Refuelling for Libya

AFP Published July 12, 2011
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft is readied at the Trapani-Birgi base in Italy on July 9, 2011 before flying over the Mediterranean sea during the Nato Unified Protector operation over Libya.
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft is readied at the Trapani-Birgi base in Italy on July 9, 2011 before flying over the Mediterranean sea during the Nato Unified Protector operation over Libya.
Crew at work inside a Nato AWACS.
Crew at work inside a Nato AWACS.
Crew at work inside a Nato AWACS. Two F-16 fighter jets prowling the skies over Tripoli pinpoint a missile launch site near a building in the capital. They ask for clearance to drop a pair of 500-pound bombs. Flying off the coast of Libya, a large AWACS relays the request to a team of analysts and legal advisers in a Nato air operations center in Italy to weigh whether there is a risk to civilians. Around an hour later, an AWACS weapons controller monitoring Nato aircraft movements on a map of Libya gives the pilot
Crew at work inside a Nato AWACS. Two F-16 fighter jets prowling the skies over Tripoli pinpoint a missile launch site near a building in the capital. They ask for clearance to drop a pair of 500-pound bombs. Flying off the coast of Libya, a large AWACS relays the request to a team of analysts and legal advisers in a Nato air operations center in Italy to weigh whether there is a risk to civilians. Around an hour later, an AWACS weapons controller monitoring Nato aircraft movements on a map of Libya gives the pilot
Canadian pilots of a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft prepare to take off from the Trapani-Birgi base In Italy.
Canadian pilots of a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft prepare to take off from the Trapani-Birgi base In Italy.
A British Typhoon fighter jet approaches a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).
A British Typhoon fighter jet approaches a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).
A British Typhoon fighter jet approaches a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).
A British Typhoon fighter jet approaches a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).
A British Typhoon jet (L) and Eurofighter approach a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).
A British Typhoon jet (L) and Eurofighter approach a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).
A British Eurofighter jet approaches approach a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).
A British Eurofighter jet approaches approach a Canadian Boeing CC-150 Polaris in-flight refueller tanker aircraft (not pictured).

A refuelling operation above the Mediterranean sea as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) Unified Protector operation over Libya. Deploying probes from their noses to connect with the hose some 7,600 meters (25,000 feet) above the sea, the aircraft cruised at 300 knots (555 kilometers per hour) before separating less than 10 minutes later. This routine yet vital task is what allows Nato to keep sending steady streams of fighters into Libya to maintain pressure on Muammar Qadhafi, whose military has been left in pieces but remains in power despite daily bombings. - Photos by AFP

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