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External links
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• Unofficial page about aircraft involved in Operation Harmattan
• Unofficial page about warships involved in Operation Harmattan
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Operation MOBILE
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Date
Location
19 March 2011 - ongoing
Libya
Belligerents
Canada
Commanders and leaders
Libya
Stephen Harper [1] Peter MacKay [2]
Muammar al-Gaddafi Abu-Bakr Yunis
Lieutenant General André Deschamps [3][4]
Jabr
Brigadier
[5][6]
General André Viens
Colonel Alain Pelletier [7][8]
Commander Craig Skjerpen [9] Ali Sharif al-Rifi Khamis al-Gaddafi
Strength
400+ personnel [10][9] See Deployed forces Unknown
Casualties and losses
None
Unknown
Operation MOBILE is the name given to Canadian Forces activities in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. [9] The United States'
counterpart to this is Operation Odyssey Dawn, the French counterpart is Opération Harmattan and the British counterpart is
Operation Ellamy. The no-fly zone was proposed during the 2011 Libyan uprising to prevent government forces loyal to Muammar
Gaddafi from carrying out air attacks on rebel forces and civilians. Several countries have prepared to take immediate military action
at a conference in Paris on 19 March 2011. [11]
Canadian Forces
Maritime Command On 1 March 2011, Prime Minister Harper announced that HMCS Charlottetown would deploy from Halifax on
2 March to take part in Canadian and international operations already under way in Libya. The Charlottetown departed CFB Halifax,
and joined the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 on 14 March, and arrived on station on 17 March. [12] HMCS Charlottetown is a
Halifax class frigate under the command of Commander Craig Skjerpen with a crew of about 240 officers and sailors, and a CH-124
Sea King helicopter and air detachment. With the other ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, HMCS Charlottetown is engaged
in regional maritime security operations in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Air Command Task Force Libeccio is the air detachment participating in the enforcement of the no-fly zone in Libya authorized by
Resolution 1973, adopted by the U.N. Security Council on 17 March 2011. The task force is named for the strong southwesterly wind
that blows all year in the Mediterranean Sea. Task Force Libeccio comprises six CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft, two Boeing CC-177
Globemasters, two CP-140 Auroras and about 200 Canadian Forces personnel, including aircrews and ground technicians from 425
Tactical Fighter Squadron at 3 Wing CFB Bagotville and other locations across Canada. The force also includes two CC-150 Polaris
air-to-air refuelling detachment from 437 (Transport) Squadron at 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario. [9] Task Force Libeccio reached the region
on 18 March. [13]
CF-18 Hornets and CC-150 Polaris assets are based at Trapani-Birgi airbase in Sicily, Italy.
CP-140 Aurora aircraft are based at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy
Deployed forces
CF-18 Hornet CC-150 Polaris CH-124 Sea King HMCS Charlottetown CP-140 escorted by two CF-188 CC-177 Globemaster III
• Canadian Forces Air Command
o 6 × CF-188 Hornet multirole fighter (one more in reserve) from Trapani-Birgi Airport in Trapani, Italy
o 2 × CC-177 Globemaster strategic airlifter
o 2 × CC-130J Hercules military transport