Preface
This field manual (FM) provides the doctrinal guidance on how air defense artillery (ADA) brigades fight in support of the U.S. Army's operations doctrine. This manual details tactics, techniques, and procedures used by ADA brigades to protect the force from aerial attack by being an integral component of Army operations in all theaters.
This FM is adaptable to all theaters. It is intended primarily for ADA commanders, staff officers, and ADA officers assigned to echelons above corps (EAC) and corps ADA brigades. It discusses ADA organizations employed at theater, joint, EAC, and Corps level.
This publication implements the following international standardization agreements (ISA):
STANAG TITLE EDITION 2014 Operations Orders, Annexes to
Operations Orders, and
Administrative/Logistics Orders5 2019 Military Symbols 2034 Land Forces Procedures for Allied
Supply Transactions4 3700 NATO Tactical Air Doctrine
-ATP-33(B)2 3736 Offensive Air Support Operation
-ATP- 27
The proponent for this manual is the HQ TRADOC. Send comments and recommendations on DA Form 2028 directly to Commandant, United States Army Air Defense Artillery School, ATTN: ATSA-DT-WF, Fort Bliss, Texas 79916-3802.
Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns or pronouns do not refer exclusively to men.
