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ADMINISTRATIVE Mid-Term Test Next Week 1
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2 Samples of Behavior List key lessons learned from Operation PROVIDE COMFORT/NORTHERN WATCH, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, the crisis in Somalia, and Operation DENY FLIGHT.,
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3 The Crisis in Iraq UN Security Council established a no-fly zone over northern Iraq to protect the Kurdish people from attacks by Saddam Hussein Operation Provide Comfort began on 5 Apr 1991 as a humanitarian relief effort to deliver food, clothing, and supplies to Iraq’s Kurdish refugees C-130s began airdropping supplies on 7 Apr 1991 Lasted approximately 8 years and was then replaced by Operation Northern Watch
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4 The Crisis in Iraq Lessons Learned - ONW The need to avoid fratricide The limitations of airdrops Host-country tensions The need for alternate bases Lack of an exit strategy
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5 The Crisis in Iraq Operation Southern Watch (OSW) was a Combined Task Force enforcing the no-fly zone below the 32th parallel in southern Iraq Not an aggression against Iraq—executed as a self-defense measure Coalition partners included the US, UK, France, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait Fire from more than 850 Iraqi SAMs and AAAs directed at coalition aircraft Iraq violated the no-fly zone more than 160 times More than 150,000 USAF sorties by 1998
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6 “What we’ve effectively done since 1992 is conduct an air occupation of a country…” General Fogleman, Jul 1995
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7 The Crisis in Iraq Lessons Learned - OSW Became a test for USAF AEF concept in Oct 1995 Quality-of-life changes needed due to high Ops-Tempo Reorganized Security Forces
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8 The Crisis in Somalia In mid-1992, drought and civil war devastated Somalia Food supplies became a weapon of war Operation Provide Relief began by the United States on 22 Aug 1992 to deliver food to Somali refugees Military and civilian aircraft used Over 2,000 sorties, carrying 48,162 metric tons of food
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9 The Crisis in Somalia Although a humanitarian effort: 44 American soldiers lost their lives 175 were injured or wounded Danger of failure due to warlord interference Operation Restore Hope Coalition peacekeeping operation from 9 Dec 1992 – 4 May 1993 First test of Rapid Global Mobility from the CONUS
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10 The Crisis in Somalia Lessons Learned First large scale test of newly formed AMC and the Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) Difficulties evolved in the planning, coordinating, and managing the operation Austere infrastructure of Somalia added to the lack of adequate bases for strategic airlift aircraft
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11 NEXT WEEK MID-TERM TEST THE FOLLOWING WEEK = Spring Break Week after Spring Break Chapter 20, Conflict in the Balkans
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