EA-18G GrowlerCarrier-capable airborne electronic attack aircraftSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Boeing / United StatesThe EA-18G Growler is a Boeing-built electronic attack derivative of the two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet, fielded to jam, detect, and attack hostile radars, communications, and air-defense networks while retaining missile carriage for suppression missions. U.S. Navy and Australian Growlers provide carrier or land-based electronic warfare support, with recent documented use in Operation Inherent Resolve, Red Sea operations against Houthi forces, and the U.S.-Iran strike context.Conflict archive
Operation Inherent Resolve Weapons and Equipment
The U.S.-led coalition campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including air operations, partner-force support, and later advisory and stabilization missions.
This archive tracks weapon systems documented in Operation Inherent Resolve, the coalition campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Entries emphasize directly sourced air, ground, and support roles by coalition or partner forces and by the Islamic State where those systems can be documented.
7 weapon systemsCategory
Aircraft & UAVs
Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.
EA-18G GrowlerCarrier-capable airborne electronic attack aircraftSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Boeing / United StatesThe EA-18G Growler is a Boeing-built electronic attack derivative of the two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet, fielded to jam, detect, and attack hostile radars, communications, and air-defense networks while retaining missile carriage for suppression missions. U.S. Navy and Australian Growlers provide carrier or land-based electronic warfare support, with recent documented use in Operation Inherent Resolve, Red Sea operations against Houthi forces, and the U.S.-Iran strike context.
A-10 Thunderbolt IIClose air support attack aircraftSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Fairchild Republic Co. / United StatesThe A-10 Thunderbolt II is a U.S. single-seat, twin-engine attack aircraft built around close air support, austere operations, survivability, and the 30 mm GAU-8/A cannon. U.S. military sources document A-10C use in Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS and in Afghanistan during Operation Freedom's Sentinel, where its loiter time, precision weapons, and cannon gave commanders a dedicated low-altitude support platform.
F-15E Strike EagleDual-role strike fighterSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: McDonnell Douglas; Boeing / United StatesThe F-15E Strike Eagle is a two-seat U.S. Air Force dual-role fighter built for long-range interdiction, precision attack, and self-escorted air-to-air combat. Its conformal fuel tanks, targeting/navigation pods, radar, and two-person cockpit allow it to strike ground targets day or night while retaining fighter performance, a role documented in Operation Inherent Resolve and later U.S.-Iran combat operations.
F-22 RaptorFifth-generation stealth air-superiority fighterSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Lockheed Martin; Boeing / United StatesThe F-22 Raptor is a U.S. fifth-generation stealth fighter built for air dominance with supercruise, integrated avionics, and internal weapons carriage. Although designed primarily for air-to-air combat, U.S. Air Force sources document its precision-strike role in Operation Inherent Resolve and its inclusion in the 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer strike package against Iran.
MQ-9 ReaperMedium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicleSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. / United StatesThe MQ-9 Reaper is a General Atomics medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft built for persistent intelligence collection and precision strike. Larger and more powerful than the MQ-1 Predator, it combines satellite control, electro-optical and infrared sensors, laser designation, and weapons such as Hellfire missiles and guided bombs, making it a recurring U.S. and coalition platform in counterterrorism, maritime-security, and regional-strike operations.Category
Artillery
Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.
AGM-158 JASSMAir-launched standoff cruise missileSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control / United StatesThe AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile is Lockheed Martin's low-observable, subsonic air-launched cruise missile family built to let bomber and fighter aircraft strike heavily defended, high-value targets from outside many air-defense envelopes. Its documented combat use includes baseline AGM-158A launches from B-1B bombers in the 2018 Syria missile strikes, AGM-158B use during Operation Inherent Resolve, and large-scale JASSM-family employment during Operation Epic Fury against Iran.
M142 HIMARSWheeled multiple rocket launcher and tactical missile launcherSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe M142 HIMARS is a U.S.-built wheeled launcher that gives field artillery units a rapidly deployable precision-strike system for GMLRS rockets, ATACMS, and newer PrSM missiles. Its single-pod launcher trades the heavier M270 MLRS loadout for C-130 transportability and road mobility, making it useful for dispersed long-range fires in Ukraine, Syria, and U.S. operations against Iran.