Military intervention against ISIL order of battle

This is the Military intervention against ISIL order of battle, which lists the American forces and allies aerial assets that have taken part in the Military intervention against ISIL between June 2014 and the present day.

Sea deployments

Carriers

Amphibious assault ships

• USS Essex until October 2015.^[1]
• USS Kearsarge from December 2015.
  • McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
    • Aircraft of VMA-223 attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced) (VMM-162 REIN) from December 2015.^[2]

Land bases

Unknown land bases

• Lockheed P-3C Orion
  • Patrol Squadron 26 (VP-26) - Tridents
  • Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46) - Grey Knights
• McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
  • Aircraft of the 389th Fighter Squadron operated by the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from unknown (at least January 2016)^[2] to March 2016.
• Lockheed C-130H Hercules
  • 908th Airlift Wing = 357th Airlift Squadron until January 2016.^[3]
  • 43d Airlift Group = 2d Airlift Squadron during March 2016.
• Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
  • Three aircraft detachment of 154th Wing = 203d Air Refueling Squadron during February.^[4]

Bahrain

• Isa Air Base - 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (379 AEW)
  • McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
    • Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) until February 2015.^[5]
    • Aircraft of VMA-223 attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced) (VMM-162 REIN) from December 2015.^[2]
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet
    • Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232) between February^[5] and October 2015.^[6]

Jordan

• Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (also known as Al Azraq)
  • Dassault Mirage 2000D^[7]
    • French Air Force from November 2014 to the present day.
  • Dassault Mirage 2000N^[7]
    • French Air Force from July 2014 to the present day.
  • General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon
    • 1st Fighter Squadron (RBAF)^[8]
    • 2nd Fighter Squadron (RBAF)^[8]
  • General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon ^[5]
    • 20th Fighter Wing^[8] = 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron
  • Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon
    • Royal Netherlands Air Force between October 2015 and 1 July 2016.^[9]

Kuwait

• Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base - 386 AEW^[10]
  • Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey
    • Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (VMM-363)^[11]
    • Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (VMM-268)
  • Lockheed Martin KC-130^[11]
  • Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II
    • 122d Fighter Wing = 163d Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (163 EFS) from November 17, 2014 until April 15^[12]
    • 127th Wing = 107 EFS from April 2015 until October 2015.^[10]
  • General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon between 15 October 2014 and 30 September 2015.^[13]
    • Eskadrille 727 (RDAF)
    • Eskadrille 730 (RDAF)
• Ali Al Salem Air Base - 386 AEW
  • Lockheed AC-130^[14]
  • Lockheed MC-130H Combat Talon II^[14]
  • General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper (Pooled asset)
    • No. 13 Squadron RAF^[15][16][17]
    • No. 39 Squadron RAF

Qatar

• Al Udeid Air Base - 379 AEW^[18]
  • Boeing E-3F Sentry
    • French Air Force from October 2014 to the present day.^[19]
  • Boeing B-52H Stratofortress^[20] (Pooled asset)
    • 20th Bomb Squadron from 11 April 2016^[21]
    • 96th Bomb Squadron from 11 April 2016^[21]
  • Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
    • 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
  • Boeing RC-135W Airseeker
    • No. 51 Squadron RAF^[22]
  • General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon^[23]
  • General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon^[23]
  • Lockheed EP-3E Aries II^[5]
    • Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1)
  • Lockheed P-3C Orion^[5]
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
    • 48th Fighter Wing during 2014.^[23]
    • 366th Fighter Wing during 2014.^[24]
  • Rockwell B-1B Lancer^[8]
    • 28th Bomb Wing
      • 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (July 2015 - January 2016)^[25]

Syria

• Khmeimim airbase (Latakia Air Base)
  • Sukhoi Su-24M
    • Russian Air Force from September 2015. ^[26]
  • Sukhoi Su-25SM
    • Russian Air Force from September 2015.^[26]
  • Sukhoi Su-25UB
    • Russian Air Force from September 2015.^[26]
  • Sukhoi Su-30SM
    • Russian Air Force from September 2015.^[26]
  • Sukhoi Su-34
    • Russian Air Force from September 2015.^[26]
  • Sukhoi Su-35S
    • Russian Air Force from January 2016.^[27]
  • Mil Mi-8
    • Russian Air Force^[28]
  • Mil Mi-24
    • Russian Air Force^[28]
  • Mil Mi-28
    • Russian Air Force^[28]
  • Kamov Ka-52
    • Russian Air Force^[28]

