Por Blanca Bonachea 
The March 13 of 1963, in the mark of the activities for the anniversary of the assault to the Presidential Palace and the take of Radio Reloj, the commander on chafe Fidel Castro Ruz invoke to the Cuban Youth and join to the files of the Forces Armed Revolutionary. Thus arise the rocket ship troops anti air.
This force is specialize in the search, localization and destruction of the enemies media that violate the Cuba space air. Their members prepare since time of peace through the compliance of the activities of combat preparation to make sure the special function of the endowments.
The group Antiaircraft Rocket in Matanzas is compound by sergeants and and officials that have they had experiences in command exercises, tactics, preliminaries to the shoot and checks of the combat provision.
In the area where the group’s technique is located, they carry out the combative guard to ensure the search, location and destruction of the means that violate the airspace. In the second rocketry complex of the Matanzas crew they periodically carry out technical diagnosis with the aim of verifying the operating mechanisms of the preserved techniques.
In the Antiaircraft Rocket Troops in Matanzas, the constant improvement of all personnel is ensured. In its ranks, the discipline and combative availability stands out, a reason to recognize in the day for its 60th anniversary those who watch over the cared for tranquility and the maintenance of peace in the country.
Translated by Casterman Medina de Leon