Red Sea crisis order of battle explained

See main article: Red Sea crisis. The following units are participating in the ongoing Red Sea crisis.

Houthis and allies

• Supreme Political Council
  •  Yemeni Armed Forces
    •  
      • Coastal Missile batteries^[1]
      • Air defence systems^[2]
      • SAM batteries^[3]
    •  
      • Type 037 corvette
      • 37.5 m patrol vessels
      • USVs
      • UUV^[4]
    •  
      • Mil Mi-24 helicopters^[5]
      • Mil Mi-17 helicopters^[6]
      • Shahed drones
      • KAS 04 drones^[7]
  •   Houthi militia
    • Artesh
    • NEDAJA
      • ^[8] (Frigate)
  • IRGC
    • NEDSA
      • ^[9] (Intel ship)
    • Quds Force^[10]
• ^[11]
• Islamic Resistance in Iraq^[12]
  • Popular Mobilization Forces

Anti-Houthi forces

Israel

• • • • • • Shayetet 3
      • (Corvette)^[13]
      • (Corvette)
      • (Corvette)^{[14] [15]}
    • C-Dome
      • • Air Defence Command
      • Arrow 3^[16]
        • Air Wing 1
      • Defenders of West Squadron
        • Eurocopter AS565 Panthers^[17]
    • Air Wing 28
      • Desert Giants Squadron
        • Boeing 707 "Re'em"s
      • Naschon Squadron^[18]
    • F-35 Adir fighter jets^[19]
    • F-15 Eagles^{[20] [18]}

Prosperity Guardian

• • • CENTCOM^[21]
      • • Fifth Fleet
      • Carrier Strike Group 2
        • USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Aircraft carrier)
        • USS Philippine Sea (Cruiser)
        • USS Carney (Destroyer)
        • USS Gravely (Destroyer)
        • USS Laboon (Destroyer)
        • USS Mason (Destroyer)
        • USS Thomas Hudner (Destroyer)
        • USS Arleigh Burke (Destroyer)
        • USS Cole (Destroyer)^[22]
        • USS Bataan (Amphibious assault ships)^[23]
        • USS Florida (Submarine)
    • United States Naval Air Forces
      • Carrier Air Wing Three^[24]
        • Strike Fighter Squadron 32
          • F/A-18 Super Hornets
        • Strike Fighter Squadron 83
          • F/A-18 Super Hornets
        • Strike Fighter Squadron 105
          • F/A-18 Super Hornets
        • Strike Fighter Squadron 131
          • F/A-18 Super Hornets
        • Electronic Attack Squadron 130^[25]
          • EA-18G Growler^[5]
        • Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123
          • E-2C Hawkeye
        • Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7^[26]
          • MH-60S Seahawk
        • Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74
          • MH-60R Seahawk
    • United States Naval Special Warfare Command
      • United States Navy SEALs^[27]
        • One KC-135 Stratotanker
    • MQ-9 Reapers
  • United States Marine Corps
    • II Marine Expeditionary Force
      • 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit^[23]
      • 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
        • Marine Aircraft Group 14
          • McDonnell Douglas Harriers^[23]
  • United States Coast Guard^[28]
    • • • • HMS Diamond (Destroyer)
    • HMS Duncan (Destroyer)^[29]
    • HMS Richmond (Frigate)
    • HMS Lancaster (Frigate)
      • • RAF Akrotiri
      • No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing^{[30] [31]}
        • Four RAF Typhoon fighters
        • Two Voyager KC2s^[32]
          • SLNS Gajabahu^{[33] [34]} (Armed patrol vessel)
    • (personnel only)
    • (personnel only)
    • (personnel only)
    • (personnel only)
    • (personnel only)
    • (intelligence support)

