Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: mongol@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kevin A Geiselman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: **(4.1) Foreign Military Forces in Middle East (update) Message-ID: <1990Aug21.024707.995@cbnews.att.com> Date: 21 Aug 90 02:47:07 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Lines: 65 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Kevin A Geiselman This is part of a series of postings detailing the military forces involved in and around the Persian Gulf. As changes occur relevant postings will be updated and re-submitted. Any questions, comments or corrections concerning these postings should be e-mailed rather than posted to save network clutter. Kevin A. Geiselman mongol@unix.cis.pitt.edu =============================================================================== OTHER MILITARY FORCES IN MIDDLE EAST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUSTRALIA --------- Adelaide F-01 (US Perry-class) 1x AS-350 Squirrel hel, 2x3 ASTT; plus 1x SM-1 MR SAM/Harpoon SSM launcher Darwin F-04 (US Perry class) 1x AS-350 Squirrel hel, 2x3 ASTT; plus 1x SM-1 MR SAM/Harpoon SSM launcher Success AOR-1 CANADA ------ Athabaskan DDH-282 (Iroquois-class) 2 CH-124 Sea King ASW hel (Mk 46 LWT), 2x3 ASTT, 1x3 ASW mor; plus 1x 127mm gun Terra Nova DD Protecteur AOR-509 EGYPT ----- 5,000 troops FRANCE (en-route, from Toulon 13 Aug) ------ Clemenceau R-98 (Clemenceau-class) 2 flt with 20 Super Etendard 1 flt with 7 F-8E Crusader 1 flt with 6 Alize 1 det with 4 Etendard IVP, 2 Super Frelon, 2 Lynx hel Colbert C-611 1x2 Masurca SAM, 4x MM-38 Exocet, 2x 100mm guns Var A-608 GREAT BRITAIN ------------- York D-98 (Sheffield-class) Battleaxe F-89 (Broadsword-class) 2 Lynx hel, 2x3 ASTT; plus 4x MM-38 Exocet SSM Jupiter F-60 (Leander-class) Orangeleaf (supply) 3 Minesweapers (en-route from Rosyth, Scotland; 13 Aug) 3 Nimrod 2 sqn Tornado-F3 2 sqn Jaguar in Oman Netherlands ----------- 2 FF (en-route)