The Canadian Experience: Operation Mobile

The Canadian Experience: Operation Mobile

It was a heroes’ welcome. The roar of a CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft, followed by CF-188 tactical fighters, a CC-150 Polaris tanker, and other key aircraft flying in formation over the Canadian Parliament on November 24, 2011, marked the last act in Canada’s successful involvement in the...

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1. Verfasser: Richard O. Mayne
Format: Buchkapitel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aerospace engineering
Air forces
Aircraft
Applied sciences
Armed conflict
Armed forces
Aviation
Civil wars
Energy engineering
Engineering
Fuels
Government
Government officials
Heads of state
International cooperation
International military cooperation
International politics
International relations
Legislative bodies
Legislatures
Military alliances
Military science
National politics
National security
Parliamentary system
Parliaments
Political science
Political systems
Politics
Prime ministers
Refueling
War
War theaters
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Zusammenfassung:It was a heroes’ welcome. The roar of a CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft, followed by CF-188 tactical fighters, a CC-150 Polaris tanker, and other key aircraft flying in formation over the Canadian Parliament on November 24, 2011, marked the last act in Canada’s successful involvement in the NATO mission Operation Unified Protector. This fly-past, as well as a special event on Parliament Hill dedicated to the Canadian Forces personnel involved in the mission, was recognition for a job well done. The government wanted Canada to play a significant and leading role in Libya through Operation Mobile (the Canadian designation