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This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently.

Contents

[edit] Operations

[edit] World War I

[edit] World War II

See List of World War Two military operations

[edit] Cold War Era

[edit] Asia

[edit] Central America and the Caribbean

  • Anadyr — Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis
    • Kama — Soviet plan to forward-base seven Soviet ballistic missile submarines in Mariel, Cuba (part of Anadyr)
  • Fortune (1951) — 1951 CIA plan for a coup in Guatemala. Executed as Success
  • Golden Pheasant (1988) — US deployment in Honduras
  • Just Cause (1989) — US invasion of Panama
  • Northwoods (1960s) — plan to incite war between the United States and Cuba.
  • Peter Pan (1960s) — transfer of Cubans to the US
  • Phibriglex (1962) — US plan and mock invasion by its armed forces of a Caribbean island. The exercise took place on Vieques and the purpose of the mock invasion was to overthrow a fictitious leader called "Ortsac", whose name was, in fact, Castro spelled backwards. It occurred in August, shortly before the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is also known by the names Operation Ortsac, Operation Swift Strike II and Exercise Phibriglex-62.
  • Power Pack (1965) — US deployment in the Dominican Republic
  • Urgent Fury (1983) — US invasion of Grenada

[edit] Korean War

[edit] Vietnam War

[edit] Southern Africa

  • Askari (1983) — South African attack on SWAPO and FAPLA forces in Angola.
  • Carlota (1977) — Cuban Deployment to counter South African attacks to Angola.
  • Carnation (1981) — South African skirmishes with SWAPO forces along the Angolan border.
  • Dingo (1977) — Rhodesian attack on camps in Mozambique.
  • Klipklop (1980) — South African disruption of SWAPO logistics in Angola.
  • Meebos (1982) — South African destruction of SWAPO's "East Front" HQ at Mupa, Angola.
  • Phoenix (1983) — South African response to mass SWAPO infiltration of South-West Africa
  • Protea (1981) — South African attack on SWAPO bases near Ongiva and Xangongo, Angola.
  • Reindeer (1978) — South African airborne attack on SWAPO base at Cassinga, Angola.
  • Rekstok (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.
  • Safraan (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Zambia.
  • Savannah (1975-76) — South African intervention in Angola in support of the FNLA.
  • Sceptic (1980) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.

[edit] Falklands War (1982)

  • Rosario — Argentine joint operation
    • Algeciras — Planned Argentine sabotage raid.
    • Azul — Argentine invasion
  • Corporate — British liberation
    • Paraquat — British recapture of South Georgia.
    • Black Buck — British long-range bombing raid
    • Canbelow — British antiaircraft naval ambush
    • Keyhole — British commando raid
    • Purple Warrior — British training exercise incorporating lessons from the Falklands War
    • Sutton — British amphibious landings

[edit] Post-Cold War

[edit] Asia

[edit] Rwanda

  • Amphibian (2001) — South African deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda of observers to verify implementation of the Pretoria Agreement.
  • Clean Corridor (1994) — escort of Tutsi military forces to Kigali by UNAMIR.
  • Entebbe (1994) — Italian codename for Rwanda refugees rescue
  • Ippocampo (1994) — Italian codename for Italian civilians evacuation from Rwanda
  • Silver Back (1994) — International codename for civilian evacuation in Rwanda
  • Tamar (1994) — Australian contribution to peacekeeping in Rwanda.
  • Turquoise (1994) — French led intervention in Rwanda to protect displaced persons.

[edit] Other Africa

[edit] East Timor

  • Astute (2006) — Deployment of Australian military forces to East Timor following the May 2006 civil unrest.
  • Citadel — Australia's contribution to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET). Later ongoing peacekeeping actions were known as Operation Tanager.
  • Faber — Deployment of United Nations military observers to East Timor in support of the UNAMET-monitored popular consultation.
  • Poinciana (1975) — Or Operasi Flamboyan (a name of a tropical tree); seaborne capture of Dili in 1975.
  • Stabilise — Also spelled as Operation Stabilize; Disarming of militas by multinational forces and the imposition of security and order in East Timor.
  • Scorched Earth — Or Operasi Sapu Bersih in Indonesian, also known as Operation Clean Sweep; campaign of violence and arson allegedly committed by the TNI-supervised pro-integration militias following the 1999 United Nations supervised plebiscite.
  • Spitfire — Evacuation of foreign nationals from East Timor by Australian defence assets, as a result of post-referendum violence.

