US pulls out warplanes from Libya: Pentagon

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Source: AFP/Raw Story

The US military on Monday withdrew its fighter jets from the international air campaign in Libya, officials said, after NATO asked Washington to keep up bombing raids for another 48 hours.

The United States had planned to halt combat missions and Tomahawk cruise missile launches at the weekend but accepted a NATO request to continue the operations for another 48 hours until Monday.

US combat sorties ended at 2200 GMT, with American warplanes on standby as NATO takes the lead, Pentagon spokesman Captain Darryn James said.

After that, "US aviation assets are expected to cease strike sorties and will remain on an alert status if NATO requests their support," James said in an email.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/04/us-pulls-out-warplanes-from-libya-pentagon/

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Never really was 100% convinced that they should've gone in there in the first place, but glad this step is being taken.