BRUSSELS - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the first time using combat helicopters in Libya to attack the vehicles, equipment, and supporting military forces leader Colonel Moammar Qaddafi
"The helicopters fighting under NATO command is used for the first time on June 4, 2011 in military operations against Libya as part of Operation Protective Union," NATO said in a statement on Saturday (03/06/2011).
Attack targets including military vehicles, military equipment and Qaddafi regime ground troops, the statement said without specifying the location of the attack. Commander of the NATO mission in Libya, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, saying, "This success shows one possibility that is needed" to use combat helicopters.
"The use of helicopter gunships provide additional flexibility for NATO operations to track and find the troops pro-Qaddafi targeting civilians and trying to hide in the settlements," continued the statement.
Citing Bouchard, Canadian officials responsible for Operation Unified Protector, who said, "We will continue to use this method when and where necessary, with the same precision as in all our missions." NATO troops "constantly reviewing their operations and the use of available assets, including helicopter gunships, to maintain the best momentum and increase pressure on the forces of pro-Qaddafi."
NATO operations are carried out under UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which does not allow sending troops to occupy Libya, but "called for an end immediately all attacks against civilians and authority over all actions necessary to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya ".
In late May, Bouchard said, combat helicopters France and Britain would allow NATO to do the mission that "effective and aggressive" against forces that threaten civilians Qaddafi. "This is the additional ability to determine the vehicles were much more difficult to see from a plane at a certain height," he said from his headquarters in Naples, Italy.
France contributed four Tigre combat helicopters, while Britain provides four Apache, NATO military officials said, adding that the heli-chopper was prepared to fly across Lalut and face the desert conditions. Heli-combat helicopter that departed from the aircraft carrier Tonnerre (France) and HMS Ocean (UK). Tonnerre Gazelle helicopter was also carrying a dozen.
Insisted that NATO has no intention of putting its forces on land, Bouchard asserted, "The helicopter that we use is the type of armed and attack, not the type to transport personnel."
"The helicopters fighting under NATO command is used for the first time on June 4, 2011 in military operations against Libya as part of Operation Protective Union," NATO said in a statement on Saturday (03/06/2011).
Attack targets including military vehicles, military equipment and Qaddafi regime ground troops, the statement said without specifying the location of the attack. Commander of the NATO mission in Libya, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, saying, "This success shows one possibility that is needed" to use combat helicopters.
"The use of helicopter gunships provide additional flexibility for NATO operations to track and find the troops pro-Qaddafi targeting civilians and trying to hide in the settlements," continued the statement.
Citing Bouchard, Canadian officials responsible for Operation Unified Protector, who said, "We will continue to use this method when and where necessary, with the same precision as in all our missions." NATO troops "constantly reviewing their operations and the use of available assets, including helicopter gunships, to maintain the best momentum and increase pressure on the forces of pro-Qaddafi."
NATO operations are carried out under UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which does not allow sending troops to occupy Libya, but "called for an end immediately all attacks against civilians and authority over all actions necessary to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya ".
In late May, Bouchard said, combat helicopters France and Britain would allow NATO to do the mission that "effective and aggressive" against forces that threaten civilians Qaddafi. "This is the additional ability to determine the vehicles were much more difficult to see from a plane at a certain height," he said from his headquarters in Naples, Italy.
France contributed four Tigre combat helicopters, while Britain provides four Apache, NATO military officials said, adding that the heli-chopper was prepared to fly across Lalut and face the desert conditions. Heli-combat helicopter that departed from the aircraft carrier Tonnerre (France) and HMS Ocean (UK). Tonnerre Gazelle helicopter was also carrying a dozen.
Insisted that NATO has no intention of putting its forces on land, Bouchard asserted, "The helicopter that we use is the type of armed and attack, not the type to transport personnel."
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