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RAF RETURNS ITS TORNADOS TO UK BASE AFTER 8,000 HOURS AIRCRAFT FLYING TIME:ICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR SAYS HE ALREADY HAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TAKE SAIF GADDAFI TO TRIAL:
CANADA BASED SECURITY GUARD CLAIMS TO HAVE ESCORTED GADDAFI FAMILY TO BOTH NIGER AND ALGERIA:
FEARFUL NORTH KOREAN DICTATORSHIP BANS ITS NATIONALS WORKING IN LIBYA FROM RETURNING HOME:
TIMELINE – 30th October 2011 12.15 GMT:
Following NATO’s decision to end its Libya operation on Monday 31st October, the UK’s Royal Air force (RAF) has this weekend started to move its 2,300 personnel back to Britain and the first of its Tornado fighter aircraft left their base in Italy on Friday.
Altogether British aircraft flew 8,000 hours in support of Operation Unified Protector, using 32 aircraft and 4 ships. 3,000 sorties were flown in 7 months, with 640 confirmed strikes.
RAF Tornado GR4 Flying Through Smoke
The cost to the British taxpayer is £160 million ($240 million), with a further £140 million $210 million) in rearmament costs.
The BBC talks to one of the Tornado pilots HERE:
(Editor: The UK Tornado base is less than 20 miles from my home. Well done lads, a great job done in helping to free Libya.)
