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Day 4: 22 March 2011
At approximately 22:30 CET (evening of March 21), a US F-15E 91-304 operating out of Aviano Air Base crashed about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Benghazi. Both crew members ejected at high altitude and were subsequently separated. A MV-22 Osprey from the 26th MEU initially recovered the pilot, while the weapons officer was recovered later after being rescued by rebel forces in the area. Two Marine Harriers accompanying the rescue force dropped two 500lb bombs at the request of the ejected pilot, prior to the MV-22 landing in an attempt to deter an unidentified group of people heading towards the area. The UK had a "peripheral involvement" in the rescue of the US pilots.

Six local villagers, including a young boy, were reported to have been injured by gunfire from the rescuing U.S. forces, Marine spokesperson aboard USS Kearsarge denied that shots were fired: "The Osprey is not armed, and the Marines barely got off the aircraft. I was in the landing center the whole time, where we were monitoring what was going on, and firing was never reported". The source of the civilian casualties is still being investigated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn

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Day 3 - 21 March 2011
The Prime Minister announced to the House of Commons on 21 March at the start of the debate on the UNSC resolution that RAF Typhoons had been deployed to an Italian airbase (Gioia del Colle) and would fly in support of the NFZ. Three Typhoons successfully conducted a mission and returned to Gioia del Colle.

Headquarters 906 Expeditionary Air Wing formed at Gioia del Colle Air Base responsible for assets forward deployed there. Headquarters 907 Expeditionary Air Wing formed at RAF Akrotiri responsible for assets forward deployed there. C-17A Globemaster and Hercules transport aircraft were also used to assist in the build up of deployed forces.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ellamy

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Day 4 - 22 March 2011

RAF Typhoons flew their first ever combat mission, patrolling the no-fly zone while Tornado GR4s from RAF Marham were flew an armed reconnaissance sortie. The MoD reported that Royal Navy ships Triumph, Westminister and Cumberland remained in theatre for additional strikes and patrol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ellamy

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Day 3: 21 March 2011

Up to this day, 55 sorties were carried out by French aircraft over Libya. The French Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed a Mirage 2000-D destroyed another Libyan tank 100 km south of Benghazi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Harmattan

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Day 4: 22 March 2011

Aircraft from the Charles de Gaulle began operations ofer Libya, commencing with Rafale F3s conducting reconnaissance and patrols. The Forbin and Jean Bart, which were already on station off Libya, joined Task Force 473. The number of combat aircraft forward deployed at Air Base 126 Solenzara was increased to 20 with the arrival of two more Mirage 2000-5 and two more Mirage 2000D, with support aircraft operating out of Saint-Dizier and Avord.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Harmattan

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Day 1: 21 March 2011

Four CF-18 fighters and two CC-150 Polaris refuellers operating from Trapani-Birgi Airport flew their first mission in Libya on March 21, acting as armed escorts to coalition jets conducting bombings. Canada expected to take part in bombings as soon as the following night.[14] The HMCS Charlottetown also began patrolling the waters north of Libya in order to help to enforce an embargo on Gadhafi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_MOBILE

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Day 2: 22 March 2011
Two CF-18s again flew missions on Tuesday, March 22. However they had to abandon their planned attack on a Gadhafi Libyan airfield as the high possibility of collateral damage was against the strict rules of engagement. For a second day a CC-150 tanker refueled Canadian aircraft as well as other coalition planes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_MOBILE

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Day 4: 22 March 2011
At approximately 22:30 CET (evening of March 21), a US F-15E 91-0304 operating out of Aviano Air Base crashed about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Benghazi. Both crew members ejected at high altitude and were subsequently separated. A MV-22 Osprey, supported by two AV-8Bs, two CH-53E Super Stallions, and a KC-130J Hercules from the 26th MEU initially recovered the pilot, while the weapons officer was recovered later after being rescued by rebel forces in the area. Two Marine Harriers accompanying the rescue force dropped two 500lb bombs at the request of the ejected pilot, prior to the MV-22 landing in an attempt to deter an unidentified group of people heading towards the area. The UK had a "peripheral involvement" in the rescue of the US pilots.

Six local villagers, including a young boy, were reported to have been injured by gunfire from the rescuing U.S. forces,  Although a Marine spokesperson aboard USS Kearsarge denied that shots were fired: "The Osprey is not armed, and the Marines barely got off the aircraft. I was in the landing center the whole time, where we were monitoring what was going on, and firing was never reported", Pentagon sources were later reported to have confirmed that shots were fired.

The source of the civilian casualties is still being investigated. Overnight, the US bombed the wreckage of the downed F-15E "to prevent materials from getting into the wrong hands."

