SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Airmen assigned to the 52nd Maintenance Group perform a foreign objects and debris inspection of a taxi-way in preparation for the take-off of 480th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn March 19. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes all necessary


SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Airmen assigned to the 52nd Maintenance Group perform a foreign objects and debris inspection of a taxi-way in preparation for the take-off of 480th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn March 19. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn is commanded by Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III. ( Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nathanael Callon)


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