USAF Orbat SW Asia
October 2003
V.1.0 November 30, 2003
RILR
This orbat is summarized from www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_air.htm and is intended for readers who need a quick summary of combat units in the theatre. For the detailed orbat, kindly consult the original source about once a month.
US 9th Air Force [CENTAF]
379th Air Expeditionary Wing [Qatar – Al Udeid AB]
421st Fighter Squadron Unknown number F-16
494th Fighter Squadron Unknown number F-15E
40th Air Expeditionary Wing [BIOT – Diego Garcia]
40th Bomber Squadron 9 B-52H
447th Air Expeditionary Group [Iraq – Baghdad IAP]
All support units
506th Air Expeditionary Group ?? [Iraq – Kirkuk]
303rd Fighter Squadron* A-10
332nd Air Expeditionary Group [Iraq – Tallil AB]
All support units
407th Air Expeditionary Group [Iraq – Tallil AB]
74th Fighter Squadron A-10
303rd Fighter Squadron* A-10
64th Recon Squadron Predator??
332nd Air Expeditionary Group [Kuwait – Al Salem AB]
Composition Unknown
Unknown AEW or AEG [Kuwait Al Jaber AB]
320th Air Expeditionary Wing [Oman – Seeb IAP]
Composition unknown
321st Air Expeditionary Wing [Oman – Masirah]
355th Air Expeditionary Group 2-3 fighter squadrons [Note by Orbat.com]
380th Air Expeditionary Wing [UAE – Al Dhafra AB]
Appears to have only support squadrons
405th Air Expeditionary Wing [Oman – Thumrait AB]
Should have at least one fighter squadron
486th Air Expeditionary Wing [Location Unknown]
Unknown Unit C-130
US 16th Air Force [EUCOM]
401st
Air Expeditionary Wing
[Crete - Souda Bay; Bulgaria – Bourgas/Sarafovo]
Orbat.com assume the
401st AEW has the 401st Group with F-16s.
Unknown AEW or
AEG [Romania – Constanta]
Likely support units
only
Unknown AEW or
AEG [Jordan – Unidentified
Location]
Unidentified Units
362nd
Air Expeditionary Group
[Germany - Rhein-Main]
362nd Air
Expeditionary Group C-17
39th
Wing** [Turkey – Incirlik
AB]
385th Air
Expeditionary Group Tankers
*303rd FS
is split between two bases
**We do not know why
Globalsecurity.org does not list 39th Wing as an Air Expeditionary
Wing. A possible answer is that the wing is permanently stationed at Incirlik.