U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lisa Bartel, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery commander, uncases the unit’s colors during a transfer of authority ceremony Dec. 13, 2013, at a Turkish army base in Gaziantep, Turkey. The 5-7 ADA took over the responsibility from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery of providing PATRIOT missile air defense capabilities as part of a multinational NATO mission to protect Turkey from Syrian ballistic missile threats. The 5-7 ADA deployed from their home station, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. David Liapis)

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U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Dawber (left-center), 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery commander, prepares the unit’s colors for casing during a transfer of authority ceremony Dec. 13, 2013, at a Turkish army base in Gaziantep, Turkey. The 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery took over the responsibility of providing PATRIOT missile air defense capabilities as part of a multinational NATO mission to protect Turkey from Syrian ballistic missile threats. The 3-2 ADA, based at Fort Sill, Okla., spent nearly a year in Gaziantep after arriving at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in January 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. David Liapis)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kerim Kodal, 48th Medical Surgical Operations Squadron diagnostic imaging technician, provides English to Turkish translation during a transfer of authority ceremony between the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery and the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Dec. 13, 2013, at a Turkish army base in Gaziantep, Turkey. Kodal is deployed to Gaziantep from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, in support of NATO’s commitment to Turkey to provide PATRIOT missile air defense capabilities as part of a mission to protect Turkey from Syrian ballistic missile threats. The event was attended by soldiers and airmen from the U.S., Turkey, the Netherlands and Great Britain. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. David Liapis)

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U.S. Army soldiers exit a theater at a Turkish army base in Gaziantep, Turkey, after a transfer of authority ceremony between the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery and the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Dec. 13, 2013. The 5-7 ADA took over the responsibility of providing PATRIOT missile air defense capabilities as part of a multinational NATO mission to protect Turkey from Syrian ballistic missile threats. The 3-2 ADA spent nearly a year in Gaziantep after arriving at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in January 2013. The 5-7 ADA deployed from their home station, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. David Liapis)

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U.S. Army soldiers await transportation outside a Turkish army base theater in Gaziantep, Turkey, after a transfer of authority ceremony between the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery and the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Dec. 13, 2013. The 5-7 ADA took over the responsibility of providing PATRIOT missile air defense capabilities as part of a multinational NATO mission to protect Turkey from Syrian ballistic missile threats. The 3-2 ADA, based at Fort Sill, Okla., spent nearly a year in Gaziantep after arriving at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in January 2013. The 5-7 ADA deployed from their home station, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. David Liapis)

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Representatives from multiple Turkish media outlets gather photos and footage of a transfer of authority ceremony between the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery and the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Dec. 13, 2013, at a Turkish army base theater in Gaziantep, Turkey. The 5-7 ADA took over the responsibility of providing PATRIOT missile air defense capabilities as part of a multinational NATO mission to protect Turkey from Syrian ballistic missile threats. The 3-2 ADA, based at Fort Sill, Okla., spent nearly a year in Turkey after arriving at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in January 2013. The 5-7 ADA deployed from their home station, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. David Liapis)

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Missile air defense mission changes hands in Turkey

Published Dec. 16, 2013
By 1st Lt. David Liapis
39th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- Soldiers and airmen from the U.S., Turkey, the Netherlands and Great Britain attended a transfer of authority ceremony between the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery and the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Dec. 13 at a Turkish army base in Gaziantep, Turkey.

The 5-7 ADA took over the responsibility of providing PATRIOT missile air defense capabilities as part of a multinational NATO mission to protect Turkey from Syrian ballistic missile threats from the 3-2 ADA.

The 3-2 ADA spent nearly a year in Gaziantep after arriving at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in January 2013 from Fort Sill, Okla. The 5-7 ADA deployed from their home station, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany.