The air component being deployed on Operation Telic numbers about 100 fixed-wing aircraft and 27 support helicopters, supported by some 7,000 personnel. Aircraft types involved include:

• Sentry AEW1 command & control aircraft

• Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft

• Jaguar GR3 attack/reconnaissance aircraft

• Harrier GR7 attack aircraft

• Tornado F3 air defence aircraft

• VC-10 tanker aircraft

• Tristar tanker aircraft

• Hercules transport aircraft

• Chinook helicopters

• Puma helicopters

• RAF Weapons

RAF Regiment units will provide ground defence for the force.

Read more about RAF Squadrons, their peacetime locations, Squadron designations and aircraft types.