31 Oct. 2011
Last Air Mission of Unified Protector concluded
Today, at midnight Libyan time, a NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AWACS) conlcuded the last flight of Operation Unified Protector.
With this, a successful chapter in NATO's history has come to an end.
On 1 November 2011, all NATO AWACS will return to their home airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany.
All other aircraft, ships and submarines which contributed to the mission will return home and revert back to national command.