Operation Odyssey Dawn

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Operation Odyssey Dawn was the 2011 U.S.-led military intervention in Libya that initiated enforcement of a no-fly zone and airstrikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces under a United Nations mandate.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Odyssey Dawn canonical 6
Operation Unified Protector 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air campaign
military operation
airAssetsUsed U.S. Air Force aircraft
U.S. Navy aircraft
alliedWith Canada
France
Italy
NATO member states
Qatar
United Kingdom
authorizedBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973
coalition multinational coalition
codename Odyssey Dawn
commandedBy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III
commandStructure U.S. Africa Command
surface form: United States Africa Command
conflict 2011 military intervention in Libya
conflictType international military intervention
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 2011-03-31
leadBy United States Armed Forces
legalBasis responsibility to protect
location Libya
mandate United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973
navalAssetsUsed U.S. Navy submarines
U.S. Navy warships
objective degrade Muammar Gaddafi’s military capabilities
enforce no-fly zone over Libya
protect Libyan civilians
opponent Libyan Army
surface form: Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan Army
surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya armed forces
partOf 2011 military intervention in Libya
2011 Libyan Civil War
surface form: Libyan Civil War
predecessor initial coalition strikes in Libya
relatedTo Arab Spring
2011 Libyan Civil War
surface form: Libyan uprising of 2011
result establishment of effective no-fly zone over Libya
significant degradation of Libyan air defenses
transfer of command to NATO
rulesOfEngagement protection of civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack
startDate 2011-03-19
succeededBy Operation Unified Protector in Libya
surface form: Operation Unified Protector
theatre Libyan airspace
Mediterranean Sea
timePeriod March 2011
typeOfAction airstrikes
cruise missile strikes
naval bombardment

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RGM-109 Tomahawk operationalUse Operation Odyssey Dawn
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 legalBasisFor Operation Odyssey Dawn
this entity surface form: Operation Unified Protector
Battle of Benghazi followedBy Operation Odyssey Dawn
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit notableOperation Operation Odyssey Dawn
NATO airstrikes precededBy Operation Odyssey Dawn
Operation Unified Protector in Libya precededBy Operation Odyssey Dawn
subject surface form: Operation Unified Protector