NATO Order of Battle
The following Order of Battle lists the forces within each of NATO's three major regional commands that are readily available for combat duty. This is not the complete list of NATO forces, just those that can be depended upon to participate in military operations on relatively short notice. (Over time, assuming agreements can be reached, each country would contribute more of its total armed forces toward resolving the conflict.) All units listed below may be swapped or reassigned to different regional commands at any time by their home country, without warning.
Certain divisions and brigades have been designated as ARRC units (Allied Rapid Reaction Corps), which means they are specially trained and capable of deploying more quickly than other available units of a similar size. There are also even smaller, battalion-sized rapid reaction units available within each command for even faster deployment, though these units will not have the logistics support for more than a few days of combat and must therefore be relieved quickly.
AFNORTH (Allied Forces, Northwest Europe)
Headquarters: High Wycombe, UK. The commander of AFNORTH is a British 4-star General. Ground forces are all stationed at various bases in the UK unless otherwise noted.
Land component --
- British 3rd Commando Brigade (Royal Marines)
Naval component --
- Royal Navy
- (For a complete listing of ships used in this game, see the Royal Navy Order of Battle)
- (For the real listing of units, go to the Royal Navy homepage. Also check out this unofficial Royal Navy page).
- Also see the Royal Marines homepage).
- Norwegian Navy
- 4 Frigates (2 Nansen, 2 Oslo)
- 4 Submarines (2 Ula, 2 Kobben)
- 12 Patrol (8 Hauk, 4 Storm)
- Standing Naval Force, Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT). For current status of this squadron, see the report on NATO Standing Naval Forces.
- (Multi-national surface squadron of 7-10 destroyers and frigates, on continuous patrol)
- 12th, 617 Squadrons (Tornado GR-1), 16 Squadron (Jaguar) (Lossiemouth, UK)
- 43rd, 111 Squadrons (Tornado F3) (Leuchars, UK)
- 120, 201, 206 Squadrons (Nimrod ASW/Maritime patrol) (Kinloss)
- 8th Recce Squadron (E-3) (Waddington)
(For a complete listing of RAF squadrons and commands, go to the Royal Air Force homepage. To find the location of all UK air bases, see the RAF Air Base Map.)
- Royal Norwegian Airforce
- 331 Sqdn (F-16) (Bodo, Norway)
- 333 Sqdn (P-3) (Andoya, Norway)
- 336 Sqdn (F-5) (Rygge, Norway)
- 338 Sqdn (F-16) (Orland, Norway)
- For more information on Air Defense of Northern Europe go to this link.
- US 3rd Air Force
- 100th Air Refueling Wing (KC-135R) (RAF Mildenhall, UK)
- 48th Fighter Wing (F-15C/D/E) (RAF Lakenheath, UK) -- TRANSFERRED TO AF SOUTH. Returned to base, 12/10.
- US 12th Air Force
- 366th Wing (Fighter and Bomber) (B-1B, F-15E, F-16CJ/DJ, KC-135R) (RAF Lakenheath, UK) -- UNDER COMMAND OF AF SOUTH.
- US Iceland Defense Force
- 85th Operations Group (Keflavik, Iceland) -- Currently under operational control of US CINCLANT
- (For a more detailed listing of forces, see the Iceland Defense Force ORBAT)
- Canadian Air Force
- 3rd Wing (CF-18 Hornet) (Quebec) -- Currently under operational control of US CINCLANT
AFCENT (Allied Forces, Central Europe)
Headquarters: Brunssum, the Netherlands. The Commander of AFCENT is a German 4-star General. Most AFCENT forces are active at this time and are headed to the eastern border following the recent events in Poland.
Land component --
- 7 Pz Div (Dusseldorf) (AARC)
- British 1st Armored Div. (Hereford) (AARC)
- 1 Geb Div (Munchen)
- 10 Pz Div (Sigmaringen)
- 14 PzGren Div (Neubrandenberg)
- 1st Infantry Division (Wuerzberg) -- 1st Bde. DEPLOYTED TO CROATIA.
- 1st Armored Division (Bad Kreuznach) (AARC) -- DEPLOYED TO POLISH-GERMAN BORDER.
- 5 Pz Div (Mainz) [Detached from German II corps] (Heidelberg) -- DEPLOYED TO POLISH-GERMAN BORDER. Then deployed to Croatia.
- Recon bn.
- 1st Rgmt.
- 2nd Rgmt.
- 3rd Rgmt.
- Panzergrenadier Bde -- Deployed to Croatia.
