2026 Iran war order of battle

This is the order of battle of the 2026 Iran war.

US–Israel and allies

• United States
  •   United States Armed Forces
    • CENTCOM
      •   United States Army
        • United States Army Central ^[1]
      •   United States Air Force
        • USAFCENT ^[1]
          • Ninth Air Force ^[1]
      •   United States Navy
        • NAVCENT
          • Fifth Fleet ^[2]
            • Carrier Strike Group 3 ^[3]
              • USS Abraham Lincoln ^[4]
              • Destroyer Squadron 21 ^[3]
                • USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. ^{[5] [3]}
                • USS Spruance ^{[5] [3]}
                • USS Michael Murphy ^[5]
              • Carrier Air Wing 9 ^{[5] [3]}
                • Strike Fighter Squadron 14 ^[3]
                • Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 14 ^[3]
                • Strike Fighter Squadron 41 ^[3]
                • Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 71 ^[3]
                • Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 ^[3]
                • Electronic Attack Squadron 133 ^[3]
                • Strike Fighter Squadron 151 ^[3]
                • Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 ^[3]
            • Carrier Strike Group 12 ^[3]
              • USS Gerald R. Ford ^[6]
              • Destroyer Squadron 2 ^[3]
                • USS Mahan ^[6]
                • USS Bainbridge ^[5]
                • USS Winston S. Churchill ^[5]
              • Carrier Air Wing Eight ^[5]
                • Strike Fighter Squadron 31 ^[3]
                • Strike Fighter Squadron 37 ^[3]
                • Fleet Logistics Squadron 40 ^[3]
                • Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70 ^[3]
                • Strike Fighter Squadron 87 ^[3]
                • Airborne Command and Control Squadron 124 ^[3]
                • Electronic Attack Squadron 142 ^[3]
                • Strike Fighter Squadron 213 ^[3]
                • Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 ^[3]
            • USS Roosevelt ^[5]
            • USS Delbert D. Black ^[5]
            • USS Thomas Hudner ^[3]
            • USS Canberra ^[5]
            • USS Tulsa ^[5]
            • USS Santa Barbara ^[5]
            • USS McFaul ^[3]
            • USS John Finn ^[3]
            • USS Milius ^[3]
            • USS Pinckney ^[3]
            • USS Mitscher ^[3]
      •   United States Marine Corps
        • Marine Corps Aviation ^[7]
  • Central Intelligence Agency ^[8]

• Israel
  •   Israel Defense Forces
    •   Israeli Ground Forces
    •   Israeli Air Force
    •   Israeli Navy ^[9]
    • Military Intelligence Directorate
    • Home Front Command
  • Mossad

• Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan ^{[10] [11]}
  • Kurdistan Free Life Party ^[12]

Defensive only

• Australia
  •   Australian Defence Force ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Bahrain
  •   Bahrain Defence Force
• Canada
  •   Canadian Armed Forces (intelligence support only) ^{[16] [17]}
    •   Royal Canadian Air Force
      • 1 Canadian Air Division
        • Combined Aerospace Operations Center ^[18]
• France
  •   French Armed Forces
• Greece
  •   Hellenic Armed Forces
    •   Hellenic Air Force ^[19]
    •   Hellenic Navy
      • Kimon-class frigate "Kimon" ^[20]
      • Hydra-class frigate "Psara" ^[19]
• Iraq
  •   Iraq Armed Forces
  • Kurdistan Region
    • Peshmerga ^[21]
      • 11th Brigade ^{[22] [23] [24]}
    • Kurdistan Region Security Council
    • Counter Terrorism Department ^[25]
• Jordan
  •   Jordanian Armed Forces
• Kuwait
  •   Kuwait Armed Forces
• Qatar (reportedly offensive actions since March 3)
  •   Qatar Armed Forces ^[26]
    •   Qatar Emiri Air Force ^[27]
• Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabian Military Forces
    •   Saudi Arabian Armed Forces
      •   Royal Saudi Air Force
• United Arab Emirates
  •   United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
    •   United Arab Emirates Air Force
• United Kingdom
  • British Armed Forces
    •   Royal Navy
      • Surface Fleet
        • HMS Dragon ^[28]
      • Fleet Air Arm
        • 815 Naval Air Squadron ^[29]
    •   Royal Air Force
      • Air Command
        • No. 1 Group
          • No. 10 Squadron ^[30]
          • No. 31 Squadron ^[30]
          • No. 617 Squadron ^[31]
        • No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group
          • No. 901 Expeditionary Air Wing
          • No. 902 Expeditionary Air Wing
          • No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing
          • No. 906 Expeditionary Air Wing
        • Royal Air Force Regiment
          • No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment
      • Space Command

Iran and allies

Main article: Axis of Resistance

• Iran
  • Iranian Armed Forces
    • Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters
    • Iranian General Staff
      •   Iranian Army
        •   Iranian Ground Forces
        •   Iranian Air Force
          • 2nd Tactical Airbase ^[32]
            • 21st Tactical Fighter Squadron
            • 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
            • 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
          • 7th Tactical Airbase ^[32]
        •   Iranian Navy
          • Southern Fleet ^[32]
            • 1st Naval District
              • IRIS Kurdistan (sunk) ^[33]
              • IRIS Makran (sunk) ^[34]
            • 2nd Naval District
              • IRIS Sahand (sunk)
              • IRIS Dena (sunk)
            • 3rd Naval District
              • IRIS Bayandor (sunk) ^[32]
              • IRIS Naghdi (sunk) ^[32]
        • Air Defense Force
      • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
        • Thar-Allah Headquarters ^[35]
        • Ground Forces
          • Ansar ol Mehdi Unit ^[32]
          • Mohammad Rasoul Ollah Provincial Unit ^[33]
          • Shahid Ali Arabi Airbase ^[32]
        •   Aerospace Force
        •   Naval Forces
          • Imam Ali Base
            • IRIS Jamaran (sunk) ^[36]
          • IRIS Shahid Bagheri (claimed struck) ^{[37] [38]}
        • Quds Force ^[39]
        • Basij
          • Fifth Tehran Municipality Quds Basij Resistance Regional Base ^[33]
        • Intelligence Organization
      • Police Command
        • Shahr-e Rey LEC Station ^[32]
        • Iranian Cyber Police
        • Iranian Border Guard
          • West Azerbaijan Provincial Border Guard ^[32]
          • Mehran Border Regiment ^[32]
  • Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics
    • Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research
  • Ministry of Intelligence
    • Espionage Division ^[33]
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministry of Justice
• Yemen (SPC)
  •   Yemeni Armed Forces (SPC)
    •   Yemeni Land Forces (SPC)
    • Houthis
• Popular Mobilization Forces
  • Islamic Resistance in Iraq ^[40]
    • Kata'ib Hezbollah ^[41]
    • Saraya Awliya al-Dam ^[42]
• Hezbollah
  • Hezbollah military
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad
  • Al-Quds Brigades
• Islamic Group ^[43]
  • Al-Fajr Forces

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