Operation Odyssey Dawn

Part of the 2011 military intervention in Libya and the Libyan Civil War

The USS Barry (DDG-52) fires a Tomahawk cruise missile during Operation Odyssey Dawn.

Date	19–31 March 2011
Location	Libya
Result	Decisive NATO victory Effective no-fly zone established Operations handed over to NATO Operation Unified Protector

Belligerents

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Qatar

Spain

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States of America

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Commanders and leaders

Barack Obama
President of the United States and
Commander in Chief of U.S. Armed Forces
Hillary R. Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State
Robert Gates
U.S. Secretary of Defense
GEN Carter Ham, USA
U.S. Africa Command Commander
ADM Samuel Locklear, USN
Joint Task Force Commander
VADM Harry Harris, USN
Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander

Maj Gen Margaret Woodward, USAF
Joint Forces Air Component Commander

Muammar Gaddafi
De facto Commander-in-Chief
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr
Minister of Defense
Khamis al-Gaddafi
Khamis Brigade Commander

Ali Sharif al-Rifi
Air Force Commander

Strength

See deployed forces

490 tanks
240 mobile rocket launchers
35 helicopters
113 air-land attack fighters
229 air fighters
7 bombers

Casualties and losses

1 F-15E (mechanical failure, aircrew survived)
1 MQ-8B Fire Scout (possibly shot down)

Multiple anti-aircraft defenses and air force targets damaged or destroyed

114 civilians killed and 445 wounded (Libyan health ministry claim)*
40 civilians killed (in Tripoli; Vatican claim)

*Libyan health ministry claim has not been independently confirmed and Libyan government figures have been shown as unreliable or misinformation. The U.S. military claims it has no knowledge of civilian casualties.

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