC and to plan the defense of other cities in the vicinity. There, the 35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade set an Air Defense Artillery milestone as it became the first Nike-Ajax guided missile command in 1957. In March 1958, the Brigade was redesignated as the 35th Artillery Brigade (Air Defense), and operated the country's first Nike-Hercules site at Davidsonville, Maryland. It included the 1st Battalion, 52nd ADAR. The Brigade was inactivated on 4 June 1973 at Fort Meade, Maryland.

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Previous Units

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References

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