The March 17 decision by the U.N. Security Council to authorize the enforcement of the no-fly zone over Libya has put the deployment of U.S., French, Italian and U.K. assets in the Mediterranean into focus. The five air bases most likely to participate heavily in the deployment and enforcement of the no-fly zone are the NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily, the Italian air base Gioia del Colle, the U.K. air base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, the Greek air base and the U.S. naval base in Souda Bay, Crete, and the French air base Ventiseri-Solenzara in Corsica.
