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Operation MOBILE: Mission metrics
Non-combatant evacuation component
Joint Task Force Malta
| Personnel deployed |
72 |
| |
| Significant dates |
| CC-177 Globemaster moves from Spangdahlem to Rome |
24 February 2011 |
| Military Assistance Team arrives in Malta |
25 February 2011 |
| NEO Coordination Centre opens in Malta |
25 February 2011 |
| Embassy of Canada in Tripoli suspends operations |
26 February 2011 |
| First Tripoli–Malta evacuation flight |
26 February 2011 |
| Last Tripoli–Malta evacuation flight |
8 March 2011 |
| |
| Evacuation flights |
|
| CC-177 Globemaster — 26 & 28 February 2011 |
2 |
| CC-130J Hercules — 3, 5 & 8 March |
8 |
| Canadian entitled persons airlifted to Malta |
61 |
| Citizens of other nations airlifted to Malta |
130 |
Maritime Component
Task Force Charlottetown
| Personnel deployed |
287 |
| |
| Significant dates |
| Departed Halifax |
2 March 2011 |
| Came under CEFCOM / NATO command (SNMG1) |
14 March 2011 |
| Arrived on station with SNMG1 |
17 March 2011 |
| Launch of Operation ODYSSEY DAWN |
19 March 2011 |
| Integrated into CTG 455.1 |
22 March 2011 |
| Began operational patrols |
22 March 2011 |
| Departed CTG 455.1 |
16 August 2011 |
| Handed over to HMCS Vancouver |
18 August 2011 |
| |
| Embargo enforcement activity |
| Vessels hailed |
313 |
| Vessels boarded |
5 |
Task Force Vancouver
| Personnel deployed |
263 |
| |
| Significant dates |
| Departed Esquimalt |
10 July 2011 |
| Integrated into CTG 455.1 |
24 August 2011 |
| Began operational patrols |
24 August 2011 |
| Departed CTG 455.1 |
31 October 2011 |
| |
| Embargo enforcement activity |
| Vessels hailed |
165.0 |
| Vessels boarded |
3.0 |
| Nautical miles travelled on patrol |
16,596.0 |
| CH-124 Sea King helicopter flying hours |
270.7 |
Maritime component: Mission accomplishments
- 478 total vessel hailings
- 13% of OUP hailings at sea in support of embargo operations
- 8 total vessel boardings
- 6% of OUP boardings at sea in support of embargo operations
Air component
Task Force Libeccio / Sicily Air Wing
| Personnel deployed |
1,939 |
| |
| Significant dates |
| First aircraft arrive in Trapani |
19 March 2011 |
| First aircraft arrive in Sigonella |
25 March 2011 |
| First sortie by CF-188 Hornet |
21 March 2011 |
| First sortie by CC-150 Polaris |
21 March 2011 |
| First sortie by CP-140 Aurora |
28 March 2011 |
| First sortie by CC-130 Hercules tankers |
24 May 2011 |
| First sortie by CC-130J Hercules transport |
13 September 2011 |
| Last sortie |
31 October 2011 |
| *Note: A “sortie” is an operational flight by one aircraft. (NATO definition) |
| |
| Total sorties as of 2359 hr GMT, 31 October 2011 |
| CF-188 Hornet fighters |
946 |
- Share of NATO strike sorties
|
10% |
| CC-150 Polaris tankers |
250 |
| CP-140 Aurora long-range surveillance aircraft |
181 |
| CC-130 Hercules tankers |
139 |
| CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft |
23 |
| |
| Flying hours |
| CF-188 Hornet fighters |
3,881.7 |
| CC-130 Hercules tankers |
672.4 |
| CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft |
89.5 |
| CC-150 Polaris tankers |
1,379.8 |
| CP-140 Aurora long-range surveillance aircraft |
1,403.1 |
| |
| Ordnance expended |
| 500-pound bombs, GBU-12 type |
495 |
| 2,000-pound bombs, GBU-10 type |
188 |
| 500-pound bombs, GBU-38 type |
11 |
| 2,000-pound bombs, GBU-31 type |
2 |
| |
| Fuel delivered (pounds) |
| CC-150 Polaris tankers |
14,711,472 |
| CC-130 Hercules tankers |
3,824,100 |
Air component: Mission accomplishments
- 19 March 2011: CF-188 Hornet fighters fly first sorties
- 14 June 2011: CC-130 Hercules tanker delivers 1,000,000th pound of fuel
- 28 July 2011: CC-150 Polaris tanker delivers 10,000,000th pound of fuel
- 21 August 2011: CP-140 Aurora Flight surpasses 1,000 operational flying hours
- 26 August 2011: CF-188 Hornet Flight surpasses 3,000 operational flying hours
- 22 September 2011: CP-140 Aurora completes first sortie into Libyan airspace
- 1 October 2011: CF-188 Hornet Flight completes first mission using the Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
- 1 October 2011: CP-140 Aurora Flight launches first sortie in the Strike Coordination and Armed Reconnaissance Coordinator (SCAR-C) role
- 2 October 2011: A CF-188 Hornet pilot completes his 50th combat sortie