Talk:Air Defense Artillery Branch

Untitled
the 111th ADA BDE is now an infantry BDE, and no longer ADA. It's still with the NM guard though. Lyta79 (talk) 02:22, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

rework
this mess needs reworked, will probably lose the charts, in favor of simple lists. and see if i can patch togeather a history. Brian in denver (talk) 17:07, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

inactive units
this needs to go away, more than 900 units have been created under the AAA heading, listing all of them is a nightmare. Brian in denver (talk) 17:35, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

1938 NG
Iv read 2 different numbers here, 13 and 9, probably some descrepency about what was on paper, and what had warm bodies? Brian in denver (talk) 23:40, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

200th ADA
there is paper work evedence that this was a North Carolina unit, "ON PAPER" before the war. probably when the 200th was still the 111 Cav. do to the fact that the rest of us can read, there is no need to re write the 200th entire history on your edit. Brian in denver (talk) 21:08, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

6th Region ARADCOM
http://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/nike_la94_lospintetos.pdf The 6th Region ARADCOM was formed on 1 September 1950, as the Western Army Antiaircraft Command. It was redesignated twice, once in 1955 when it was renamed the 6th Army Antiaircraft Regional Command, and again, in March 1957, when it became the 6th Region ARADCOM. The original command headquarters were located at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, but were later moved to Fort Baker, California. At the time the region was established, it commanded only gun batteries and was assigned the Army air defense of the entire West coast of the United States. In 1954, the first NIKE-AJAX sites became operational on the Pacific Coast as part of anationwide program to replace guns as a means of air defence. In September 1958, the first HERCULES missile base with nucelar capavilites became operational at Chatsworth.

A major change in 6th Region structure took place in July 1960. At this time the 7th Region ARADCOM was formed; it took over Pacific Northwest AD responsibilities. In 1961 and again in 1963, the regional boundaries (6 & 7 Regions) were changed to adhere more closely with the NORAD regional bounadries. 7 Region was inactivated in 1966, and 6 REgion took over responsibility for the entire Pacific Coast and western United States. In 1970, 6 Region's boundaries were expanded to include the entire Western US, inc parts of the Gulf of Mexico. These responsibilities remained largely in effect until ARADCOM disbanded in 1974. In California, 6 Region ran two brigades, the 40th in San Francisco and the 47th in Los Angeles.


 * http://www.northcom.mil/Portals/28/Documents/Supporting%20documents/%28U%29%201965%20NORAD%20CONAD%20History%20Jan-Jun.pdf
 * 6th Region - 40th, 47th, 53rd Brigades; 26th Gp and 45th Bde in 2nd Region; 12th Gp (Oklahoma) in 5th Region;31st, 52nd, and 55th Brigades in 1st Region.

45th Artillery Brigade
http://www.radomes.org/museum/parsehtml.php?html=ArlingtonHeightsAIILHistory.html&type=doc_html On May 14, 1952, the Brigade Headquarters was reconstituted, transferred from the Army of the United States to the Regular Army, and assigned to the Chicago-Gary Defense Area. The unit was reactivated in the Museum of Science and Industry at Chicago, Illinois, on 28 July 1952. To provide better control, the 45th AAA Brigade moved from Chicago to Fort Sheridan in November, 1953, and part of the Brigade - the 22nd AAA Group at Fort Sheridan -moved into the old Brigade area in Chicago.

As the AAA command continued to enlarge and convert to newer weapons, additional reorganization was necessary. On July 1, 1954, the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Regional Army Antiaircraft Command (ARADCOM), assumed all duties of the 45th AAA Brigade, which tool over command of the Chicago-Gary Defense complex. This action formally took place on 20 October 1955 when the 45th AAA Brigade was relieved from assignments to the Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM) and reassigned to 5th Region ARADCOM. Shortly thereafter on 15 July 1956, the Brigade moved back to its former location in the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago and the unit of the Brigade then in the Museum was moved to a South Chicago location.

A permanent home was selected and built to accommodate the unit and operational equipment at Arlington Heights, Illinois. On 19 August l957, the unit made a permanent change of station movement and is now in full operation at this new site. The Army took over the location in 1955, and it became operational as a NIKE-AJAX guided missile site in June 1955.

The 45th Artillery Brigade (Air Defense) was responsible for the Air Defense of the Chicago-Milwaukee area. Its principal weapon is the NIKE-Hercules guided missile.

The 45th Artillery Brigade (Air Defense) is composed of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Artillery Brigade (Air Defense), located at Arlington Heights, Illinois, presently commanded by Colonel Truman F. Cook; the 1st Missile Battalion, 60th Artillery, Gary, Indiana, with four NIKE-Hercules fire units, commanded by Lt. Colonel Oliver D. Street III; and the 3rd Missile Battalion, 59th Artillery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with three NIKE-Hercules fire units, commanded by Lt. Colonel Frederick K. Alderson. The 3rd of the 59th is the most recent addition to the 45th Brigade and with its annexation on 1 August 1964 the name was changed from Chicago-Gary Defense to Chicago-Milwaukee Defense. The 6th Missile Battalion, 3rd Artillery, was recently phased out and its two firing batteries taken over by 3/59 and 1/60.

In addition to the two Active Army Battalions, the 45th Artillery Brigade has operational control of the 1st Missile Battalion, 202nd Artillery, Illinois ARNG, with four NIKE-Hercu1es units. In December of 1959, the Illinois National Guard assumed control over four AJAX sites fomer1y part of the 22nd Artillery Group. The sites were located at Worth, Illinois; Wolf Lake, Illinois (dual site); and Napervi1le, Illinois. This was the beginning of the program to place all AJAX sites under the control of the National Guard and leave the Regular Army entirely with Hercules batteries. The next National Guard changeover occurred in the later part of 1960 when four batteries in the 16th Group were turned over to the National Guard. This resulted in the phase-out of the 1st Battalion, 517th Artillery, which has become the 1st Battalion, 202nd Artillery (NG). The National Guard acquired two NIKE-Hercu1es sites at Homewood and Addison in August of 1963. They most recently incorporated Northfie1d and Lemont into their system, the changeover being made in April 1964.

The 45th Brigade also assumed operational control over one unit of the Wisconsin National Guard; a NIKE-Hercules site located in Waukesha and manned by personnel of the 2nd Missile Battalion, 126th Artillery, on 1 August 1964. Nike sites in the Chicago-Milwaukee area extend as far north as Brown Deer, Wisconsin, to the west as far as Addison, Illinois, south to Munster, Indiana, and to the east as far as Porter, Indiana.

The first operational NIKE-Ajax guided missile site was opened in August 1954, at Libertyvi11e, Illinois. The NIKE-Hercu1es was deployed in the defense on 29 August 1958, beginning with Battery A, 485th Missile Battalion, located at Montrose Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, which is now Battery C, 3rd Missile Battalion, 59th Artillery. At present there are twelve NIKE-Hercules fire units under the tactical control of the 45th Artillery Brigade. The 45th Artillery Brigade Army Air Defense Command (AADCP) is equipped with Missile Master, an electronic system used specifically for controlling and coordinating the use of Nike Air Defense Missile Batteries.

Missile Master replaced the old (AADCP) and Tipsy Radar Sites, which began to deactivate during the summer of 1960. Construction of the Missile Master was begun at Site C-80 in Arlington Heights during the latter part of 1959, but it was not until the Fall of 1960 that it became fully operational. The official dedication ceremonies took place on October 28, 1960.

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