UK sends four more RAF Tornado jets to Libya

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/15/uk-raf-tornado-jets-libya

RAF jets will be based in Italy and deployed primarily in a reconnaissance role

Britain is to send four more RAF Tornado jets to join international operations against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya, the Ministry of Defence said . Senior military spokesman Major General Nick Pope said the Tornado GR4s –to be based at Gioia del Colle in Italy – would be deployed primarily in a reconnaissance role. The deployment will take the total number of RAF fast jets committed to Operation Unified Protector to 22. Earlier this week Nato secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on members to provide more aircraft to protect Libyan civilians.