559th Artillery Group SETAF

The 559th Artillery Group (SETAF) was a United States Army artillery unit activated in Europe under the Southern European Task Force (SETAF) during the Cold War. Formed in the late 1950s, the group was stationed primarily in Italy, where it played a key role in NATO’s southern flank defense strategy. The 559th was responsible for the command and control of nuclear-capable artillery units, overseeing Honest John and later Sergeant missile systems. The unit was inactivated in the early 1970s as part of US force reductions and the restructuring of NATO’s nuclear posture in Europe.