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  • U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flight crew members perform post-flight checks on Aviano Air Force Base, Italy, after the F-16 pilot returns from supporting Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn on March 20, 2011. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to support the larger international response to the unrest in Libya. A broad coalition of nations are partnering to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973, which authorizes all necessary means to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn is commanded by Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III. (US Army Photo by SSG Tierney P. Wilson)

    Lieutenant colonel looks back on Operation Odyssey Dawn

    He was taking his children to school like he did every other Friday, when his phone rang. It was only one short phone call, but it was a call that would change his spring plans, and more importantly, the United States forever.Kevin Younkin, 341st Operations Support Squadron security specialist, hung up his phone February 25, 2011, knowing that he
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