US & Coalition Forces

US & Coalition Forces United Kingdom forces are listed in Operation Telic: British Forces Deployed

United States - Operation Falconer

Commander Coalition Forces: General Tommy Franks, US Army.
USAF

28th Bomb Wing
34th Bomb Squadron and 37th Bomb Squadron, plus support and logistical squadrons, equipped with B-1B bombers.

49th Fighter Wing
The 49th Fighter wing is home to the Air Force's two operational F-117 Nighthawk squadrons -- the 8th and 9th fighter squadrons, known as the "Black Sheep" and "Flying Knights," respectively.

1st Fighter Wing
27th Fighter Squadron, 71st Fighter Squadron, and 94th Fighter Squadron, plus support and logistical squadrons, Equipped with F-15C Eagle fighters.

60th Air Mobility Wing
The 60th Wing includes the 6th and 9th refueling squadrons, which fly KC-10 Extenders. The wing also has two squadrons that fly C-5 Galaxy transports.

55th Wing
RC-135 "Rivet Joint" reconnaissance aircraft.

116th Air Control Wing
E-8C Joint Stars ground surveillance aircraft.

347th Rescue Wing
HC-130 combat search-and-rescue aircraft.
71st Rescue Squadron.

43rd Airlift Wing
The 43rd Airlift Wing includes the 2nd and 41st airlift squadrons, which fly C-130 transports.

4th Fighter Wing
333rd-336th Fighter Squadrons, plus support and logistical squadrons. Equipped with F-15E Strike Eagle fighters.

6th Air Mobility Wing
The 6th Air Mobility Wing includes the 91st Air Refueling Squadron. Equipepd with KC-135 refueling tankers.

11th Reconnaissance Squadron
The 11th and 15th reconnaissance squadrons, both part of the 57th Wing, are the only Air Force squadrons that operate the Predator.

16th Special Operations Wing
AC-130 gunships, MC-130 Combat Talons.

52nd Fighter Wing
22nd Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Squadron, 81st Fighter Squadron and 606th Air Control Squadron, plus support and logistical squadrons.

509th Bomb Wing
Operating B-2 Spirit stealth bombers

US Army
1st Cavalry Division
1st Armored Division
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
82nd Airborne Division
4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command
Army Forces Central Command

US Navy

Aircraft Carrier battlegroups
USS Kittyhawk
USS Harry S. Truman
USS Constellation
USS Theodore Roosevelt
USS Abraham Lincoln
Plus supply ships

US Marines
2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
1st Marine Expeditionary Force
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

US Coast Guard
Port Security Unit 305
Port Security Unit 307
Port Security Unit 308
Port Security Unit 309
USCGC Adak
USCGC Monomoy
USCGC Walnut
USCGC Boutwell
USCGC Wrangell
USCGC Knight Island
USCGC Grand Isle
USCGC Bainbridge Island
USCGC Aquidneck
USCGC Pea Island

Australia - Operation Falconer An Australian National Headquarters headed by Brigadier Maurie McNarn.

An RAAF Squadron of 14 F/A-18s.
An RAAF detachment of 3 Hercules C130.
An RAAF detachment of 3 P-3C Orion.
An RAAF Air Forward Command Element.

HMAS Kanimbla carrying army landing craft and Army air defence detachment and a specialist explosives ordnance team.
HMAS Anzac
HMAS Darwin
A Navy clearance diver team.

SASR
16th Air Defense Regiment
5th Aviation Regiment including CH-47D Chinooks.
Incident Response Regiment
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando).

Denmark A corvette and a submarine, a medical team, and AWACS crew-members. Also set aside $43 million in funds for postwar reconstruction.
Defence of Turkey: 5 liaison officers to NATO crews in turkey, 10,000 doses of small pox vaccine and 1700 sets of protection gear against nuclear, biological and chemical attacks. Netherlands Patriot batteries to Turkey and 300 soldiers to men them. Basing and pass-through rights to US forces and post-war participation in peacekeeping in Iraq. Poland 56 soldiers of GROM, strengthening the sub-unit participating in Enduring Freedom.
A decontamination platoon.
ORP "Czernicki" vessel. Spain 1,100 troops divided into two teams protecting maritime transportation routes and providing aerial defense of southern Turkey, respectively. Republic of Korea 600 military engineers and 100 medics. Romania Basing and overfly rights. 278 experts in landmine removal and chemical and biological decontamination. Romania contributed post-conflict and non-combatant military troops for humanitarian missions. Czech Republic Czechslovakia sending a chemical-biological warfare support unit. Portugal Granted U.S. permission to use Lajes Field air base in the Azores Islands, a traditional eastern Atlantic refuelling stop.
ORP Kontraadmiral Xawery Czernicki, Logistics ship, as part of support group for US 5th Fleet from 10th July 2002 until 1st August 2003. GROM, Polish special forces. Italy Basing and overfly rights. Japan Due to constitutional restrictions, post war humanitarian support and financial aid. Bulgaria offered 150 non-combat troops. Georgia Provided basing rights El Salvador Will provide troops to postwar peacekeeping. Iceland Postwar humanitarian relief. Singapore Basing and overfly rights. Countries providing political or moral support only Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Honduras
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Philippines
Rwanda
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Uganda
Uzbekistan

Coalition countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
Tonga
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan

Nations providing postwar humanitarian relief, but NOT as part of an occupying force.

New Zealand: An engineering detachment of 61 NZDF personnel alongside UK forces in south-east Iraq on humanitarian, repair and refurbishment work. Serving with the Multi-National Division (South East) at Basrah.

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