Aspides

• • • French Navy
    • (Frigate)
    • (Frigate)
    • (Frigate)^[35]
    • French Naval Aviation
      • Eurocopter AS565 Panther helicopters^{[36] [37]}
  • French Air and Space Force
    • Base aérienne 188 Djibouti "Colonel Emile Massart"
      • 311 Corsican Squadron
        • Dassault Mirage 2000^[38]
          • ^[39] (Destroyer)
    • (Destroyer)
    • (Frigate)
    • (Frigate)
      • • • Einsatzflottille 2
      • (Frigate)
    • Marineflieger
      • One Westland Lynx
        • • (Frigate)
        • 40th Squadron
      • One NH90
    • (personnel only)

Joint Operations (Prosperity Guardian + Aspides)

• • • Hellenic Navy
    • (Frigate)
    • (Frigate)^[40]
      • • • (Frigate)
          • (Frigate)
    • (Joint support ship)^{[41] [42]}
    • Netherlands Naval Aviation Service
      • One NH90
      • One Eurocopter AS532 Cougar
    • (personnel only)
    • (personnel only)

Independent deployments

• • • • • • INS Kolkata (Destroyer)
    • INS Kochi (Destroyer)
    • INS Chennai (Destroyer)
    • INS Visakhapatnam (Destroyer)
    • INS Mormugao (Destroyer)
    • INS Tarkash (Frigate)
    • INS Talwar (Frigate)
    • Indian Naval Air Arm
      • HAL Dhruv helicopters
    • Pakistan Navy
    • PNS Tughril (Frigate)
    • PNS Taimur (Frigate)
    • PNS Shamsheer (Frigate)
    • PNS Aslat (Frigate)
    • PNS Yarmouk (Corvette)
    • PNS Moawin (Replenishment oiler)
    • PNS Madadgar (Coastal tanker)
    • Pakistan Naval Air Arm
      • WS-61 Sea King helicopters
  • Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
    • 26th Offshore Patrol Squadron
      • PMSS Zhob (Maritime Patrol Vessel)
        • • Jiaozuo (Destroyer)
    • Xuchang (Frigate)
    • Honghu (Replenishment oiler)
    • People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
      • Two Harbin Z-9 helicopters^[43]
    • Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces
    • 290th Patriot unit^[44]
    • ^[45]
  • Egyptian Air Defense Forces^[46]

