Today in Airpower History, April 28, 2003: END OF Operation - TopicsExpress



          

Today in Airpower History, April 28, 2003: END OF Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia, with responsibility for air operations in Southwest Asia, moved to Al Udeid AB, Qatar. The move coincided with the end of SOUTHERN WATCH, the operation to enforce a no-fly zone in southern Iraq. On 29 April, at a joint news conference in Riyadh, SECDEF Donald Rumsfeld and Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz announced the withdrawal of all US combat forces from Saudi Arabia to end 12 years of a continuous US presence in Saudi Arabia. The US military presence officially ended on 26 August.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:41:57 +0000

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