Italy
 The
Italian Air Force is planning to deploy one C-130 plus one Boeing 707
to Manas airfield following initial force rotation.
Italian
self-deployment of a 43-man Engineer Team to Bagram for the repairing
of the runway is complete.
Italian
personnel are committed to both OEF and ISAF operations. A 400-man
regimental task force was deployed on Jan. 15, 2002 in order to
provide ISAF area and site security in the Kabul area. Italy is
providing three C130 (two operating from Abu Dhabi) and leasing one
B-707, one AN-124, and one IL-76 in support of ISAF.
Italy
provided its only Carrier Battle Group to support combat operations in
the North Arabian Sea.
They deployed more than 13 percent of their entire naval forces for
use in OEF. The "De La Penne" Group (one destroyer and one frigate)
relieved the Carrier Battle Group on March 15, 2002. Italian frigate
"Euro" transited the Suez Canal on May 8 to relieve both combatants on
station.
Italy
moved more than 17,000 lbs. (27 cubic meters) of supplies and
equipment from Brindisi to Islamabad, Pakistan on March 19, 2002.
Supplies/equipment included a forklift and equipment from the World
Food Program.
On
April 18, Italian aircraft and security force transported former King
Mohammed Zahir Shah and AIA leader Hamid Karzai from Rome to Kabul
without incident.
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