SPAIN: Warplanes take off from Moron as Western powers launch a second wave of air strikes on Libya

Record ID: 375475

  • Title: SPAIN: Warplanes take off from Moron as Western powers launch a second wave of air strikes on Libya
  • Date: 22nd March 2011
  • Summary: MORON, SEVILLE, SPAIN (MARCH 21, 2011) (REUTERS) EUROFIGHTER JET FIGHTER ON RUNWAY F15 JET FIGHTER IN FLIGHT VARIOUS OF F15 JET FIGHTER TAKING OFF EUROFIGHTER JET FIGHTER TAXIING JET FIGHTER ON RUNWAY VARIOUS OF JET FIGHTER IN FLIGHT VARIOUS OF F15 JET FIGHTERS IN FLIGHT VARIOUS OF EUROFIGHTER JET FIGHTERS TAKING OFF AIRCRAFT LANDING
  • Embargoed: 6th April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Spain, Spain
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: International Relations,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA4Y7ZTMQNQPSUXMS87S3J4TVNF
  • Story Text: Warplanes are seen taking off from an air base in the south of Spain as the no-fly zone in Libya is enforced by the United States, France, Britain and other countries.
    Warplanes were seen taking off from a southern Spanish air base on Monday (March 21) as Western powers launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya, after halting the advance of Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Benghazi, and targeting air defences to let their planes patrol the skies.
    At least four F15 and a number of Eurofighter jet aircraft were seen leaving Moron air base near Seville.
    The air base has been offered by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as one of the Iberian country's contributions to military action against Libyan forces loyal to Gaddafi.
    Spain has offered the coalition four F18 fighters, which departed from Madrid on Saturday, a Boeing 707 refuelling plane, a submarine, a naval frigate and a surveillance plane.
    The U.N.-mandated intervention to protect civilians caught up in a one-month-old revolt against Gaddafi drew criticism from Arab League chief Amr Moussa, who questioned the need for a heavy bombardment, which he said had killed many civilians.
    But the United States, carrying out the air strikes in a coalition with Britain, France, Italy and Canada among others, said the campaign was working and dismissed a ceasefire announcement by the Libyan military on Sunday (March 20) evening.
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