11th Air Defense Army (ADA)

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Middle of August 1990 is when B/2-7 AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY (ADA), commanded by CPT Joe D'Antona became operational at Dhahran airbase. That is seven months before “D day” of the Gulf War, also known as Desert Storm took place. Working with only a few missiles in its database, they had added 500 more Tactical ballistic missiles (TBM) to the Patriot database before the ground campaign began in February. 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade was the higher level air defense unit during Desert Storm, they deployed 12 patriot batteries from 1-7 ADA, 2-7 ADA, 2-43 ADA, 3-43 ADA, and 8-43 ADA 4-5 ADA deployed the first Army's Avenger Battery in DESERT STORM it was one of the Army's first units to lose a soldier due to hostile fire. Before the War

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