A headquarters unit was activated in Sembach, Germany, on Thursday to offer command and management for all Army air and missile protection forces inside U.S. European Command, in keeping with a press release from U.S. Army Europe and Africa.
The 52nd Air Protection Artillery Brigade headquarters will report on to the tenth Army Air and Missile Protection Command.
“I’m very excited to be taking command of the Army’s latest air protection brigade,” stated Col. Bruce A. Bredlow, the 52nd ADA’s first commander, in a ready assertion.
“Our mission right here in Europe is uniquely rewarding because of our capability to work carefully with NATO frequently,” Bredlow added. “We’re trying ahead to constructing new connective tissue on the tactical degree with our Allies and companions and increasing our mixed capability via interoperability.”
The brand new air protection brigade was first introduced by President Joe Biden on the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, in June. He stated that the Pentagon was stationing extra air defenses in Germany and Italy.
The 52nd ADA will assume duty for the fifth Battalion, 4th Air Protection Artillery Regiment, close to Ansbach, Germany; the long run 1st Battalion, 57th Air Protection Artillery Regiment, which can even be primarily based close to Ansbach; the fifth Battalion, seventh Air Protection Artillery Regiment, primarily based in Baumholder, Germany; the eleventh Missile Protection Battery, primarily based in Turkey; and the thirteenth Missile Protection Battery, primarily based in Israel.
The Army has been progressively increasing air defenses in Europe since about 2019, when the tenth AAMDC was upgraded to a one-star command.
Beforehand, the function of brigade headquarters over the air protection battalions in Europe was stuffed on a rotational foundation by Army Nationwide Guard items.
“Including the active-duty brigade headquarters together with the brand new 1-57 short-range air protection regiment to theater provides vital capability to the U.S. contribution to the Alliance’s ground-based air protection in EUCOM,” the U.S. Army Europe and Africa assertion reads.
Zamone “Z” Perez is an editorial fellow at Protection News and Navy Instances. He beforehand labored at International Coverage and Ufahamu Africa, the place he helped produce podcasts. He’s a graduate of Northwestern College, the place he researched humanitarian intervention and atrocity prevention in his thesis. He might be discovered on Twitter @zamoneperez.
