Military Presence
Allied Forces
AFGHANISTAN - 300 troops
AUSTRALIA - See Australian Info Sheet
BAHRAIN - 400 personnel, 36 aircraft
BANGLADESH - 6,000 troops
BELGIUM -
1 frigate, 2 minesweepers, 2 landing
ships, 6 C-130 planes
BRITAIN - 43,000
troops, 6 destroyers, 4 frigates, 3
minesweepers, 168 tanks, 300 armored
vehicles, 70 jets
CANADA -
2 destroyers, 12 C-130 planes, 24 CF-18
bombers, 4500 troops, Field Hospital (1
Canadian Field Hospital)
CZECHOSLVAKIA - 200 chemical warfare specialists
EGYPT -
40,000 troops (5,000 special forces
paratroopers)
FRANCE - 18,000
troops, 60 combat aircraft, 120
helicopters, 40 tanks, 1 missle cruiser, 3
destroyers, 4 frigates
GERMANY - Jagdbombergeschwader 43 consisting of 18
Alpha-Jets and 212 soldiers stationed in
Erhac/Turkey during the gulf war.
5 Minesweeper, 2 Supply Vessels, 500 sailors
altogether.
HONDURAS - 150 troops
HUNGARY - 1 medical unit
ITALY -
3 frigates, 4 minesweepers, 10 Tornado
Aircraft
KUWAIT - 11,000
troops, 2 missle boats, 1 barge, A-4 Skyhawks (exact # unknown)
Leaders:
Emir of Kuwait
NEW ZEALAND - 50 medical soldiers and 2 C-130's
NIGER - 500 troops
OMAN -
25,500 troops, 63 airplanes, 4 Exocet-armed
ships
POLAND - 1 Hospital Ship
QATAR - 1 squadron of Mirage F-1E fighters
ROMANIA - 180 chemical warfare experts
SAUDI ARABIA - 118,000 troops, 550 tanks,
180
airplanes
Leaders:
King Fahad Leader
of Saudi Arabia
SOUTH KOREA - 5 C-130 transport planes,
1 medical
unit
SYRIA - 17,000 troops, 300 T-62 tanks
UNITED ARAB EMRIATES - 40,000 troops, 80 planes,
200 tanks
UNITED STATES - 540,000 troops, 6 aircraft carriers,
submarines, 4,000 tanks, 1,700
helicopters, 1,800 airplanes
Leaders:
George Bush President
of the United States
Dan Quayle Vice President
of the United States
Colin Powell Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Norman Schwarzkopf
CENTCOMM Commander
Jim Baker Secretary
of State
John Sununu President's
Chief of Staff
Dick Cheney Secretary
of Defense
Brent Scowcroft President's
National Security Advisor
Bob Dole Republican
Leader of the Senate
George Mitchell Democratic
Leader of the Senate
Sam Nunn Senate Armed
Services Committee Chairman
Les Aspin House Armed
Services Committee Chairman
Info compiled from various sources