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===Opération Harmattan and Unified Protector=== French Air Force Mirage 2000D were committed since the beginning to the enforcement of the Libyan no-fly-zone that was approved by the UN in March 2011. The Mirage 2000Ds were among the first strikers: on 19 March 2011, a mixed French formation of Mirage 2000s and Rafales hit a Libyan army column that was heading for Benghazi with several vehicles destroyed. The Mirage 2000D remained one of the most used striker for the next months when [[Opération Harmattan]] was succeeded by the UN led [[Operation Unified Protector]]. On 20 October 2011, a Mirage 2000D dropped the last NATO munitions of the war, when a mixed formation of a French Air Force Mirage 2000D and a Mirage F1CR was vectored to strike an armed convoy which was trying to break through the rebels' lines at Sirte. The Mirage 2000D dropped its two laser guided GBU-12 bombs hitting and stopping Gaddafi's convoy, resulting in [[Death of Muammar Gaddafi|his capture and death]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=182 |title=How Gaddafi's convoy was stopped by U.S. drone and French Air force fighter aircraft Mirage 2000 2210111 |publisher=Airrecognition.com |date=22 October 2011 |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204084537/http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=182 |archive-date=4 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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