B-roll of the Heavy Airlift Squadron from Papa Air Base, Hungary and Air Force personnel loading cargo and U.S. Air Force personnel onto a Hungarian C-17 at RAF Lakenheath in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn is commanded by U.S. Navy Admiral Sam Locklear. Produced by Airman 1st Class Erin Zabarnick.
A U.S. Navy P-3C Maritime Patrol aircraft, a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft and guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) engaged Libyan Coast Guard vessel Vittoria and two smaller crafts after confirmed reports Vittoria and accompanying craft were firing indiscriminately at merchant vessels in the port of Misrata, Libya, during the evening March 28.
The Commanding Officer of the French ship FS Forbin (D 620), Cmdr. Jean-Mathieu Rey, and several crew members made a visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) while off the coast of Libya, March 26.
When Joint Force Maritime Component Commander, Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., embarked on his flagship, the USS Mount Whitney last March 10th, he was not certain what shape the international coalition – or the Libya crisis itself for that matter – would take. The U.S. Navy had already positioned destroyers, submarines and Marines on amphibious ships in the Mediterranean as part of the Secretary of Defense’s measures to provide the...
Three air traffic controllers and two airfield management personnel from the 39th Operations Squadron here recently deployed to lend support to Operation Odyssey Dawn, March 24.