Turkey

• Diyarbakir Air Base - (1st Expeditionary Rescue Group)
  • Lockheed HC-130J
    • United States Air Force
  • Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
    • United States Air Force
• Incirlik Air Base - 39th Air Base Wing
  • Airbus A310-304 MRTT
    • German Air Force from 2016.^[29]
  • Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II
    • 23d Fighter Group = 74 EFS between October 2015^[30] and March 2016^[31]
  • General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon
    • 31st Fighter Wing = 510 EFS between August 2015 and October 2015.^[32][33]
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle
    • 48th Fighter Wing = 493 EFS between November^[34] and December 2015^[35]
      The squadron was being used for the protection of Turkish Airspace not the fight against ISIL.^[36]
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
    • 48th Fighter Wing = 492 EFS Between November^[37] and December 2015.^[35]
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15S Strike Eagle
    • No. 3 Wing RSAF = No. 92 Squadron RSAF from February 2016 to present.^[38]
  • Panavia Tornado ECR
    • Tactical Air Force Wing 51 "Immelmann" ^[29] from 2016.

United Arab Emirates

• Al Dhafra Air Base - 380 AEW
  • Dassault Rafale^[7]
    • From September 2014 to the present day.
  • Dassault Atlantique 2^[7]
    • 21F (FNA) from September 2014 to the present day.
    • 23F FNA From September 2014 to the present day.
  • Boeing C-135FR Stratotanker^[7]
    • French Air Force from September 2014 to the present day.
  • Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor.^[8]
    • 1st Fighter Wing = 27 EFS from Spring 2014^[39] to October 2014.^[24]
    • 325th Fighter Wing from October 2014^[24] to April 2015.
    • 1st Fighter Wing = 94 EFS between April and October 2015.^[40][41]
    • 192d Fighter Wing = 149 EFS between April and October 2015.^[40][41]
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
    • 48th Fighter Wing = 494 EFS between May and October 2015.^[8][42]
• Al Minhad Air Base
  • Airbus KC-30A
    • No. 33 Squadron RAAF from October 2014 to the present day^[43]
  • Boeing E-7A Wedgetail
    • No. 2 Squadron RAAF from October 2014 to the present day^[43]
  • Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet
    • No. 1 Squadron RAAF between October 2014 and March 2015^[44]
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet.
    • No. 75 Squadron RAAF from January 2015 to the present day.^[45]

Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)

• RAF Akrotiri
  • Airbus Atlas C.1
    • No. 70 Squadron RAF^[46]
  • Airbus Voyager KC.3^[12][47][48]
    • No. 10 Squadron RAF
    • No. 101 Squadron RAF
  • Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
    • No. 99 Squadron RAF^[49]
  • Boeing Chinook HC.4^[50][51]
    • No. 7 Squadron RAF during 2014.
    • No. 18 Squadron RAF during 2014.
    • No. 27 Squadron RAF during 2014.
  • Boeing Sentry AEW.1
    • No. 8 Squadron RAF^[52][53]
  • Beechcraft Shadow R.1
    • No. 14 Squadron RAF^[54]
  • Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 from 3 December 2015^[55][56]
    • No. 1 Squadron RAF from December 2015 to February 2016
    • No. 2 Squadron RAF from December 2015 to January 2016
    • No. 6 Squadron RAF from December 2015 to March 2016
  • Panavia Tornado GR.4^[57][58] (Pooled asset)
    • No. 2 Squadron RAF between August 2014^[59] and 2015.
    • No. 9 Squadron RAF from August 2014 to the present day
    • No. 12 Squadron RAF from January 2015^[60] to the present day
    • No. 31 Squadron RAF from August 2014 to the present day
  • Lockheed Hercules C.5^[61][12] (Pooled asset)
    • No. 24 Squadron RAF
    • No. 30 Squadron RAF
    • No. 47 Squadron RAF
  • Raytheon Sentinel R.1
    • No. 5 Squadron RAF^[22]

See also

• Operation Inherent Resolve, name for American operations
• Operation Okra, name for Australian operations
• Operation Shader, name for British operations
• Operation Impact, name for Canadian operations
• Opération Chammal, name for French operations

Commander headquarters of ongoing operations:

• Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve

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