Operation Allied Force - Order of Battle - June 1999
The following table summarizes the best available (and likely incomplete) information concerning the composition and disposition of these forces circa June 1999. The disposition and composition of the US forces was probably about as close as contemporary OPSEC limitations would permit, and with the exception of a few squadron assignments had about the right number of the right types of aircraft at more or less the right locations (though the bed-down locations of newly deploying aircraft at the time would require further clarification).
This unofficial estimate was not and could be authoritative, but rather it represents a "best guess" assessment at the time based on a variety of official and unofficial sources, and was subject to revision and update.
Initially US Air Force elements were disposed among 16th Air Expeditionary Wing and the 31st Air Expeditionary at Aviano Air Base, Italy; the 86th Air Expeditionary at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and 100th Expeditionary Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. In early May 1999, reflecting the continued buildup of forces and the need to retain effective span of command, additional Expeditionary Wings were formed, largely from units previously assigned to the 16th Air Expeditionary Wing.
Operation Allied Force AircraftThe number of aircraft indicated reflects allocations to the Allied Force Air Tasking Order, rather than the total number of aircraft in theater or associated with a particular unit. |
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| Aircraft shaded in grey are committed but not yet deployed. | |||||||
| Aircraft shaded in gold are deployed in-theater, but not committed to Allied Force. In some instances, these aircraft remain allocated to Operation Deliberate Forge activities. | |||||||
| Country | Number | Aircraft | Unit | Location | |||
| TOTAL | ~1055 | ||||||
| UNITED STATES | ~730 | ||||||
| DEPLOYMENT PENDING | VARIOUS | ||||||
| 18 | F-15E | 4th Fighter Wing | Balikesir, Turkey | ||||
| 18 | F-15E | 4th Fighter Wing | Balikesir, Turkey | ||||
| 12 | F-16C/J | 20th Fighter Wing | Bandirma, Turkey | ||||
| 20 | KC-135 | Incirlik, Turkey | |||||
| 36 | 16th Air Expeditionary Wing | ||||||
| 12 | F/A-18D | VMFA(AW)-31 | Taszar | ||||
| 12 | F/A-18D | VMFA(AW)-31 | Taszar | ||||
| 5 | KC-135 | 940th Air Refueling Wing | Istres | ||||
| -0- | U-2 | 16th Expeditionary Op Group | Istres | ||||
| 5 | U-2 | 16th Expeditionary Op Group | NAS Sigonella | ||||
| 2 | RQ-1A | 11th Expd Recon Sq | Tuzla | ||||
| ~120 | 31st Air Expeditionary Wing | Aviano | |||||
| 12 | F-117 | Aviano | |||||
| 5 | F-15E | 494 Exped Fighter Sq / 48th Wing | Aviano | ||||
| -0- | F-15C | 52nd Fighter Wing | Aviano | ||||
| 24 | F-16C/J | 20th Fighter Wing | Aviano | ||||
| 30 | F-16C/J | 52nd Fighter Wing | Aviano | ||||
| 10 | F-16C | 510 Fighter Sq | Aviano | ||||
| 555 Fighter Sq | Aviano | ||||||
| 19 | F-16C | 510 Fighter Sq | Aviano | ||||