[edit] War in Croatia 1991-1995

  • Operation Otkos 10 (end Oct-Nov 1991) — Croatian actions against rebel Serbs and regular Serbian forces on area from Mount Bilogora to Mount Papuk (on west of Slavonia)
  • Harmony — Canada's contribution to the United Nation Protection Force (UNPROFOR), which was created in February 1992 to ensure the protection and demilitarization of three UN Protected Areas in Croatia
  • Operation Tigar (July 1992) — Croatian military actions in occupied Dubrovnik hinterland, held by Serbomontenegrian regulars.
  • Medački džep (September 1993) Croatian offensive against rebel Serbs with aim of relieving the city of Gospić from Serb shelling attacks.
  • Bljesak ("Flash") (March 1995) — Croatian offensive against rebel Serbs, with aim of capturing occupied western Slavonia
  • Oluja ("Storm") (August 1995) — Croatian major offensive against areas under control of rebel Serbs.

[edit] War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995

[edit] Kosovo War 1999

  • Allied Force (1999) — NATO's air campaign in Yugoslavia
  • Megaphone — Canada's return of equipment used in Kosovo
  • Potkova ("Horseshoe") (1999) — Yugoslav army offensive against the KLA
  • Quadrant — Canada's mission in Kosovo

[edit] War in Macedonia

[edit] Haiti

[edit] Iraq

  • Provide Comfort (1991) — security and humanitarian aid to Kurds in northern Iraq
    • Airone (1991) — Italian codename for Operation Provide Comfort

[edit] Persian Gulf War
  • Desert Shield (1990-91) — American buildup prior to Gulf War
  • Desert Storm (1991) — Gulf War
    • Granby — British codename for operations during Gulf War
    • Daguet — French codename for operations during Gulf War
    • Damask — Royal Australian Navy deployment to the Persian Gulf.
    • Tempesta nel Deserto — Italian codename for operation during Gulf War
    • Desert Sabre — Proposed Marine landing on the coast of Iraq.
    • Determination (early 1998) — Canadian deployment in the Persian Gulf to force Iraq to comply with United Nations inspection agreements.
  • Ace Guard (1991) — The (NATO) Allied Command Europe Mobile Force for Turkey South Border Reinforcement (based at Diyarbakir AFB)
  • Northern Watch (1990s) — northern No-Fly Zone over Iraq
  • Provide Comfort (1991) — relief effort in northern Iraq.
  • Record (1991) — Canadian mission to secure Iraqi-Kuwaiti border
  • Southern Watch (1990s) — southern No-Fly Zone over Iraq

