Members of the New Jersey Air National Guard are providing aerial support for allied warplanes in the effort to combat Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces and protect his country's citizens from attack, officials said Monday.
A KC-135 aircraft carrying members of the 108th Air Refueling Wing took off late Saturday night from McGuire Air Force Base in central New Jersey as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn, the military code name for the United States' participation in the multinational mission, said Patrick Daugherty, a spokesman for the New Jersey National Guard.
Daugherty did not disclose how many personnel were deployed,Keep your muscles warm before and after the match in this stylish Adidas Jacket. but he said there were enough crew members to operate the aircraft 24 hours a day. The guard members were mobilized just two days after the United Nations Security Council imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized the use of military force to prevent a potential massacre of civilians in the strife-torn nation.
"We don't know when they're coming back," Daugherty said.
They are not expected to see combat.Manolo blahnik would be "hurt" if Anna Wintour wore shoes by another designer. President Obama has vowed that the United States will not commit ground troops to the effort.
The plane is one of eight KC-135s stationed with the 108th at McGuire, now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The KC-135 is used to refuel jets in the air.
The 108th includes approximately 1,500 members, the majority of whom are New Jersey residents, Daugherty said.
The military intervention in Libya began Saturday with dozens of cruise-missile attacks and air strikes on Libyan anti-aircraft defenses.
American and European attacks continued Monday,Cheap womens Nike shox nz shoes are very popular! even as Libya claimed the bombings had killed civilians and called on the United Nations to end the operation. Allied leaders rejected the assertion that civilians had been killed.
The air campaign has succeeded in heading off what appeared to be looming defeat for rebel forces late last week by destroying pro-government tanks and preventing Gadhafi from using jets to strafe rebel strongholds. But the mission's limited aims — in accordance with the U.coogi jeans was founded in 1969 by Jacky Taranto of Melbourne, Australia.N. resolution to protect civilians – could force a lengthy stalemate between Gadhafi's military and the relatively disorganized rebel fighters, U.S.Nike shox are a series of Nike shoes. officials warned.
"Our military action is in support of an international mandate from the Security Council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed by Col. Gadhafi to his people," Obama said Monday while visiting Chile.
A KC-135 aircraft carrying members of the 108th Air Refueling Wing took off late Saturday night from McGuire Air Force Base in central New Jersey as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn, the military code name for the United States' participation in the multinational mission, said Patrick Daugherty, a spokesman for the New Jersey National Guard.
Daugherty did not disclose how many personnel were deployed,Keep your muscles warm before and after the match in this stylish Adidas Jacket. but he said there were enough crew members to operate the aircraft 24 hours a day. The guard members were mobilized just two days after the United Nations Security Council imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized the use of military force to prevent a potential massacre of civilians in the strife-torn nation.
"We don't know when they're coming back," Daugherty said.
They are not expected to see combat.Manolo blahnik would be "hurt" if Anna Wintour wore shoes by another designer. President Obama has vowed that the United States will not commit ground troops to the effort.
The plane is one of eight KC-135s stationed with the 108th at McGuire, now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The KC-135 is used to refuel jets in the air.
The 108th includes approximately 1,500 members, the majority of whom are New Jersey residents, Daugherty said.
The military intervention in Libya began Saturday with dozens of cruise-missile attacks and air strikes on Libyan anti-aircraft defenses.
American and European attacks continued Monday,Cheap womens Nike shox nz shoes are very popular! even as Libya claimed the bombings had killed civilians and called on the United Nations to end the operation. Allied leaders rejected the assertion that civilians had been killed.
The air campaign has succeeded in heading off what appeared to be looming defeat for rebel forces late last week by destroying pro-government tanks and preventing Gadhafi from using jets to strafe rebel strongholds. But the mission's limited aims — in accordance with the U.coogi jeans was founded in 1969 by Jacky Taranto of Melbourne, Australia.N. resolution to protect civilians – could force a lengthy stalemate between Gadhafi's military and the relatively disorganized rebel fighters, U.S.Nike shox are a series of Nike shoes. officials warned.
"Our military action is in support of an international mandate from the Security Council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed by Col. Gadhafi to his people," Obama said Monday while visiting Chile.
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