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The six Hornets have departed this afternoon from 3 Wing Bagotville 425 squadron and the Canadian force is dubbed Task Force Libeccio.
The Canadians have requested they be based in Italy, but as of this morning no diplomatic clearance from Italy was received.

Indeed, Malta will not open its airport for aircraft enforcing the no-fly zone, just its air space. The Maltese government has stated Malta will not be used as a military base. Herks have been used to evacuate people from Tripoli to Malta, just like two CC-177s. Moreover, Malta is a regular stop for...

The Canadian deployment includes two tankers, both 15004 and 15005 are equipped with AAR pods. Anybody, where the are heading?

Norway has offered a few F-16s as well
Qatar has also offered military assets
and the UAE is expected to folllow

The pilots of the Su-24 appear to be a Syrian and a Libyan national. http://www.metransparent.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=13213&lang=en at 02.12 you can see where the wrongly quoted serial "538" probably comes from. And referring to the helicopter: "Three rebel fighters speaking at the east...

And more:

Al Jazeera Arabic reports from Benghazi that anti-Gaddafi fighters shot down two Libyan air force jets between Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf, and that two pilots - both reportedly Syrians - have been arrested.

Let's wait and see, if this is all true.

And another one:

a helicopter is said to be shot down by rebels during fighting in the east, Al-Jazeera reports.

CNN says its a SU-24MK:

Rebels near Ras Lanuf said they shot down a Libyan air force plane, a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-24MK that crashed in the desert. The debris was spread over a kilometer (about half a mile) and the headless bodies of two pilots were found at the site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12657396 Libyan Government fighter aircraft shot down near Ras Lanuf during battle on March 5th, best view of the wreckage is at 1.07. Any suggestions on the type? Interestingly, one of the pilots was said to carry a Sudanese ID card, showing he was an acc...

There you go:

Both FAB 5706 and FAB 5935 were written off on 04 April 2007 in bad weather, could not reach an airfield in time after being diverted.

nope, its not the first one.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/2 ... HE20110228

According to Reuters, a Libyan aircraft has been shot down whilst attacking a radio station in Misrata. Its crew has been captured by anti-Gadaffi forces.

Why MIL????

N1: the CEO of all civil US-registered aircraft and you refer to it as MIL?
I would say: this is as CIVIL as an aircraft can possibly get in its entire life!

As a matter of fact, the E-2s are retired for over 4 years now.

They have been active in Mexican service for less than three years, due to problems to obtain with spareparts for their old radars.

Hence, I don't think the Orbat will be changed...

RA-85588 appears to be the victim

YV225T is a Sabreliner, not a Jetstar.