Currently deployed NATO ships to support operations in Libya:
Ported in Valletta, Malta (including ships currently active in Tunisia):
Moving in on Valletta during this week (arrival planned before March 15th):
Ported in Catania, Sicily (only units assigned to Libyan missions):
At sea in theater (left Souda, Crete on Saturday):
Turkey is additionally shuttling in and out one frigate at a time. TCG Gelibolu was the last to make the run from March 4th to 7th, entering a Turkish port again this morning.
After Noble Mariner 11 will finish on Thursday, there will probably be three Carrier Battle Groups held in alert readiness for deployment (currently two). The Enterprise strike group at Suez (south of the channel), the Charles de Gaulle battle group at Toulon (on 72-hour readiness) and (probably to go on such status) the Principe de Asturias battlegroup at Rota. These three groups would be held in reserve for the case a no-fly zone is decided on.
Kearsarge, Ponce and Mistral carry marines.
AFSOUTH has apparently detached at least one AWACS aircraft to the region under Operation Active Endeavour cover, based out of Malta; Sigonella adds several RQ-4. Italian fighter aircraft are running CAP on the Northern Edge of the theater, 36th Stormo with Eurofighters out of Gioia del Colle and the 37th Stormo with F-16CJ out of Trapani.
Tanker/transport assets are varying a bit from day to day. A rough overview would attribute 3-4 tanker/transport aircraft and 12-14 transport aircraft (Globemasters and Hercules mostly) to the area.
Ported in Valletta, Malta (including ships currently active in Tunisia):
- Mistral (FR), LHD
- Tourville (FR), DDG (replaced Georges Leygues as Mistral escort)
- Tromp (NL), FFG
- Westminster (UK), FFG (replaced York)
- Cumberland (UK), FFG
- Brandenburg (GE), FFG
- Rheinland-Pfalz (GE), FFG
- Berlin (GE), AOR
- Fenice (IT), FFL (guarding libyan defector ships)
- Comandante Bettica (IT), FFL (guarding libyan defector ships)
- Kontradmiral X Czernicki (PL), multirole tender/LST, (SNMCMG1)
- Datteln (GE), MCMV (SNMCMG1)
- Haarlem (NL), MCMV (SNMCMG1)
- Brocklesby (UK), MCMV (SNMCMG1)
- Narcis (BE), MCMV (SNMCMG1)
Moving in on Valletta during this week (arrival planned before March 15th):
- Charlottetown (CA), FFG
- Lübeck (GE), FFG (SNMG1, OAE)
- Oker (GE), ELINT ship (SNMG1, OAE)
- Etna (IT), AOR (SNMG1, OAE)
- Esbern Snare (DK), multirole FFG/LST
Ported in Catania, Sicily (only units assigned to Libyan missions):
- Francesco Mimbelli (IT), DDG
- San Marco (IT), LPD
- San Giorgio (IT), LPD
At sea in theater (left Souda, Crete on Saturday):
- Kearsarge (US), LHD
- Ponce (US), LPD
- Scranton (US), SSN
Turkey is additionally shuttling in and out one frigate at a time. TCG Gelibolu was the last to make the run from March 4th to 7th, entering a Turkish port again this morning.
After Noble Mariner 11 will finish on Thursday, there will probably be three Carrier Battle Groups held in alert readiness for deployment (currently two). The Enterprise strike group at Suez (south of the channel), the Charles de Gaulle battle group at Toulon (on 72-hour readiness) and (probably to go on such status) the Principe de Asturias battlegroup at Rota. These three groups would be held in reserve for the case a no-fly zone is decided on.
Kearsarge, Ponce and Mistral carry marines.
AFSOUTH has apparently detached at least one AWACS aircraft to the region under Operation Active Endeavour cover, based out of Malta; Sigonella adds several RQ-4. Italian fighter aircraft are running CAP on the Northern Edge of the theater, 36th Stormo with Eurofighters out of Gioia del Colle and the 37th Stormo with F-16CJ out of Trapani.
Tanker/transport assets are varying a bit from day to day. A rough overview would attribute 3-4 tanker/transport aircraft and 12-14 transport aircraft (Globemasters and Hercules mostly) to the area.
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