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A majority of Avenger systems are in the Army National Guard, with only three Active Army battalions equipped with Avenger systems. The Marine Corps used to operate the Avenger until retiring it during the War on Terror. In 1991, the Avenger was deployed to support NATO troops during Operation Desert Storm. The short-range air defense system has also been fielded in Bosnia and South Korea. In 2003, the Avenger was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and was used as an air defense and ground security system. Since it was first delivered in 1988, the Avenger has undergone numerous upgrades to maintain its interoperability and effectiveness on the battlefield.[iv]
The Avenger system is also an integral part of the National Capital Region Integrated Air Defense System (NCR-IADS) Mission. Avenger equipped Army National Guard units rotate to the NCR to participate in the mission. The Avenger is used for day and night protection using its Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) and Laser Ranger Finder to target and destroy manned and unmanned ISR aerial systems. Avenger plays a part in preventing any kind of decapitation of the U.S. Government.
In 2004, the U.S. Army had 26 battalions with Avenger Short-Range Air Defense (SHORAD) capabilities, but prioritization of other weapon systems during operations in Afghanistan and Iraq caused that number to drop to nine by early 2017, of which two were within the active force and seven were in the Army National Guard. Of the over 1,100 Avengers built, only about 400 remained in service by 2016.[v] In response to renewed Russian aggression, the Army plans to deploy the Avenger system to Europe to fill the critical SHORAD gap in 2018.[vi] The Army has initiated plans to resurrect retired Avengers systems that currently reside at the Letterkenny Army Depot and deploy the Avengers to Europe. So far 72 Avenger systems have been refurbished and moved to Europe to outfit the recently stood up 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4th ADAR) in Germany. The Army plans to stand-up nine more SHORAD battalions equipped with Avengers, with the next four stood up by 2024. Eventually these battalions will upgrade to the IM-SHORAD Stryker platform equipped with two Longbow Hellfire missiles, four Stinger missiles, a 30mm chain gun, and a 7.62mm machine gun.[vii] An initial fire unit with 12 systems is projected for fielding in FY21.
The Army desperately needs mobile short-range air defense in its formations as it prepares for near-peer competition. The battlefield of now, and the future, is one in which American air supremacy is not guaranteed; in hybrid environments insurgents and paramilitaries have made use of small drones to provide threats from above. In Warfighter Exercise 19-04 in Europe, the command staff for 1st Infantry division and III Corps learned that without an integrated, layered air defense plan for all systems, forces will fall prey to enemy attack aviation fairly quickly.[viii] Moreover, it is difficult to get the air defense umbrella quickly up again with new replacement systems from the rear. The Army must be able to defend itself and partners from these threats.
These needs explain why retired Avengers systems in storage have been rehabilitated and sent to new active duty units to provide air defense to the maneuver force. These avengers are a stop-gap however as they are extremely vulnerable to enemy direct fire weaponry since they have no armor. Even in the Gulf War, Avengers were put in semi-permanent prepared positions behind earthen bunkers to protect them from crude Iraqi tanks. As Avengers roll out, new IM-SHORAD Stryker-based platforms will fill in behind them to fix the issue of survivability. The advantage of having these Avenger battalions set up now is that the IM-SHORAD systems can fall into formations waiting to receive them.
March 27, 2018: The 678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is deployed to Germany. Equipped with Avenger systems, the 678th is the first American Air Defense Brigade deployed in Europe since the end of the Cold War.[xi]
January 2017: During the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Standing Rock, the North Dakota National Guard deployed an Avenger as an observation platform. It was removed a month later to deescalate tensions.
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