Joining Forces Over Afghanistan: The EPAF “Experiment”
From 2002 to 2003, F-16s of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the Royal Danish Air Force flew side by side in the hostile skies over Afghanistan. United under the wings of the European Participating Air Forces (EPAF), a unique, trinational alliance, they represented their countries’ flying contribution to the American-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Each country deployed six F-16 fighter-bombers, together forming one squadron-sized detachment. In theory at least, the EPAF enabled the smaller European air forces to make a proportionally greater contributio... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Scandinavian Military Studies
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Schlagwörter: | Military history / Royal Netherlands Air Force / Royal Norwegian Air Force / Royal Danish Air Force / European Participating Air Forces / Enduring Freedom / coalition warfare |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26808678 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://sjms.nu/jms/article/view/101 |