Ghardabiya Airport

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, the director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, updates reporters on Operation Odyssey Dawn at the Pentagon March 20, 2011. Gortney announced that coalition forces launched the operation to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which demanded a cease-fire and unimpeded passage of humanitarian assistance in Libya. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison, U.S. Air Force/Released)