The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (ADAB) is an

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unit of the

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subordinate to the

Eighth United States Army The Eighth Army is a U.S. field army which is the commanding formation of all United States Army United States Forces Korea, forces in South Korea. It commands U.S. and South Korean units and is headquartered at the Camp Humphreys,

, located at

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in the

Republic of Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its east ...

. 35th ADAB has integrated the

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal ...

(THAAD) into its layered defense on the Korean Peninsula. D Battery 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (ADAR).

History

It was reactivated in November 1948 at

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. The 35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade subsequently moved to

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in 1950 to provide anti-aircraft defense of

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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

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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 The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but ...

site at Davidsonville, Maryland. It included the 1st Battalion, 52nd ADAR. The Brigade was inactivated on 4 June 1973 at Fort Meade, Maryland.

Structure

35th ADAB, at

(

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) **

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery ** 1 ADA Rgt DUI

2nd Battalion, 1st ADAR, at

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(

MIM-104 Patriot The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar compon ...

) **

6th Battalion, 52nd ADAR, at Suwon Air Base (MIM-104 Patriot,

AN/TWQ-1 Avenger The Avenger Air Defense System, designated AN/TWQ-1 under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System, is an American self-propelled surface-to-air missile system which provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units again ...

) **

Battery D, 2nd ADAR, at Camp Carroll

Previous Units

1st Battalion, 43rd ADAR ** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) ** Alpha Battery (PATRIOT) - Camp Humphreys ** Bravo Battery (PATRIOT) - Suwon, AB ** Charlie Battery (PATRIOT) - Camp Humpherys ** Delta Battery - (PATRIOT) - Osan, AB ** Echo Battery - (AVENGER AND SENTINEL TEAMS) - Camp Humphreys ** Fox Company - (Maintenance) - Suwon, AB

References

External links

The Institute of Heraldry: 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
035 Military units of the United States Army in South Korea Military units and formations established in 2005 {{US-Army-stub