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>> How did these get out of our inventory in the first place?
NATO Operators
Germany
Luftwaffe Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 1
Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 2
Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 5
Poland[30]
Polish Air Force
Greece
Hellenic Air Force 350 Guided Missiles Wing
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Air Force 802 Squadron
803 Squadron
Spain
Spanish Army Regimiento de Artillería antiaérea 74
United States
United States Army[31]
The US Army operates a total of 1106 Patriot launchers.
32d Army Air & Missile Defense Command, FORSCOM 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade 1st Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
2d Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
3d Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
5th Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade 3d Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
4th Battalion, 3d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment 3d Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, USARPAC 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment
35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Eighth Army 2d Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment
6th Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
357th Air & Missile Defense Detachment, V Corps 5th Battalion 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, TRADOC 3d Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Other Operators [32]
Bahrain
Royal Bahraini Air Force
Egypt
Egyptian Air Defense Command
Israel
Israeli Air Force (GEM+[33])
Japan
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Jordan
Royal Jordanian Air Force
Kuwait
Kuwait Air Force
In August 2010, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that Kuwait had formally requested to buy 209 MIM-104E missiles.[34]
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Republic of China Air Force
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Republic of Korea Air Force 1st Air Defense Artillery Brigade
2nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Saudi Arabia
Royal Saudi Air Defense