1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 1st Air Defense Artillery is an air defense artillery regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1821 . Lineage . Constituted 1 June 1821 in the Regular Army as the 1st Regiment of Artillery , and organized from existing units with Headquarters at Fort Independence ( Massachusetts ) Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of Artillery Corps Reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 1st Coast Artillery and partially organized with Headquarters at Fort De Lesseps , Canal Zone Regiment broken up 1 November 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows : Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Coast Artillery Group Remainder of regiment as the 1st Coast Artillery Battalion After 1 November 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows : Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Coast Artillery Group , reorganized and redesignated 2 January 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , Harbor Defenses of Cristobal . Inactivated 15 January 1947 at Fort Sherman , Canal Zone Redesignated 21 June 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group Consolidated 18 November 1952 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group ( see ANNEX ) , and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group Activated 15 April 1953 in Germany . Inactivated 26 December 1957 in Germany 1st Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 1 February 1946 at Fort Sherman , Canal Zone . Reconstituted 21 June 1950 in the Regular Army as the 1st Coast Artillery to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions ; 1st and 2d Battalions concurrently redesignated as the 1st and 54th Antiaircraft Battalions , respectively 1st Antiaircraft Battalion redesignated 17 March 1955 as the 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion Activated 15 April 1955 at Irwin , Pennsylvania Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Irwin , Pennsylvania 54th Antiaircraft Battalion redesignated 15 December 1954 as the 54th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion and activated at the United States Army Chemical Center , Maryland Inactivated 1 September 1958 at the United States Army Chemical Center , Maryland Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group , and the 1st and 54th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalions consolidated 19 March 1959 with the 1st Field Artillery Battalion ( organized in 1907 ) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Artillery , a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System 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 ) 1st Air Defense Artillery withdrawn 16 June 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System Annex . Constituted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Group Activated 17 August 1942 at Fort Bliss , Texas Redesignated 31 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group Disbanded 13 February 1945 in France Reconstituted 18 February 1952 in the Regular Army Decorations . The 1st Air Defense Artillery has received the following Decorations :