[edit] Second Invasion of Iraq

[edit] Arab/Israeli Conflict

[edit] Pre-1948

[edit] 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli War

  • Assaf (1948) — Israeli offensive against the Egyptian Army in order to take control of the western Negev desert
  • Balak (1948) — Smuggling of arms purchased in Czechoslovakia to Israel
  • Barak (1948) — Israeli attack to capture al-Ramla
  • Ben-Ami (1948) — Israeli capture of Acre
  • Ben Num (1948) — First Israeli offensive to seize the Latrun
  • Ben Num B (1948) — Second Israeli offensive to seize the Latrun
  • Chametz (1948) — Israeli operation to isolate Jaffa
  • Chorev (1948) — Israeli offensive to remove Egyptians from the Negev
  • Dani (1948) — Israeli relief of Jerusalem and securing of the area around Tel Aviv
  • Dekel (1948) — Large Israeli offensive capturing Nazareth and lower Galilee
  • Gideon (1948) — Israeli operations to capture the approaches to Jenin and remove Arab forces from the upper Jordan Valley
  • Harel (1948) —
  • Hiram (1948) — Large Israeli attack resulting in the capture of the entire Galilee and (temporarily) 41 villages in southern Lebanon,with Israeli forces reaching the Litani river for the first time
  • Horev (1948) — widescale Israeli attack against the Egyptian Army in the western Negev with Israel temporarily occupying Gaza and parts of northeast Sinai
  • Jephtha (1948) — Israeli attack to clear eastern Galilee of Arab forces
  • Jevuss (1948) — Israeli capture of Jewish buildings and neighbourhoods in Jerusalem
  • Kedem (1948) — Failed Israeli attempt to capture East Jerusalem
  • Kilshon (1948) — Israeli capture of the Jewish suburbs of Jerusalem particularly Talbiyya in central Jerusalem
  • Maccabi (1948) — Early Israeli attempt to open the Jerusalem road
  • Mateh (1948) —
  • Misparayim (1948) — Israeli capture of the Arab quarter of Haifa
  • Nachshon (1948) — Israeli clearance of Arab forces blocking the Jerusalem road
  • Ovda (1949) — Last Israeli operation of the war resulting in the capture the southern Negev desert including Umm Rashrash (present day Eilat)
  • Schfifon (1948) — Israeli operation to capture the Old City of Jerusalem
  • Yiftach (1948) — Israeli capture of Safad in eastern Galilee
  • Yoav (1948) — Israeli operation to drive a wedge between Egyptian forces in the Negev desert
  • Yoram (1948) — Third Israeli offensive to seize the Latrun

[edit] 1956 Suez Crisis

  • Musketeer (1956) — Anglo-French invasion of Egypt to capture the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis.
    • Slope — original Israeli plan for capturing the Sinai, replaced by Kadesh.
    • Kadesh (1956) ("Holy") — Israeli armored thrust into the Sinai Peninsula.
      • Machbesh — Air operations element of Kadesh.
      • Omer — planned Israeli air attack on Egyptian guns covering Strait of Tiran.
      • Steamroller — Israeli air assault/airdrop (using paratroopers) that began Kadesh and provided the excuse for the launch of Musketeer.
  • Paladin (1956) — Australia's contribution to the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) [2]

[edit] 1967 Six Day War

  • Dawn (1967) — Egyptian plan for a preemptive strike against Israel; it came within hours of implementation but was canceled only because Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser feared it had been compromised.
  • Focus (1967) — Israeli air force bombing mainly of Egyptian airfields but also Syrian and Jordanian airfields as well (also called Moked in Hebrew).

[edit] 1968-1970 War of Attrition

  • Boxer (1969) — a series of attacks by the Israeli Air Force on Egyptian SAM installations
  • Bulmus 6 (1969) — Israeli special operations raid against the Egyptian fortress and early warning radar and ELINT station of Green Island in the Gulf of Suez
  • Kavkaz (1970) — Direct Soviet intervention on the side of Egypt for the deployment and manning of new SAM batteries along with squadrons of aircraft to protect them from Israeli attacks
  • Raviv (1969) — Israeli armoured raid across the Gulf of Suez into Egypt. Egyptian radar installation at Ras Abu-Daraj and Ras Za'arfrana were destroyed. Also known as the Ten-Hour War.
    • Drizzle (1969) — Israeli air support component to Israeli landing on western side of the Gulf of Suez (Raviv).
  • Rooster 53 (1969) — Israeli special operation to capture an Egyptian P-12 radar system.

[edit] 1973 Yom Kippur War

  • Abiray-Lev ("Valiant" or "Strongheart") (1973) — Israeli counterattack to the Egyptians including an Israeli crossing onto the west bank of the Suez Canal. Sometimes called Operation Gazelle.
  • Badr ("Full Moon") (1973) — Egyptian and Syrian surprise attack on Israel.
  • Nickel Grass (1973) — American airlift to Israel.


