Editing Kuwait Armed Forces (section)

=== Operation Desert Strike (1996) ===

Following [[Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (1996)|Operation Desert Strike]] in 1996, Kuwait agreed to a United States Battalion Task Force to be permanently stationed in Kuwait.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/docs99/n10251999_9910253.htm Military] ''Global Security'' {{dead link|date=October 2013}}</ref> These US Army Intrinsic Action (later called [[Operation Desert Spring]] on 1 October 1999) rotations and US Marine Corps EAGER MACE rotations conducted combined training with the Kuwait Land Forces and other coalition partners. In addition, [[United States special operations forces|US Special Operations Forces]] conducted [[Iris Gold]] rotations to train and assist other Kuwaiti military units.

In 1997, the Kuwait Armed Forces entered into service the [[MIM-104 Patriot]] [[surface-to-air missile]] (SAM) system with the Kuwait Air Force.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}