After US handed over command of the Operation Odyssey Dawn (named Unified Protector under NATO), along with providing surveillance and air-to-air refueling operations, USAF and USN planes ...

Centralised control at headquarters ensures unified direction and efficient resource use, while decentralised execution empowers local commanders to adapt to dynamic battlefield conditions.

“We have taken a preliminary decision to end Operation Unified Protector on Oct. 31,” Fogh Rasmussen said after a meeting of the alliance’s governing body, the North Atlantic Council.

“We have taken a preliminary decision to end Operation Unified Protector on Oct. 31,” Fogh Rasmussen said after a meeting of the alliance’s governing body, the North Atlantic Council.