Units

British Forces Deployed Units in
Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm

British Commander in the Gulf:Lieutenant-General Sir Peter de la Billierie

Royal Air Force

Squadron Number	Aircraft	Base
51	Nimrod R.Mk 1	RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus
	Tornado GR.Mk 1	Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
51	Nimrod R.Mk 1	Seeb, Oman
42 and 201	Nimrod MR.Mk 2P	Seeb, Oman
	Tornado F.Mk 3	RSAF Dhahran
29	Tornado GR.Mk 1A	RSAF Dhahran
	Tornado GR.Mk 1	Bahrain International Airport, Muharraq
6	Jaguar GR.Mk 1A	Bahrain International Airport, Muharraq
216	Tristar	Palermo, Italy?
101	VC10s K.Mk 2 and 3
55	Victors
	VC10 C.Mk 1
47	Hercules C.Mk 1 and C.Mk 3
	Buccaneer S.Mk 2B
	Puma HC.Mk 1
	Chinook HC.Mk 1B

Royal Navy

The Armilla Patrol: 11 ships, under the command of Commodore Paul Haddocks consisting of these ships, all of which were awarded the Battle Honour Kuwait 1991, which was awarded to Royal Navy units in the Gulf War which were either engaged in operations against Iraqi forces or engaged in logistic support duties in the central and Northern Gulf to the west of the meridian 51 degrees East at any time between 17 January and 28 February 1991.
Atherstone, Brave, Brazen, Brilliant, Cardiff, Cattistock, Dulverton, Exeter, Gloucester, Hecla, Herald, Hurworth, Ledbury, London, Manchester and the Auxiliaries Argus, Bayleaf, Diligence, Fort Grange, Olna, Resource, Sir Bediivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Percivale and Sir Tristram. Royal Navy Sea Kings also formed part of the Support Helicopter Force Middle East. Royal Navy Frigates and Destroyers also operated Royal Navy Sea Lynx HAS.Mk 3s which calked up 15 Iraqi ship kills.

British Army

1st Staffordshire Regiment
5th Airborne Brigade
39th Royal Engineers
Special Air Service Regiment
Army Air Corps units operated Gazelle AH.Mk 1 and Lynx AH.Mk 7, and a sole communications aircraft an Islander AI.Mk 1
1st (British) Armoured Division
Division Troops