These forces did not participate in the war against Iraq, but deployed to Turkey under the NATO mandate to defend one of its members from a possible attack from Iraq. In response to the US build-up at Incirlik, Saddam began moving ground forces to the Turkish border, as well as Scud B and A] Hussein missiles to within range of Incirlik. Following this announcement, Turkey requested air defense support from its NATO allies, with the following result. Belgian Air Force 8th Escadrille, No. 3 Wing (at Diyarbakir, Turkey): 4 Mirage 5BA German Luftwaffe Jagdbombergeschwader 43 (at Diyarbakir, Turkey): 4 Alpha Jets Italian Air Force Unknown units (at Diyarbakir, Turkey): 1 RF-104,2 G.91R NATO Airborne Early Warning Force (at Diyarbakir, Turkey): 1 E-3A Dutch Army Two Patriot batteries, 502 and 503 Squadrons (Patriot), and two HAWK batteries, 324 and328 Squadrons (Hawk), defending Turkish airbases. More Gulf War Introduction Coalition Forces: Joint Forces Command Coalition Forces: CENTCOM US Central Command Coalition Forces: SOCCENT Special Operations Command Coalition Forces: JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force Coalition Forces: MARCENT Marine Corps Component Coalition Forces: NAVCENT Naval Component Coalition Forces: CENTAF/9th Air Force: Air Force Component Coalition Forces: EUCOM US European Command Coalition Forces: NATOACE North Atlantic Treaty Org. Allied Command Europe, Mobile Force Back to Table of Contents -- Command Post Quarterly #4 To Command Post Quarterly List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Greg Novak. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com