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Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003.. United States Central Command's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) [5] had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel (extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996) in southern and south-central Iraq during ...
Southern Watch (1991–2003) — No-Fly Zone South of 33°N over Iraq. Alysse (1992–2003) — French codename for contribution to Operation Southern Watch. Bolton (1997–2001) — UK Royal Air Force Contribution to Southern Watch. Resinate South (2001–2003) — UK Contribution to Southern Watch including Response Options.
The operation ran until its conclusion on 1 May 2003. In the south, Operation Southern Watch was underway to watch over the persecuted Shi'ite populations. This operation was launched on 27 August 1992 with the mission of preventing further human rights abuses against civilian populations. Iraq challenged the no-fly zone beginning in December ...
On 26 December 2000, Harry S. Truman transited the Suez Canal "in support of Operation Southern Watch" with Carrier Air Wing Three flying 869 combat sorties, including a strike on Iraqi integrated air defense system sites, in a sanctioned response to Iraqi surface-to-air missile fire against United Nations Security Council coalition forces ...
The action was precipitated by Iraq's failure to comply with U.N. Resolution 688, which demanded that the Iraqi government stop the repression of its Shiite population in southern Iraq. Persian Gulf allies began to enforce the ban on Iraqi planes from flying south of the 32nd parallel on 27 August in Operation Southern Watch. Any Iraqi planes ...
Name From To Location Notes Accolade: Rhodes Cancelled, part of the Dodecanese campaign, World War II. [11] Banner: 1969, August 2007, July Northern Ireland Military support to the Royal Ulster Constabulary/Police Service of Northern Ireland: Bolton: 1998: 2003: Southern Iraq: Part of Operation Southern Watch: Boomster: 2018, March 2018, March ...
On 11 January 1995, the Constellation battle group entered the Persian Gulf to take up station in support of Operation Southern Watch (OSW), enforcing the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. The six-month deployment concluded with her return to San Diego on 10 May. Effective 1 October 1995, Constellation was assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Group 1.
Theodore Roosevelt operated in the Adriatic as CVW-8 planes enforced Operation Deny Flight in the U.S. no-fly zone over Bosnia. In June, on the way to only her second port visit, Theodore Roosevelt was ordered instead to transit the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea to participate in Operation Southern Watch, enforcing