By Ahmed Elumami.
Tripoli, 19 January 2014:
The Tamenhint airbase was back under government control last night after low-flying Air Force planes prompted . . .[restrict]the Qaddafi loyalists holding the base to flee.
Contrary to a statement made on television last night by Ministry of Defence spokesman Abdulrazaq Shebahe, the Air Force did not use force during the operation, which was one of a series of sorties planned as part of a government move to restore order to the troubled south.
“No force was used and the war planes just checked the area,” an Air Force source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Libya Herald. He added that there was a possibility force would be used today, depending on how the situation developed.
The Tamenhint airbase is 30 kilometres east of Sebha. [/restrict]