Naval component:
- German Navy
- 2 DDG
- 2 FFG
- 4 FF
- 3 Submarines (Type 206A)
- 12 Patrol craft
- 12 Mine countermeastures
Danish Navy
- 2 Frigate (Niels Juel)
- 2 Submarines (Tumleren)
- 20 Patrol craft
Dutch Navy
- 2 DDG (1 Tromp, 1 Van Heemskerck)
- 4 FF (3 Karel Doorman, 1 Kortenaer)
- 1 Submarine (Walrus)
- 1 LPD (Rotterdam)
- Belgian Navy
- 1 Frigate (Wielingen)
Air component:
- Luftwaffe
- 4 fighter-bomber wings (8 sqdns Tornado)
- 4 fighter wings (7 sqdns F-4F)
- 1 recce wing
- 1 ECR wing
- 3 Transport wings (including 4 sqdns C-160, 4 sqdns UH-1D)
- Air Defense:
- 6 mixed wings (ea. with 6 sqdns Patriot, 6 sqdns Hawk, 14 sqdns Roland)
- Royal Air Force
- 4 sqdn Tornado GR1
- 2 sqdn Harrier
- 1 SAM (Rapier) Sqn.
- US 3rd Air Force
- 52nd Fighter Wing (F-16CJ/DJ, OA/A-10A) (Spangdahlem AB, Germany) -- DEPLOYED TO AF SOUTH. Returned to base 12/10.
- 86th Airlift Wing (C-130E, C-9A, C-20A, C-21A) (Ramstein AB, Germany)
- US 17th Air Force
- 1 tactical fighter wing
- 1 combat support wing
- 1 air-control wing
- 1 tactical airlift wing
AFSOUTH (Allied Forces, Southern Europe)
Headquarters: Naples, Italy. The Commander of AFSOUTH is a US four-star admiral.
- 3rd Mech Division (Italy) (AARC)
- Spanish Rapid Reaction Division (Spain) (AARC)
- 2nd Mech Division (Greece) (AARC)
- 1st Mech Division (Turkey) (AARC)
- Rapid Response:
- US Southern European Task Force (SETAF) (Vicenza, Italy)
- 173rd Airborne Bde. -- Ready to deploy to Croatia 10/1. Returned to CONUS after undergoing heavy combat.
- US 6th Fleet (Naples, Italy)
- (See Order of Battle for US Armed Forces)
- Standing Naval Force, Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED) (On continuous patrol)
- For current status on this destroyer-frigate squadron, see the report on STANAVFORMED
- Italian Navy (Mediterranean)
- 1 CVV (Garibaldi) (For details, click here.)
- 1 CG (Vittorio Veneto)
- 2 DDG (1 Luigi Durand de la Penne, 1 Audace)
- 8 Frigates (2 Maestrale, 1 Lupo, 1 Artigliere, 1 Alpina, 3 Minerva)
- 4 Submarines (3 Pelosi, 1 Sauro)
- 2 Amphibious (San Giorgio LPD)
- 10 Patrol and Coastal combatants
- Marines (San Marco)
- 1 bn. Marines
- Spanish Navy (Eastern Atlantic, western Mediterranean)
- 1 CVV (Principe de Asturias)
- 8 Frigates (4 Santa Maria [ex-Perry], 2 Baleares, 2 Descubierta)
- 6 Patrol
- 4 Submarines (2 Galerna [Fr. Agosta], 2 Delfin [Fr. Daphne])
- Portugese Navy (Eastern Atlantic, Straits of Gibraltar)
- 6 Frigates (2 Vasco da Gamma [MEKO 200], 2 Commandante Joao Belo [Cdt. Riviere], 2 Baptista de Andrade
- 2 Submarines (Albacora SS [Fr Daphne])
- 24 Patrol and coastal combatants
- US 3rd Air Force
- 48th Fighter Wing (F-15C/D/E) -- transferred from AF NORTH, 10/10.
- US 9th Air Force
- 1st Fighter Wing (F-15C/D/E) -- transferred from CONUS, 10/10.
- US 12th Air Force (Vincenza AB, Italy)
- 49th Fighter Wing (F-117A -- 1 sqdn.) (Aviano AB, Italy) -- transferred from CONUS, 10/10.
- 16th Air Expeditionary Wing (Aviano AB, Italy) (KC-135E/R, Predator, U-2)
- 39th Air & Space Wing (Tactical Spt) (Incirlik AB, Turkey) (E-3A, F-15C/E, F-16C/CJ, HC-130, HH-60, KC-135R, MC-130P)
US 16th Air Force (Aviano AB, Italy)
END REPORT.
