Since NATO took over the Libyan mission at the end of March (see my earlierblog for a description of the mission), we have launchedalmost 6,000 total aircraft sorties.  Over 2,500 of them have been strikeand suppression of air defenses.  While the US provides about 25 percent ofthe support sorties (intelligence, refueling, surveillance, reconnaissance,suppression of enemy air defense), the rest of the coalition provides theremaining 75 percent.

Not surprisingly, I’ve received a lot of questions about what is happening in Libya in both my capacity as Commander of U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and as the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR).