Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Wednesday in Cairo there is no "timetable" for the purpose of the international coalition operations in Libya. "The Security Council does not give a date for the no-fly zone. So I think that there is no timetable in relation to the end" of the operation, Gates told reporters during a visit to Egypt.
Meanwhile, a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) said Wednesday that Libyan aviation "no longer exists as a fighting force" behind the coalition bombing. "In fact, its air force no longer exists as a fighting force," he told several British media Maj. Gen. Greg Bagwell during a visit to the air base of Gioia del Colle in southern Italy, from where they operate part of the RAF aircraft involved in coalition operations in Libya.
"The air defense system and its networks of command and control are severemante degraded to the point that we can operate with near impunity throughout Libya," he added, according to statements released by the British media. An international coalition, led by the United States, France and Britain went into action on Saturday, bombing military targets in Libya by air and by sea, under the UN resolution 1973 adopted on Thursday night and provides the use of force to protect civilians. 
Meanwhile, a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) said Wednesday that Libyan aviation "no longer exists as a fighting force" behind the coalition bombing. "In fact, its air force no longer exists as a fighting force," he told several British media Maj. Gen. Greg Bagwell during a visit to the air base of Gioia del Colle in southern Italy, from where they operate part of the RAF aircraft involved in coalition operations in Libya.
"The air defense system and its networks of command and control are severemante degraded to the point that we can operate with near impunity throughout Libya," he added, according to statements released by the British media. An international coalition, led by the United States, France and Britain went into action on Saturday, bombing military targets in Libya by air and by sea, under the UN resolution 1973 adopted on Thursday night and provides the use of force to protect civilians.
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