[edit] 1978 Israel/Lebanon conflict

[edit] Sinai Peninsula 1975 - 1982

[edit] 1982-2000 Israel/Lebanon conflict

[edit] Gaza Strip

  • Days of Penitence (2004) — Israeli incursion in the Gaza Strip to destroy the launching sites of Qassam rockets.
  • Rainbow (2004) — Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip.
  • Shevet Ahhim (2005) — Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip.

[edit] 2006 Israel/Lebanon conflict

[edit] Other Israeli Operations

[edit] See also

[edit] Global War on Terror and other associated activity

[edit] Afghanistan

[edit] Other military counter-terrorist operations

[edit] Terrorist operations

[edit] Counter-terrorism drills

  • Fast Forward (2005) Mock evacuation of downtown Washington.
  • Firework Fanfare (2005) Mock evacuation of towns in Oklahoma.
  • Highline (2005) Counter-terrorist exercise in Collingwood, Melbourne.
  • TriPOD (2004) Plan to mass inoculate New York City citizens in the event of a biological attack.

[edit] Preventative counter-terrorist operations

[edit] Reactive counter-terrorist operations

[edit] Other/Unknown

  • Abacus — Plan to use the Canadian Forces to maintain and restore vital public services in the event of disruption by the Year 2000 problem.
  • Artisan — Canadian Forces contribution to the Rinas Airfield Rehabilitation Project in Tirana, Albania
  • Breakwater [4] (????) — Australian air and sea operation targeting border incursions by foreign fishing boats off its northern coastline.
  • Bright Star — (1981) American exercise to reenforce allies in the middle east.
  • Chaperon — Canada's contribution to the United Nations of one military observer (UNMO).
  • Celesta — Australian naval surveillance in Australia's southern waters against illegal fishing.
  • Condor (1974) — Joint-operations by various South American countries against dissidents in each other's borders.
  • Cranberry — Australian naval surveillance in Australia's northern waters against smuggling and illegal fishing.
  • Eclipse — deployment of Canadian soldiers to east Africa in support of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
  • Ezra and Nehemiah (aka Ali Baba) (1950-1952) — mass migration/airlift of Iraqi Jews to Israel
  • Flavius (1988) — SAS action against the IRA in Gibraltar
  • Fusion — Canada's combined contribution to Allied Harmony and Concordia
  • Garden Plot — US Army plan for assistance to civil authorities.
  • Highjump (1947) — US Naval expedition to Antarctica.
  • Nunalivut (2006) — Canadian naval deployment in the Arctic.
  • Power Geyser (2005) — Military security support to the 2005 Presidential inauguration.
  • Prudence — Canada's participation in the Mission des Nations Unies dans la République Centrafricaine (MINURCA)
  • Relex (2001) — Australian defence force operations to secure Australia's northern maritime approaches against illegal immigration. Reactivated in 2004 as Operation Relex II.
  • Sure Victory (1997) — Sri Lankan counter-insurgency operations against the Tamil Tigers.
  • Exercise Unified Spirit — large NATO exercise held every two years to train the armed forces of member nations in joint and combined operations.
  • Operation Vijay (1999) — Indian operations against Pakistan.

