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Seventh Army edit

7th Support Command edit

18th Engineer Brigade edit

32nd Army Air Defense Command edit

The army's 32nd Army Air Defense Command fell operationally under Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force.

56th Field Artillery Command edit

The 56th Field Artillery Command was organized to always report directly to the highest commander in Europe at the time. Therefore, during peacetime, they reported to the United States Army, Europe, whereas, during heightened tension or war, command passed to NATO, with Allied Air Forces Central Europe as the next higher headquarters.[1] The Pershing systems were eliminated after the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988.[2] The missiles began to be withdrawn in October 1988 and the last of the missiles were destroyed by the static burn of their motors and subsequently crushed in May 1991 at the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant near Caddo Lake, Texas.

References edit

  1. ^ "Pershing Keeps Soviet Bear at Bay" (PDF). Pershing Cable. 25 (1). 1986. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  2. ^ "The Pershing Weapon System and Its Elimination". United States Army.
  3. ^ a b c McKenney, Janice E. "Field Artillery - Army Lineage Series - Part 1" (PDF). US Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 21 June 2020.