In a 24-hours period; 175 air sorties were conducted (113 US, 62 coalition). Around this time, the US changed its target priorities from air defenses to Libyan ground forces.

Day 6: 24 March 2011
On March 24th 2011, F16s from the Royal Norwegian Airforce were assigned to the US North African command and Operation Odyssey Dawn. A number of Norwegian F-16s took off from the Souda Bay Air Base on the island of Crete, Greece, for their first mission over Libya.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn

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Day 5 - 23 March 2011
Tornado GR4s were forwarded deployed to Gioia del Colle Air Base. In a media interview, the UK Air Component Commander, Air Vice Marshall Greg Bagwell, stated that the Libyan Air Force "no longer exists as a fighting force" and that "we have the Libyan ground forces under constant observation and we attack them whenever they threaten civilians or attack population centres."

Day 6 - 24 March 2011Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were again fired at targets from a Royal Navy Trafalgar-class submarine (unknown whether it was HMS Triumph).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ellamy

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Day 5: 23 March 2011Rafale and Mirage 2000D aircraft from Solenzara and Rafale and Super Etendard aircraft from the Charles de Gaulle conducted reconnaissance and support sorties over Libya.

Day 6: 24 March 2011Rafale and Mirage 2000D aircraft attacked a Libyan air base, 250 kilometres (160 mi) inland from the Mediterranean Sea, with SCALP GP missiles. Rafale, Mirage 2000D and Super Etendard aircraft flew four joint interdiction missions against Libyan ground forces. A Rafale destroyed a Libyan Soko G-2 Galeb light attack jet with an AASM air-to-surface missile as it landed at Misurata.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Harmattan

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Day 3: 23 March 2011
The third day marked the first time Canadian jets bombed Libya since the campaign began. This occurred as four CF-18s flew two missions against an ammunition depot in Misurata, dropping four 227 kg (500-pound) laser-guided bombs, and supported by two CC-150 Polaris tankers. In other developments, Commodore John Newton, of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command stated that the crew of the HMCS Charlottetown is prepared to conduct boarding operations and has been training for search and rescue of downed pilots.

Day 4: 24 March 2011
Two CF-18 flew two air interdiction patrols over Libyan airspace. A CC-150 Polaris took part of the operations providing fuel for Canadian and other coalition aircraft. The Canadian Forces has deployed 80 personnel from 14 Wing Greenwood and 19 Wing Comox.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_MOBILE

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 The NATO's operation name is "

United Protector

"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unified_Protector

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Operation Unified Protector is a NATO naval operation to enforce the arms embargo against Libya in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973. It is carried out using ships from NATO Standing Maritime Group 1 and Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 1 and additional ships and submarines from NATO members. They would "monitor, report and, if needed, interdict vessels suspected of carrying illegal arms or mercenaries"

Command structure

Political direction is provided by the North Atlantic Council to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. The chain of command is from Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James G. Stavridis, to the Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples, Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, and then to the Commander of Maritime Command Naples, Vice Admiral Rinaldo Veri.

Deployed forces


 Belgian Naval Component
Narcis a Tripartite-class minehunter
 Bulgarian Navy
Дръзки (Drazki) a Wielingen-class frigate
 Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces Maritime Command
HMCS Charlottetown a Halifax-class frigate
Canadian Forces Air Command
Two CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft.
 Hellenic Navy
HS Limnos an Elli-class frigate
 Italian Navy
Giuseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier with
Eight AV-8B Harrier II V/STOL ground-attack aircraft
Three AW101 Merlin anti-submarine warfare helicopters
Two AB 212ASW anti-submarine warfare helicopters
Boarding teams from the San Marco Regiment
Euro a Maestrale-class frigate
Etna, an Etna class auxiliary ship
One submarine
 Royal Netherlands Navy
HNLMS Haarlem an Alkmaar-class minehunter
 Romanian Navy
Regele Ferdinand a Type 22-class frigate
 Spanish Armed Forces
Spanish Navy
Méndez Núñez a Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
Tramontana an Agosta-class submarine
Spanish Air Force
One CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft
 Turkish Navy
TCG Giresun, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
TCG Gemlik, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
TCG Yıldırım, a Yavuz class frigate
TCG Yıldıray, a Type 209 submarine
TCG Akar, a fleet support ship
 Royal Navy
One frigate
 United States Navy
One frigate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unified_Protector

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Day 7 25 March 2011
Three laser guided bombs were launched from 2 F-16s of the Royal Norwegian Airforce against Libyan tanks. F-16s from the Royal Royal Norwegian Airforce bombed an airfield in Libya during the night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Dawn