[edit] Law Enforcement

-9-=====US Drug Enforcement Administration Operations=====

  • Black Ice (2001) — arrest of key figures in the Jose-Serrano cartel
  • Cali Exchange (2005) — cocaine, marajuana
  • Candy Box (2004) — Ecstasy, marajuana (Russian/Israeli/Chinese sources)
  • Creole (2001) — heroin, cocaine (East Caribbean sources)
  • Cyber Chase (2005) — rogue Internet-based pharmacies
  • Deja Vu (2003) — heroin, cocaine (Puerto Rican/Colombian sources)
  • Dinero (1992) — anti-money laundering
  • Foxhunt (1994) — cocaine (Colombian sources)
  • Gear Grinder (2005) — steroids
  • Global Sea (1996) — heroin (Thai/Nigerian sources)
  • Green Air (2000) — marajuana
  • Green Clover (2001) — Ecstasy , marajuana, methamphetamines, LSD
  • High Step (2005) — heroin, cocaine
  • Impunity(1999) — cocaine
  • Impunity II (2000) — cocaine, marajuana
  • Journey (2000) — cocaine (Colombian/European sources)
  • Juno (1996) — anti-money laundering
  • Liberator (2000) — disruption of trafficking in the Caribbean generally
  • Liquid Heroin (2006) — heroin (Colombian sources)
  • Mallorca (2005) — anti-money laundering
  • Marquis (2001) — cocaine, marajuana, methamphetamines
  • META(1997) — methamphetamines, marajuana, cocaine (Mexican sources)
  • Money Clip (2004) — anti-money laundering
  • Motor City Mafia (2005) — cocaine (US sources)
  • Mountain Express (2000) — methamphetamines (US sources)
  • Mountain Express III (2002) — methamphetamines (US/Canadian sources)
  • New Generation (2000) — arrest of key figures in the Castro-Arias cartel
  • Northern Impact (2005) — cocaine, marajuana (Mexican sources)
  • Northern Star (2003) — methamphetamines (Canadian sources)
  • Pipe Dreams (2003) — drug paraphernalia
  • Ramp Rats (1999) — heroin, cocaine smuggling in the airport services industry
  • Rave I (2001) — Ecstasy (European sources)
  • Rave II (2001) — Ecstasy (European sources)
  • Reciprocity(1997) — cocaine (Mexican sources)
  • Red Tide (2000) — Ecstasy, marajuana
  • Sanctuary (2001) — cocaine (Dominican Republic sources)

[edit] Other anti-narcotic operations
  • Century (1996) — ill-fated Essex police / Royal Ulster Constabulary operation to pressure persons of interest for information about a drug-related triple murder.
  • Corona (2001) — Miami police operations against heroin trafficking by the Latin Kings.
  • Falcon (2004) — anti-pedophilia raid against companies handling credit card payments.
  • Final Count (2001) — Miami police operations against heroin trafficking by the John Aragon Heroin Organization.
  • Ivy Tryp (2004) — American sting operation against sellers of psychedelics online.
  • Mocha (2005) — New South Wales and federal police investigation into drug smuggling at Sydney airport.
  • Outta Towner (2005) — Chicago police operations against heroin trafficking.
  • Panzer (1998) — Australian National Crime Authority investigation into organised crime by outlaw motorcycle gangs (bikies).
  • Safe Streets (2002) — Anti-drug trafficking operations by Philadelphia police.
  • Topaz (2004) — United Nations convened operations against drug-smuggling in Central Asia.

[edit] Anti-paedophile operations

[edit] Operations against intellectual property theft
  • Buccaneer (2001) — International raid on software pirates.
  • D-Elite (2005) — US raid on software pirates.
  • Fastlink (2004) — International operation against pirated computer software.
  • Site Down (2005) — International crackdown on pirated movies.

[edit] Other Operations
  • Ill Wind (1986-89) — FBI investigation into defense contractor bribery and fraud.
  • Crevice (2004) — British counterterrorism action.
  • Fast Forward (2005) Mock evacuation of downtown Washington.
  • Falcon (2005) — Widespread dragnet Led by the U.S. Marshal's Service.
  • Jackdraw (2004) — London Metropolitan Police operations to prevent and deter pick-pocketing.
  • Midas (2003) — Australian anti-money laundering operations by AUSTRAC.
  • Perseus (1998) — British Transit Police.
  • Purana (2003) — Investigation of Melbourne, Victoria's underworld.
  • Sundevil (1999) — Nation-wide United States Secret Service crackdown on illegal computer hacking activities.
  • Trident (1998) — Crackdown by London's Metropolitan Police against drug-related gun crime in the black community. Later expanded to Operation Trafalgar.
  • THERMCON (1987) — FBI operation that targeted environmental activists.

[edit] Humanitarian Operations

[edit] Other

[edit] Non-military operations

[edit] External links

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