NATO Forces

Initially deployed to Romania on May 1st, 1998 The NATO Task Force Thunder Hawk consisted of:

173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep)
• 1st Bn 503rd Regiment,
• 2nd Bn 503rd Regiment,
• HHC
• 173rd Combat Engineers Company
• 173rd Light Support Bn.
1st BN 198th Armor RGT, 155th Armor BDE
2nd BN 11th Field Artillery Regiment
• Battery A
• Battery C
5/6 Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division
USAF 31st Air Expeditionary Wing
• 555th Fighter Squadron
• 510th Fighter Squadron
• 56th Air Rescue Squadron
• 31st Security Police Squadron
• 31st Maintenance and Armament Squadron
• 53rd Fighter Squadron
• 81st Fighter Squadron
•
Task Force 650
B co. 2/11 SF
389th Military Intelligence Company
DET 3, 26th Special Tactics Squadron (PJ, TACF, Combat Controllers, Weather Observers)
2nd Company Fallschirmjager Bn 254

TF-160 (Night Stalkers Detachment)
AH-6 Little Birds
MH-6 Little Birds
OH-6 Cayuses
MH-47E Chinooks
UH-60 Blackhawks)

United Kingdom:
TF Cyprus
N0. 34 Squadron RAF CVR(t) Light Armoured Recce
15 Paras BN
2503 Squadron RAuxAF (Force Protection)
B Company 1/7th Duke of Edenborough’s Own Gurkha Rifles

Italy:

Alpini Bn "Trento"
Bersaglieri BN Bucarest
Lanciere di Dacia Cavalry BN (Horse)