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  2. Oozlefinch - Wikipedia

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    The Oozlefinch is the unofficial historic mascot of the Air Defense Artillery – and formerly of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps. The Oozlefinch is portrayed as a featherless bird that flies backwards (at supersonic speeds) [3] and carries weapons of the Air Defense and Coast Artillery, most often a Nike-Hercules Missile. The Oozlefinch ...

  3. NATO Joint Military Symbology - Wikipedia

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    APP-6A, Military Symbols for Land Based Systems was developed directly from MIL-STD-2525A, Common Warfighting Symbology. MIL-STD 2525A was the American standard for military symbols. The custodian of APP-6 is the United States. APP-6(A) remained unchanged as work on harmonizing it with ADatP-3, NATO Message Text Formatting System was carried ...

  4. Air Defense Artillery Branch - Wikipedia

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    The Air Defense Artillery branch descended from Anti-Aircraft Artillery (part of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps until 1950, then part of the Artillery Branch) into a separate branch on 20 June 1968. On 1 December 1968, the ADA branch was authorized to wear modified Artillery insignia, crossed field guns with missile.

  5. 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia

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    Description; A gold color metal and enamel device 13 ⁄ 16 inch (2.1 cm) in width consisting of a red triangle in outline point up with gold center. In base the Arabic numerals 55 in red, on the tops of the numerals a caterpillar in red and above the caterpillar the symbol used on the French battle maps to indicate the position of 155mm guns in black (a disc with an arrow with doubled barbs ...

  6. File:USAADA-BRANCH.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: United States Army Air Defense Artillery Branch Insignia. Branch Insignia : A missile surmounting two crossed field guns, all of gold colored metal, 1 1/8 inches in height. Crossed cannons (field guns) for Artillery has been in continuous use since 1834 , when they were played on regimental colors, knapsacks, and as part of the cap ...

  7. United States Army air defense - Wikipedia

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    The Air Defense Artillery is the branch 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, Terminal High Altitude Air Defense, and the Avenger Air Defense system which fires the FIM-92 Stinger missile.

  8. Short range air defense - Wikipedia

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    In the United States Army, Avenger air defense artillery battalions will be assigned to a theater or corps, and may attach air defense platoons to a brigade combat team or maneuver battalion. SHORAD units are based upon a mounted platform, the AN/TWQ-1 Avenger , which utilizes eight FIM-92 Stinger missiles coupled with a FLIR , laser range ...

  9. 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia

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    1st Artillery (less former 1st Field Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 1st Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Field Artillery - hereafter separate lineage). [3]