Operating Libyan dawn brought deployments to the Mediterranean area. The one at Souda (Crete, Greece) was the most interesting one. The multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention - Operation Unified Protector - in and over Libya. The Qatari Emeri Air Force deployed five Mirage 5EDAs and one 5DDA. This 5EDA of 7sq is seen fully armed with air-to-air missiles. The QEAF only flew Combat Air Patrols (air defence) during the operation, to prevent Libyan military aircraft to take off. They always flew in formation with French Mirage 2000s as Qatar was not used to NATO operations.

380 Mira ASEPE "Uranos" based at Elefsis (Greece) is the owner of this weird looking Embraer 145 in an Airborne Early Warning and Control configuration. The Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia bought four EMB145H Erieye in February 2009.

On 24 March 1999 this United Arab Emirates Emiri Flight passenger plane, registered A6-PFD, was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Rhodes-Diagoras Airport. According to the NTSB: The ground spoilers did not deploy automatically because they had not been armed. Consequently the auto brake system, which operates by the deployment of spoilers, did not activate. The crew attempted manual braking but they were too late. The aircraft departed the runway, sustaining serious damage. The 252 pax and 19 crew onboard remained unhurt. The Airbus was partly broken up after the accident.

This 737 is history: it was broken up at Kemble in 2013

Operating Libyan dawn brought deployments to the Mediterranean area. The one at Souda (Crete, Greece) was the most interesting one. The multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention - named Operation Unified Protector - in and over Libya. The Qatari Emeri Air Force deployed five Mirage 5EDAs and one 5DDA. This 5EDA is seen fully armed with air-to-air missiles. The QEAF only flew Combat Air Patrols (air defence) during the operation, to prevent Libyan military aircraft to take off. They always flew in formation with French Mirage 2000s as Qatar was not used to NATO operations.

Fine study of an live armed Mirage 2000-5F of the Armée d l'Air. The delta was deployed in support of Operation Unified Protector in and over Libya.

Making a typically smoky departure from the old Hellenikon airport. Now preserved at the Verkehrshaus museum in Luzern.