| 19 | F-16C | 555 Fighter Sq | Aviano | ||||
| 6 | F-16CJ | 22 Fighter Sq | Aviano | ||||
| 18 | F-16CJ | 23 Fighter Sq | Aviano | ||||
| 0 | F/A-18 | VMFA(AW)-332 | Aviano | ||||
| 5 | EA-6B | VMAQ-2 | Aviano | ||||
| 3 | EA-6B | VMAQ-1 | Aviano | ||||
| 5 | EA-6B | VAQ-134 | Aviano | ||||
| ~8 | EA-6B | ??????? | Aviano | ||||
| 2 | EA-6B | Atlantic Command | Aviano | ||||
| 2 | EA-6B | 2092 Tac El War Sq | ?Aviano | ||||
| 7 | EA-6B | VAQ-138 | Aviano | ||||
| 2 | EC-130H Compass Call | 355th Wing | Aviano | ||||
| 5 | EC-130 ABCC | 603d Air Control Sq | Aviano | ||||
| 2 | KC-135 | Aviano | |||||
| 46 | 48th Air Expeditionary Wing | ||||||
| 20 | F-15E | 492 Fighter Sq / 48th Fighter Wing | Aviano | ||||
| 20 | F-15C | 493 Fighter Sq / 48th Fighter Wing | Cervia-San Giorgio | ||||
| 6 | F-15C | PACAF | RAF Lakenheath | ||||
| 76 | 52nd Air Expeditionary Wing | ||||||
| 24 | F-16CJ | 20th Fighter Wing | Spangdahlem | ||||
| 12 | F-117 | Spangdahlem | |||||
| 18 | A-10 | 52nd Fighter Wing / 81st Exped Sq | Gioia Del Colle | ||||
| 4 | OA-10 | 20th Fighter Wing | Gioia Del Colle | ||||
| 6 | A-10 | 104th Fighter Wing | Gioia Del Colle | ||||
| 6 | A-10 | 110th Fighter Wing | Gioia Del Colle | ||||
| 6 | A-10 | 124th Fighter Wing | Gioia Del Colle | ||||
| ~50 | 60th Air Expeditionary Wing | ||||||
| 2 | E-8 JSTARS | 93rd Air Control Wing | Rhein-Main AB | ||||
| 2 | KC-10 | 9th Air Refueling Squadron | Rhein Main | ||||
| 6 | KC-135R | 117th Air Refueling Wing | RAF Brize Norton | ||||
| 6 | KC-135R | 128th Air Refueling Wing | RAF Brize Norton | ||||
| 6 | KC-135R | 161st Air Refueling Wing |
Various locations: RAF Brize Norton RAF St Morgan Ferihegy, Hungary |
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| 14 | KC-135R | 171st Air Refueling Wing | |||||
| 7 | KC-135R | 434th Air Refueling Wing | |||||
| 0 | KC-135R | 927th Air Refueling Wing | |||||
| 0 | KC-135R | 931st Air Refueling Group | |||||
| 8 | KC-135R | 940th Air Refueling Wing | |||||
| 7 | 86th Air Expeditionary / Airlift Wing | Ramstein | |||||
| 7 | C-130 | TRANSCOM | Rhein Main ? | ||||
| ~115 | 92nd Air Expeditionary Wing | ||||||
| 25 | KC-135 | TRANSCOM | ?Mont DeMarson | ||||
| 20 | KC-135R | Moron AB | |||||
| 5 | KC-10 | Moron AB | |||||
| ~45 | KC-135 | ?? | |||||
| 8 | KC-135 | 141st Air Refueling Wing | ?? | ||||
| 7 | KC-135 | 151st Air Refueling Wing | ?? | ||||
| 5 | KC-135 | 16th Expeditionary Op Group | NAS Sigonella | ||||
| ~70 | 100th Air Expeditionary Wing | ||||||
| 16 | B-52 | 2nd Bomb Wing | RAF Fairford | ||||
| 2 | B-52 | 5th Bomb Wing | RAF Fairford | ||||
| 5 | B-1B | 77th Bomb Squadron | RAF Fairford | ||||
| 4 | E-3 AWACS | 552nd Air Control Wing | Geilenkirchen AB | ||||
| 5 | RC-135 | RAF Mildenhall | |||||
| 5 | KC-135 | 22nd Air Refueling Sq | RAF Fairford | ||||
| 15 | KC-135 | 351st Air Refueling Sq | RAF Mildenhall | ||||
| 10 | KC-135 | 911th Air Refueling Sq | RAF Mildenhall | ||||
| 9 | KC-135 | TRANSCOM | RAF Brize-Norton | ||||
