Task Force ALBA

For the Italian-led peacekeeping mission in 1997, see Operation Alba.

Task Force ALBA was the name of a humanitarian operation of the Swiss Air Force in Albania under a UNHCR-mission during 1999. The goals of the operation were to restore living conditions, provide humanitarian aid, and prevent the outbreak of civil war.[1] It was the first longterm humanitarian mission for the Air Force abroad and the first use of Swiss Air Force helicopters in the edge region of a war zone.

Super Puma T-315 at Kukës
Task Force ALBA is located in Albania
Kukës
Kukës
Tirana Airport
Tirana Airport
Tirana
Tirana
Kosovo
Kosovo
Macedonia
Macedonia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
FED. REPUBLIC YUGOSLAVIA
Greece
GREECE
Italy
ITALY
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic
Sea
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Task Force ALBA – main locations of operation in Albania
  1. ^ Lombardi, Fiona. The Swiss Air Power: Wherefrom? Whereto?. vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2007. p117