NATO Aviation demonstrates high alert during Operation United Defender

Aviation NATO in Libya showed a high level of combat readiness. According to the weekly "Er e Cosmos", for five months during the operation "United Defender", aviation played an important role in supporting the forces of the Transitional National Council (PNS) of Libya. About 20 thousand sorties were completed, during which about 5 thousand ground targets were destroyed, including over 800 tanks and artillery mounts.

US Air Force aircraft from 1 April to the end of August completed 5316 sorties, including 1210 sorties on ground targets. In most cases, the delivery of ammunition to the designated targets for destruction was carried out by Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The French Air Force for 5 months carried out combat missions over Libya for a total duration of 20 thousands of flight hours. In particular, the raid of carrier-based aviation operating from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean Sea amounted to 3600 hours.

From 19 March to end of August, the French air force flew ground missions and 1700 aircraft carrier sorties, including 850 sorties to perform ground attack and control airspace over Libya, 360 reconnaissance missions, 167 sorties of long-range radar detection aircraft and control (such as AWACS) and 260 departures tanker aircraft.

From the universal landing ship "Mistral", based in the Mediterranean, operated a mixed airmobile helicopter group consisting of 20 helicopters of the air force and aviation of the French ground forces.

The British Air Force acted intensively throughout the summer from the Italian airbase Joy del Colle (Gioia del Colle) using Tornado GR4 aircraft and Typhoon fighters. In mid-July, four more additional Tornado aircraft arrived at the air base, after which the total number of Tornadoes reached 16 at that airbase, while the number of Typhoon fighters was 6 units.

Long-range raids to bomb ground targets in Libya, the British Air Force carried out from its Markham airbase in the English county of Norfolk. For the first time at night 10 August 6 Tornado GR4 aircraft, making a flight to the territory. In the second raid on the night from 25 to 26 August, an indefinite number of aircraft of the British Air Force took part.

The Canadian Air Force's CF-18 “Hornet” aircraft, consisting of seven vehicles, carried out more than 25 sorties for the bombardment of the Sicilian air base Trapani by August 700.

The Norwegian Air Force, which ceased its participation in the August 1 operation, carried out 596 sorties with a total 2 raid thousands of hours and dropped 542 bombs on ground targets. First, 6 took part in the air operations, and then F-4AM / BM's 16.

The Danish Air Force participated in the operation as part of the 6 Fighting Falcon aircraft, which performed more than 500 sorties.

The Belgian Air Force sent F-16AM / BM aircraft to the conflict area, which by 26 August made 448 sorties and dropped 365 bombs.

Italy has allocated Tornado and Harrier aircraft for operations in Libya, and since the middle of August, Predator-B drone (Reaper) drums. The country's Ministry of Defense did not provide any information on the number of sorties of these aircraft.

Comments

[figwam]

Killer, boasts of the intensity of destruction. Super shit democracy. Fascists !!!
Moreover, they said that the United States almost does not participate in the raids !!! Yes, they have the most!

[ballian]

Since April, the United States has not participated in the operation at all, with the exception of refueling aircraft.

[Sandov]

They sat in the headquarters led their vassals. And they are happy to try to demolish everything.

[raf]

How not to show a high level of combat readiness in the complete absence of an air defense system! We flew like at a training ground! 20 thousand sorties I wonder how much is the money? It would be interesting to compare the cost of aviation with the cost of destroyed targets!

[PSih2097]

In principle, it is logical that there are purely polygon conditions with a minimum of opposition, not even air defense missile systems, but zushki on jeeps. Of course, you can speculate on what would happen if Gaddafi had: coastal missile systems, integrated air defense (large, medium and short range) with electronic warfare, a couple of regiments SU-27, 30, 35, MiG-29, 33, 35 and etc. ... But he had none of this.

[zczczc]

Hmm, now the Mistral from both sides ...

[Vadivak]

And what are they - neither Os nor Bukov about the S-300 and the Tunguska I’m generally silent, that’s a vampire like Denmark, Norway, Belgium and they are fattening, they would have fought unfinished heroes with Adolf

[Rico1977]

And they all fought for Adolf, and now they are at war. They always fight for the odolfof. Because they love Adolfof themselves, but they don’t have their own, they’re glad to deliver their military to all kinds of fascists

[kosmos84]

THERE HAVE 5% LOSS OF AIRCRAFT-TERMINATION OF FLIGHTS. IN YUGOSLAVIA C-75 SURVIVED STELS, WHY HERE IS NOT LIKE THIS.

