7K views · 275 reactions | The Air Defense Artillery branch is the branch of the United States Army that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons. In the U.S. Army, these groups are composed of mainly air defense systems such as the Patriot Missile System, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), and the Avenger Air Defense system which fires the FIM-92 Stinger missile. Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-9PV | Military Leak | Facebook

On This Day — January 7, 1861 One battery stood up — and air defense history began long before aircraft existed. At the United States Military Academy, Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery — known as the “West Point Battery” — was formally organized. There were no airplanes. No radar. No missiles. Just Soldiers, guns, discipline — and a mission to defend. That unit would evolve over time into the 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, becoming one of the longest-serving lineages in Army air defense histor