1962 - 28 October: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) of the 13th Artillery Group (AD), a Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) unit from Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, was alerted for movement to Florida at 0400 hours

1962 - 30 October: HHB 13th AD Group arrived by rail at Homestead AFB.

1962 - 8 November: The 13th AD Group had moved to Princeton, about four miles north of Homestead AFB. It exercised supervisory control of the incoming HAWK units from Ft, Lewis, Washington and the Nike Hercules units from Ft. Bliss, Texas. The 13th Group was assigned temporary operational control by ARADCOM's 2d Region, of all of the ADA units dispatched to Florida.

1963 - 1 April: the 13th Air Defense Artillery Group and all subordinate HAWK and Nike Hercules missile battalions were assigned permanent operational control by ARADCOM's 2d Region.

1965 - June: HHB relocated to permenant facilities on Homestead AFB