[almost demobil]

Competent tactics of using aviation + reconnaissance, hence the absence of losses. Yes, and experience in the bombing of undercover cities by the sea. All of these reptiles burp, burp already. God is not a frayer, he sees the truth.

[Vadivak]

Please write God with a capital letter. Regards Vadim

[Sergh]

Oh damn it! The elephant stepped on the cockroach, already in the ass, tickling, what a pleasure the giant.

[datur]

Operation "United Defender" - yes, the guys practiced and installed crap and now they have reported-a new order in action --- removed-. and to us about the excessiveness of response measures trendy cattle.

[Dmitry T]

Why this article? Form a political opinion? For me personally, NATO will always be killers and usurpers, in my opinion there is no more smelling d ... in the world. Their army, with their high technology, in my opinion is very weak; in such a war, technologies are not as important as the morale of the foot soldiers who culminate in almost any military situation. conflict. And here, a completely unorganized shobla is observed, it is not clear to anyone who is trying to break the regime that has developed over centuries. This b .. disrespect, at least to Gaddafi .... Any fool can demonstrate the coolness of the Air Force, show that you know how on earth.

[indrik]

I’ll correct it a little, the Jamahiriya took shape not for centuries, but for three decades.
But the comrade is right that there’s no need to courage much courage to slaughter infantry and armored formations that are not covered by air. And NATO does not know how and does not want to fight on the ground.

[ballian]

Quote: Dmitry T

trying to break the regime that has evolved over the centuries.

Gaddafi seized power in Libya in the 1969 year - he is also a revolutionary.
The "regime" of a single independent Libyan state appeared only in 1951, before that Libya was first a Turkish province, then an Italian colony, then it was under an English protectorate. It was only nominally united - eastern and western Libya are very different from each other.

[Dmitry T]

Yes, that's right, I somehow mechanically wrote it "for centuries".

[almost demobil]

Gentlemen, well, these fascists have the opportunity to fight in this way, without risking anything, and send monkeys with machine guns to shit. Our soldiers and officers, as a rule the best, are dying here, it only remains to envy these scumbags.

[hundert]

Do you propose to go to the BShU in our villages, strategist? where possible, aviation is used. Look at least on special forces .org.

[Crazyzy]

NATO uses tactics 3 B
Bomb blows on defenseless adversary with safe distance.
Found something to be proud of.

[AleksUkr]

Pindos are Pindos. Otherwise, they are not heroes.

[DEfindER]

Precisely spotted on the 3rd "B", by the way, the last time amers entered the enemy's air defense zone in 81, in the same Libya, during a raid on Tripoli. And in all other wars, either the territory is plowed with Tamaghawks, or they are bombed from a very high altitude, where air defense is lacking, as now in Libya, hence the efficiency of the bombing is less than a percent, mostly civilians die ..
In the same Iraq, in the desert, so many unexploded missiles with uranium tip were found that there is an environmental disaster ..

[hundert]

civilian, uranium cores are the main striking element of BS, not missiles.
I also note that they bombed from standard heights, just air defense as such was absent.

[Lycurgus]

The Rosiyan government lowered Libya, but in vain, Mackain has already said that the turn will come to Russia if Pukin is nominated for the President, even if in Syria and Iran, he definitely will. I want to believe that Putin and Medvedev care about Russia, and not just merge it, maybe the fate of the Egyptian expresident Mubarak will tell them something and wake up from the Telavivo-Pindos charm!

[hundert]

Well, we would have gone "like a wild goose" to fight for the colonel, what did they sit at the keyboard?
in the whole situation with Libya, Russia acted extremely, oddly enough, reasonably.

[oper66]

they have already shown high combat readiness: 20 thousand sorties to 000 ground targets, including 5 tanks and art installations. Efficiency is 000x800 and this is in such a small open desert territory where everything can be clearly seen. And if we get in touch with us during our air defense and forest-steppe landscape, we will cross not only a tunnel in 1 months and walk (tunnel), but we will also wash our boots in a hybrid altar . Very much they got into a fool

[Wall2]

"Yes, they showed high combat readiness: 20 sorties to 000 ground targets, including 5 tanks and artillery installations. The effectiveness of 000x800 and this is in such a small open desert area where everything is clearly visible."

Hmm, to put it mildly, an absurd conclusion. A ground object is a loose concept. In addition to point objects, there are also large-area (air bases, military bases, warehouses) the destruction of which requires dozens of flights.

In addition, in addition to bombing missions, reconnaissance missions are also carried out, providing information to anti-Gadaff forces and minimizing the likelihood of erroneous bombing. The fact that there are so few cases of "friendly fire" indicates the effectiveness of reconnaissance.