Royal Australian Navy
Operation Damask I (6 September 1990 – 3 December 1990)
Task Group 627.4
- HMAS Adelaide
- 1 S-70B-2 Seahawk, SITU and 1 AS-350BA Squirrel, 723 Squadron
- HMAS Darwin
- 1 S-70B-2 Seahawk, SITU and 1 AS-350BA Squirrel, 723 Squadron
- HMAS Success (6 September 1990 – 25 January 1991)
- Detachment, 111 Battery (Light), 16th Air Defence Regiment
- 1 AS-350BA Squirrel, 723 Squadron
Operation Damask II (3 December 1990 – 28 May 1991)
Task Group 627.4
- HMAS Brisbane (until 26 March 1991)
- HMAS Sydney (until 26 March 1991)
- 1 S-70B-2 Seahawk, SITU, 1 AS-350BA Squirrel, 723 Squadron
- HMAS Westralia (26 January 1991 – June 1991)
- Detachment, 111 Battery (Light), 16th Air Defence Regiment
Operation Damask III (13 June 1991 – 4 September 1991)
- HMAS Darwin
- 1 S-70B-2 Seahawk, 816 Squadron and 1 AS-350BA Squirrel, 723 Squadron
Other Deployments
- Logistic Support Element (Muscat, Oman)
- Logistic Support Detachment Bahrain
- Logistic Support Detachment Dubai
Task Group Medical Support Elements (served aboard USS Comfort)
- TGMSE 1 (13 September 1990 – 4 January 1991)
- TGMSE 2 (31 December 1990 – 15 March 1991)
- TGMSE 3 (13 January 1991 – 15 March 1991)
Clearance Diving Team 3 operated in the theatre from 27 January 1991 to 10 May 1991. It was involved in mine clearing operations in Kuwait from 5 March to 19 April 1991.
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