Notes and References

1. News: US Navy downs missiles in Red Sea after ship attacked by Houthi rebels. Sam. Jones. 31 December 2023. The Guardian.
2. Web site: Baldor . Lolita . Copp . Tara . 11 January 2024 . US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240112000252/https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-biden-retaliation-attacks-0804b93372cd5e874a0dd03513fe36a2 . 12 January 2024 . Associated Press.
3. News: U.S. Forces Strike and Destroy Houthi Surface-to-Air Missile . 31 January 2024 . CENTCOM . 31 January 2024.
4. News: Graef . Aileen . US conducts strikes against Houthi underwater vessel for the first time since Red Sea attacks began . CNN . 19 February 2024.
5. News: Altman . Howard. Rogoway . Tyler . 6 June 2024 . EA-18G Growler Killed A Houthi Mi-24 Hind With An AGM-88E Anti-Radiation Missile . The War Zone . 7 June 2024.
6. News: 20 November 2023 . Japan condemns Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack of cargo ship in Red Sea . en-GB . BBC News. 24 November 2023 . 24 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231124060508/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67470711 . live.
7. Web site: US Navy warship shoots down a drone launched by Houthis from Yemen. 29 November 2023. 29 November 2023. Baldor. Lolita. Associated Press. 29 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231129191941/https://apnews.com/article/us-iran-houthi-drone-yemen-daf0427ba836799ba29479050b866f90. live.
8. News: Iranian warship Alborz enters Red Sea amid tensions: State media . 3 January 2024 . Al Arabiya English . 1 January 2024 . 2 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102002811/https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/01/01/Iranian-warship-Alborz-enters-Red-Sea-amid-tensions-State-media . live.
9. Web site: Iran Update, December 22, 2023. Institute for the Study of War . 23 December 2023. 23 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231223035415/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-22-2023 . live.
10. News: Solomon . Jay . Iran's Revolutionary Guard deployed in Yemen. 15 January 2024 . Semafor . 15 January 2024 . 26 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240126052016/https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2024/irans-revolutionary-guard-deployed-in-yemen . live.
11. News: Nakhoul . Samia . Hafezi . Parisa . Exclusive: Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen, sources say . 20 January 2024 . Reuters . 20 January 2024 . 20 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240120162434/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-hezbollah-commanders-help-direct-houthi-attacks-yemen-sources-say-2024-01-20/ . live.
12. News: Within 10 days.. 75 Houthis were killed in Western strikes . 21 January 2024 . Sky News Arabia . 21 January 2024 . ar . 21 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240121064105/https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1687013-10-%D8%A7%D9%94%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-75-%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9 . live.
13. Web site: 12 December 2023 . New Israeli warship deployed to Red Sea . 20 March 2024 . Sky News . en . 19 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240319005358/https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-hamas-latest-middle-east-live-updates-sky-news-blog-12978800?postid=6910786#liveblog-body . live .
14. Web site: זה מה שקרה בדקות בין זיהוי הכטב"ם - ליירוט ההיסטורי בלב ים. Israel Defense Forces.
15. Web site: 'סער 6' יירטה לראשונה כטב"ם באמצעות מערכת "כיפה ימית". 9 April 2024. Israel Defense Forces.
16. News: 31 October 2023 . In first, Arrow downs Eilat-bound missile from 'Red Sea area'; Houthis claim attack . 20 March 2024 . The Times of Israel . 31 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231031162333/https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-arrow-system-used-to-down-missile-from-red-sea-houthis-claim-uav-attack/ . live .
17. Web site: Explosions in Egyptian red sea town near Israel. .
18. News: זיתון . יואב . 2024-07-20 . 200 ק"מ רחוק יותר מטהרן: "צה"ל תקף אחרי 220 שיגורים" זה השימוש החות'י בנמל שנפגע . 2024-07-20 . Ynet . he.
19. News: 2 November 2023 . Israel shoots down Houthi cruise missiles using F-35i Adir fighter jets . 20 March 2024 . Defence Blog . 2 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231102131839/https://defence-blog.com/israel-shoots-down-houthi-drones-using-f-35i-adir-fighter-jets/ . live .
20. News: Fabian . Emanuel . 2024-07-20 . IDF releases footage of F-15s prepping for Yemen airstrikes . Times of Israel.
21. Web site: Attacks on ships and US drones show Yemen's Houthis can still fight despite US-led airstrikes . 20 February 2024 . ABC News . en . 20 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240220194159/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ship-attacks-downing-us-drones-yemens-houthis-put-107358670 . live .
