61st Air Defense Artillery Regiment

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61st Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1917
Country	USA
Branch	Army
Type	Air defense artillery
Size	Regiment
Motto(s)	"Non Est Ad Astra Mollis E Terris Via" (The Way To the Stars Is Not Easy)
Mascot(s)	Oozlefinch
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 61st Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery regiment in the United States Army. The lineages of some of the units that initially made up the 61st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (CAC) give the regiment's 1st Battalion campaign credit for the War of 1812.