| 19 | Special Operations Command | Brindisi | |||||
| 2 | AC-130 | Brindisi | |||||
| 2 | EC-130E Volant Solo | Brindisi | |||||
| 3 | MC-130 | Brindisi | |||||
| 10 | MH-53 | Brindisi | |||||
| 2 | MH-60 | Brindisi | |||||
| 6 | 509th Bomb Wing | Brindisi | |||||
| 6 | B-2 | Whiteman AFB | |||||
| ~130 | Navy | ||||||
| 14 | F-14A | VF-14 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 14 | F-14A | VF-41 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 12 | F/A-18C | VFA-15 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 12 | F/A-18C | VFA-87 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 4 | EA-6B | VAQ-141 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 8 | S-3B | VS-24 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 6 | SH-60 | HS-3 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 5 | E-2C | VAW-124 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 2 | C-2A | VRC-40 | USS Theodore Roosevelt | ||||
| 8 | AV-8B | USS Kearsarge | |||||
| 12 | CH-46 | USS Kearsarge | |||||
| 9 | CH-53 | USS Kearsarge | |||||
| 2 | UH-46D | USS Inchon | |||||
| 8 | MH-53E | USS Inchon | |||||
| 2 | KC-130 | VMGR-252 | Bari, Italy | ||||
| ~2 | P-3C | VQ-2 | Rota | ||||
| ~2 | EP-3 | VQ-2 | Rota | ||||
| 56 | Army - TASK FORCE HAWK | ||||||
| 24 | AH-64A | 11th Aviation Rgmt | ~ Tirana, Albania | ||||
| ~18 | UH-60 | ~ Tirana, Albania | |||||
| ~14 | CH-47 | ~ Tirana, Albania | |||||
| ? 24 | AH-64A | Germany & CONUS | TBD | ||||
| ? 15 | UH-60 | Germany & CONUS | TBD | ||||
| ? 11 | CH-47 | Germany & CONUS | TBD | ||||
| Other NATO | ~325 | ||||||
| BELGIUM | 10 | ||||||
| 7 | F-16 | Amendola AB | |||||
| 3 | F-16AM (MLU) | Amendola AB | |||||
| CANADA | 18 | ||||||
| 18 | CF-18 | Aviano | |||||
| DENMARK | 9 | ||||||
| 9 | F-16 | Esk.730 | Grazzanise | ||||
| FRANCE | 87 | ||||||
| 12 | Jaguar | Istrana | |||||
| 6 | Mirage F1CR | Istrana | |||||
| 10 | Mirage F1CT | Solenzara | |||||
| 3 | Mirage IV-P | Solenzara | |||||
| 8 | Mirage 2000C | Grosseto | |||||
| 15 | Mirage 2000D | Istrana | |||||
| 2 | E-3F SDCA | Avord | |||||
| 2 | AS-330 HORIZON | Kumanovo | |||||
| 1 | C-160 Gabriel | Istrana | |||||
| 6 | KC-135 | Istres | |||||
| 2 | SA 330 PUMA CSAR | Istrana | |||||
| 16 | Super Etendard | Foch - Adriatic | |||||
| 4 | Etendard IV P | Foch - Adriatic | |||||
| 8 | F-8 Crusader | Foch - Adriatic | |||||
| 2 | Super Frelon | Foch - Adriatic | |||||
| 8 | Breguet Br 1050 Alize | Foch - Adriatic | |||||
| GERMANY | 15 | ||||||
| 14 | Tornado | Piacenza | |||||
| 1 | C-160 | Landsberg | |||||
| HUNGARY | ~50 | ||||||
| 22 | MiG-29 | 59th Regiment | Kecskemét | ||||
| 20 | MiG-21 | 31st Regiment | Taszár | ||||
| 9 | Su-22 | 31st Regiment | Taszár | ||||
| ITALY | 39 | ||||||
| 6 | Tornado IDS | Brescia-Ghedi | |||||
| 12 | Tornado ECR/IDS | Gioia del Colle | |||||
| 4 | Tornado ECR/IDS | Piancenza | |||||
| 6 | F-104-ASA | 9th Stormo | Amdendola | ||||
| 4 | F-104-ASA | Cervia | |||||
| 6 | AMX | Istrana | |||||