22. News: 7 August 2024 . Yemen's Houthis target Contship Ono ship, two US destroyers . 7 August 2024 . Reuters . Renee . Maltezou . Yomna . Mohamed . Jaidaa . Taha.
23. News: 12 February 2024 . The fighter pilots hunting Houthi drones over the Red Sea . 16 February 2024 . BBC News . en-GB.
24. Web site: Mongilio . Heather . 12 January 2024 . Ike's Carrier Air Wing 3, USS Gravely, USS Philippine Sea and USS Mason Struck Houthi Targets . 13 January 2024 . www.usni.org.
25. News: Altman . Howard. Rogoway . Tyler . 6 June 2024 . EA-18G Growler Killed A Houthi Mi-24 Hind With An AGM-88E Anti-Radiation Missile . The War Zone . 7 June 2024.
26. Web site: U.S. Navy Helo Crews Kill Houthi Assault Boat Teams After Red Sea Attack . USNI News . LaGrone . Sam . 31 December 2023 . 17 January 2024.
27. News: 22 January 2024 . Two US Navy Seals declared dead after raid to seize Iranian weapons bound for Houthis . 22 January 2024 . . en-GB . 0261-3077 . 22 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240122013936/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/us-military-navy-seals-death-raid-iranian-weapons-seized-houthis-yemen-middle-east-crisis-red-sea-uss-lewis-puller . live.
28. News: Schmitt . Eric . 2024-02-15 . The U.S. says it seized more weapons from Iran intended for the Houthis. . 2024-02-15 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
29. Web site: 2024-05-28 . Royal Navy's HMS Duncan leaves Portsmouth to protect trade routes . 2024-06-10 . BBC News . en-gb.
30. Web site: Royal Air Force and US attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen: What we know so far. Forces Net . 12 January 2024 . 26 January 2024.
31. Web site: RAF Typhoons destroyed all Houthi rebel targets during second wave of strikes, PM says . Forces Net . 23 January 2024 . 26 January 2024.
32. Web site: Statement on Air Strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen: 24 February 2024 . 9 March 2024 . GOV.UK . en . 9 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240309202443/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-on-air-strikes-against-houthi-military-targets-in-yemen--2 . live .
33. News: SLNS Gajabahu returns from Red Sea . 5 March 2024 . Ceylon Today . 28 February 2024.
34. News: Red Sea crisis: SLN prepped to continue patrols . 5 March 2024 . The Morning . 3 March 2024.
35. Web site: 2024-06-04 . Une frégate de défense aérienne française intègre l'opération européenne Aspides Mer et Marine . 2024-06-04 . www.meretmarine.com . fr.
36. Web site: Interception par l'hélicoptère de la frégate française d'un drone aérien en provenance du Yémen menaçant le trafic maritime civil en mer Rouge. . Armée française – Opérations militaires . fr . 20 March 2024 . 27 March 2024 . 27 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240327003621/https://twitter.com/EtatMajorFR/status/1770479631545532591 . live .
37. Web site: 20 March 2024 . French helicopter destroys Houthi drone . 20 March 2024 . The Jerusalem Post . en . 20 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320152134/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792916 . live .
38. Web site: Interceptions de drones aériens en provenance du Yémen . Armée française – Opérations militaires . fr . 9 March 2024 . 27 March 2024 . 17 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240317153545/https://twitter.com/EtatMajorFR/status/1766434746542719486 . live .
39. Web site: 20 July 2024 . EUNAVFOR ASPIDES . EUNAVFOR ASPDIES on X . EUNAVFOR ASPIDES . 8 August 2024 . https://archive.today/20240808130438/https://x.com/EUNAVFORASPIDES/status/1814545588026855452 . 8 August 2024 . live.
40. Web site: Yemen's Houthis claim attack on vital target in Israel's Haifa . Renee . Maltezou . Lefteris . Papadimas . Reuters . 7 July 2024. 7 July 2024.
41. Web site: Marineschip naar Rode Zee voor bevoorrading en medische zorg . Defensie.nl . Ministerie van Defensie . 7 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405150957/https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2024/04/05/marineschip-naar-rode-zee-voor-bevoorrading-en-medische-zorg . 5 April 2024 . Dutch . 5 April 2024 . live.
42. Web site: Karreman . Jaime . Kabinet: ook Zr.Ms. Karel Doorman naar Rode Zee . Marineschepen.nl . 7 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240407072003/https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Karel-Doorman-naar-Rode-Zee-050424.html . 7 April 2024 . Dutch . 5 April 2024 . live.
43. News: CHINA'S CALCULATED INACTION IN THE RED SEA CRISIS. 6 March 2024. Center for International Maritime Security.
44. Web site: Saudi Air Defenses Down Six Houthi Ballistic Missiles In 48 Seconds. Aviation Week Network.
45. Web site: Egyptian forces down Houthi drone targeting Eilat. i24NEWS.
46. Web site: Egyptian air defence shoots down suspected drone off Red Sea coast. Arab News.