{"id":468795,"date":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=468795"},"modified":"2025-06-04T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:06:23","slug":"air-defenders-initiate-v-corps-inaugural-air-and-missile-defense-planning-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=468795","title":{"rendered":"Air defenders initiate V Corps\u2019 inaugural air and missile defense planning conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Formidable Shield 25 is a U.S. Sixth Fleet-led, multinational exercise focused on integrated air and missile defense. The live-fire training brings together naval, air and ground forces from 10 NATO allies and partners. The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is supporting the exercise with short-range air defense capabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Alexander Watkins)
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Poznan, POLAND \u2014 Planners and staff officers from the 52d Air Defense Artillery Brigade (52d ADA BDE) held the inaugural Operation Corps Fusion planning conference at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, Poland, May 29, 2025.<\/p>\n

Operation Corps Fusion marks the first Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) planning conference designed to establish a shared understanding and baseline for cooperation among the Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD) systems and capabilities of various NATO countries under the wartime umbrella of V Corps. V Corps is the forward-deployed corps of the United States Army in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of Operation Corps Fusion was to establish conditions and foster relationships for the brigade to successfully integrate into V Corps as the Corps\u2019 Air and Missile Defense Coordinator (AMDCOORD),\u201d said Maj. Cody Davis, the 52d ADA BDE\u2019s operations officer. \u201cWorking as the Corps\u2019 AMDCOORD, the brigade incorporates Division and multinational Air & Missile Defense (AMD) assets into the Corps\u2019 scheme of maneuver,\u201d Davis continued.<\/p>\n

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\n Attendees and briefers gather for a group picture after completing Operation Corps Fusion at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, Poland, May 29, 2025. Operation Corps Fusion was an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) planning conference designed to establish a shared understanding and baseline for cooperation among the Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD) systems and capabilities of various NATO countries under the wartime umbrella of V Corps. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Zemas Andargachew)
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During the day-long event, staff officers from V Corps and the 52d ADA BDE delivered briefs on intelligence, tactics, sustainment, and communications regarding the operations of each warfighter function (WFF) in action. Operation Corps Fusion also engaged productively with attendees and briefers on various air defense topics, facilitating meaningful discussions. The attendees included senior leaders from V Corps, headed by Maj. Gen. (UK) Oliver Kingsbury, the V Corps deputy commanding general for maneuver, along with officers from Poland, Germany, and Lithuania.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are taking on the additional task of ensuring our partners and allies are synchronized into our commander\u2019s AMD priorities and that we fill the role of the AMDCOORD for our Corps commander,\u201d said Col. Haileyesus Bairu, the 52d ADA BDE commander.<\/p>\n

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\n (From left to right) Maj. Gen. (UK) Oliver Kingsbury, the V Corps deputy commanding general for maneuver, discusses a matter with Col. Hailyesus Bairu, the 52d Air Defense Artillery Commander, during Operation Corps Fusion at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, Poland, May 29, 2025. Operation Corps Fusion was an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) planning conference designed to establish a shared understanding and baseline for cooperation among the Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD) systems and capabilities of various NATO countries under the wartime umbrella of V Corps. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Zemas Andargachew)
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The 52d ADA BDE established Operation Corps Fusion after gaining vital insights during \u2018Avenger Triad 24,\u2019 a United States Army Europe and Africa (USAEUR-AF) exercise aimed at assessing the capability and interoperability of USAEUR-AF forces along with allied and partner nation forces in conducting Large Scale Ground Combat Operations (LSGCO) using a U.S.-led mission command structure. As the Corps\u2019 AMDCOORD, the brigade recognized the necessity to synchronize the Corps\u2019 air and missile defense capabilities with the Corps\u2019 maneuver objectives.<\/p>\n

\u201cOperation Corps Fusion allowed us to collaborate with the Air Defense Airspace Management (ADAM) cells, the AMD cells, our partners, and allies to support V Corps\u2019 maneuver units in effectively using their assigned air defense assets,\u201d said Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Robinson, the 52d ADA BDE\u2019s senior enlisted advisor. \u201cGround-based and short-range air defense assets have been lacking in maneuver units for some time, and the surplus of Army leaders with practical experience in effectively utilizing those assets now resides at the flag officer level,\u201d Robinson continued.<\/p>\n

Operation Corps Fusion also discussed IAMD in Europe in preparation for \u2018Avenger Triad 25\u2019. In the fall of 2025, \u2018Avenger Triad 25\u2019 aims to build on the achievements of \u2018Avenger Triad 24\u2019, while striving to increase readiness, enhance interoperability, and implement new concepts among USAEUR-AF forces, allied forces, and partnered nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, V Corps and its AMDCOORD achieved a shared understanding of AMD planning efforts, recognizing the linkage and value added by the 52d ADA BDE to Joint and NATO AMD processes, as well as understanding the AMDCOORD\u2019s role in Crisis Response Options (CROs) related to the execution of Avenger Triad 25,\u201d said Capt. Joseph Cantu, the 52d ADA BDE\u2019s assistant operations officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A stinger crew from 5-4 ADAR fires a stinger missile during a live fire engagement during Formidable Shield 25, May 9, 2025, in And\u00f8ya, Norway. Formidable Shield 25 is a U.S. Sixth Fleet-led, multinational exercise focused on integrated air and missile defense. The live-fire training brings together naval, air and ground forces from 10 NATO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468797,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=468795"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468800,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468795\/revisions\/468800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/468797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=468795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=468795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=468795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}