| 1 | Boeing 707/T | Pratica di Mare | |||||
| NATO | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | E-3A AWACS | NATO AEW Force | Trapani/Prevesa | ||||
| NETHERLANDS | 22 | ||||||
| 14 | F-16AM (MLU) | 315 Squadron | Amendola | ||||
| 6 | F-16A | Amendola | |||||
| F-60 transport | 334-squadron | ||||||
| 2 | KDC-10 | 334-squadron | Eindhoven | ||||
| NORWAY | 6 | ||||||
| 6 | F-16 | various | Grazzanise | ||||
| C-130 | |||||||
| PORTUGAL | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | F-16 | Squadron 201 | Aviano | ||||
| SPAIN | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | EF-18 | L'Ala de Caza 12 | Aviano | ||||
| 1 | KC-130 | Aviano | |||||
| 1 | CASA 212 | Vicenza | |||||
| TURKEY | 11 | ||||||
| 11 | F-16 | Ghedi | |||||
| 18 | F-16 | ||||||
| UNITED KINGDOM | 38 | ||||||
| 2 | L-1011 | Ancona | |||||
| 5 | VC-10 | Ancona | |||||
| 12 | Tornado | Solenzara | |||||
| 16 | Harrier GR-7 | Gioia Del Colle | |||||
| 2 | E-3D AWACS | No. 8 AEW | Aviano | ||||
| 1 | Canberra PR-9 | Gioia Del Colle | |||||
Operation Allied Force Navy ShipsAs of 23 April 1999 only 20 of these ships were allocated to Operation Allied Force | ||||
| Crew | VLS Cells | |||
| CVG | Roosevelt Carrier Battle Group | 358 | ||
| USS Theodore Roosevelt | CVN 71 | 5680 | 0 | |
| USS Leyte Gulf | CG-55 | 400 | 122 | |
| USS Vella Gulf | CG-72 | 400 | 122 | |
| USS Ross | DDG-71 | 340 | 90 | |
| USS Halyburton | FFG 40 | 300 | 0 | |
| USS Albuquerque | SSN-706 | 150 | 12 | |
| USS Boise | SSN-764 | 150 | 12 | |
| USS Arctic | AOE 8 | 667 | 0 | |
| SAG | Surface Action Group | 340 | 90 | |
| USS Gonzales | DDG 66 | 340 | 90 | |
| ARG | Amphibious Ready Group | 3,375 | 0 | |
| USS Kearsarge | LHA 3 | 2,875 | -0- | |
| USS Ponce | LPD 15 | 420 | -0- | |
| USS Gunston Hall | LSD 44 | 81 | -0- | |
| MCM | Mine Countermeasures Group | 1,443 | 0 | |
| USS Inchon | MCS 12 | 1,443 | -0- | |
| STANAVFORMED | NATO Standing Naval Forces Mediterranean | 12 | ||
| France | Foch [aircraft carrier] | 0 | ||
| Cassard [frigate] | 0 | |||
| ??????? [frigate] w/UK Group | 0 | |||
| ??????? [frigate] w/UK Group | 0 | |||
| Meuse [patrol] | 0 | |||
| Amethiste [submarine] | 0 | |||
| Jules Verne (auxiliary) | 0 | |||
| Germany | FGS Rheinland Pfalz [frigate] | 0 | ||
| Greece | HS Kimon [destroyer] | 0 | ||
| Italy | ITS Zeffiro [frigate] | 0 | ||
| Netherlands | HNLMS Bloys van Treslong [frigate] | 0 | ||
| Hr Ms Rotterdam (Landing Platform Dock) | 0 | |||
| Hr Ms Dolfijn [diesel submarine] | 0 | |||
| Spain | SPS Numancia [frigate] | 0 | ||
| Turkey | TCG Muavenet [frigate] | 0 | ||
| United Kingdom | HMS Newcastle [destroyer] | 0 | ||
| HMS Iron Duke [frigate] | 0 | |||
| HMS Grafton [frigate] | 0 | |||
| HMS Turbulent [nuclear submarine] | 0 | |||
| RFA Argus [aviation support ] | 0 | |||
| RFA Fort Austin [auxiliary] | 0 | |||
| TOTAL | ||||
| Tomahawk-capable VLS Cells | 460 | |||
| Tomahawks embarked | ?+ 300 | |||
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