I believe the orders state clearly that only the Red Sea carriers will be available to the player in this scenario. The Persian Gulf carriers were included so that players can create their own scenarios by extracting the carriers from the scen. The carrier air wing (CVW) compositions are historically correct, down to each plane's tail number (NE-102, etc).
Five mouse clicks, and you have the real deal loaded in your own scen.
Pretty cool, huh
