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| | Operation Eagle Assist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Operation Eagle Assist began on October 9, 2001 [1] after the North Atlantic Council's October 4 decision to operationalize Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and ended on 2002 May 16. |
 | | In total, 830 crew members from 13 NATO nations executed 360 operational sorties, totaling nearly 4300 hours, over the skies of the United States in NATO AWACS aircraft. |
 | | The decision to terminate what was NATO's first deployment "in the defense of one of its member countries"[2] "was made on the basis of upgrades to the U.S. air defense posture, enhanced cooperation between U.S. civil and military authorities, and on mandatory evaluations of homeland security requirements"[3] |
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