On October 4, about a month after the September 11 attacks, the North Atlantic Council decided to operationalize Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. The operation began on October 9, 2001.[1] It was NATO's first deployment "in the defense of one of its member countries".[1] In total, 830 crew members from 13 NATO nations executed 360 operational sorties, totaling nearly 4300 hours.
The operation ended on May 16, 2002. The decision to terminate "was made on the basis of upgrades to the U.S. air defense posture, enhanced cooperation between U.S. civil and military authorities, and on mandatory evaluations of homeland security requirements."[2]
operation, eagle, assist, nato, operation, where, awacs, aircraft, patrolled, skies, over, united, states, following, september, attacks, part, terrorlocationunited, statesobjectivehomeland, securitydateoctober, 2001, 2002, 2001, 2002, executed, natoon, octobe. Operation Eagle Assist was a NATO operation where AWACS aircraft patrolled the skies over the United States following the September 11 attacks Operation Eagle AssistPart of the War on TerrorLocationUnited StatesObjectiveHomeland securityDateOctober 9 2001 May 16 2002 2001 10 09 2002 05 16 Executed by NATOOn October 4 about a month after the September 11 attacks the North Atlantic Council decided to operationalize Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty The operation began on October 9 2001 1 It was NATO s first deployment in the defense of one of its member countries 1 In total 830 crew members from 13 NATO nations executed 360 operational sorties totaling nearly 4300 hours The operation ended on May 16 2002 The decision to terminate was made on the basis of upgrades to the U S air defense posture enhanced cooperation between U S civil and military authorities and on mandatory evaluations of homeland security requirements 2 See also EditList of Canadian military operations Operation Noble EagleReferences Edit a b AWACS NATO s eyes in the sky 4 AWACS Operations Archived 2012 05 26 at archive today NATO On line library NATO Concluding AWACS Support for U S Homeland Security April 30 2002 Archived March 15 2007 at the Wayback Machine U S Mission to ItalyExternal links EditStatement by the Secretary General on the conclusion of Operation Eagle Assist Canadian Forces contributions to NATO Article 5 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO Medal for Operation Eagle Assist Order 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Operation Eagle Assist amp oldid 1112540128, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
