Operation Desert Thunder
Order of Battle
15 October 1998 Snapshot

This is a reasonably up-to-date and accurate order-of-battle of forces deployed in Southwest Asia. In the interest of simplicity and consistency, it only includes striking forces directly participating in or supporting the air campaign, and excludes various non-combatant and logistical support elements.

Through the summer of 1998, the Navy forces were fairly well defined, with a complete listing available online @ United States Naval Forces in 5th Fleet - The Arabian Gulf. However, around the time of the August 1998 cruise missile strikes against targets in Afghanistan and Sudan, this link vanished, and no similar resource has replaced it. Some non-trivial uncertainty remains concerning Air Force deployments, and the Pentagon has from time to time explicitly declined to clarify matters, apart from specifying the overall number of aircraft in theater.