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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1295892, member: 3011&quot;]I wasn&#039;t there, so I have no firsthand information, but Wikipedia reports...</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;USA: The United States has deployed a naval force of 11 ships, including the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce, the guided-missile destroyers USS Barry and USS Stout, the nuclear attack submarines USS Providence and USS Scranton, the cruise missile submarine USS Florida and the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney.[142][143][144] Additionally, A-10 ground-attack aircraft, B-2 stealth bombers, AV-8B Harrier II jump-jets, EA-18 electronic warfare aircraft, and both F-15 and F-16 fighters have been involved in action over Libya.[145] U-2 reconnaissance aircraft are stationed on Cyprus.[146] On 18 March, two AC-130Us arrived at RAF Mildenhall as well as additional tanker aircraft.[citation needed] On 24 March 2 E-8Cs operated from Naval Station Rota Spain, which indicates an increase of ground attacks.[citation needed] An undisclosed number of CIA operatives are said to be in Libya to gather intelligence for airstrikes and make contacts with rebels.[147] The US also began using MQ-1 Predator UAVs to strike targets in Libya on 23 April.[148][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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