NATO will depend on Europe's aerial firepower to keep up momentum in the mission to protect civilians in Libya when the US military withdraws into a backup role later Monday, officials said.
The United States has conducted half of around 70 daily air bombing missions against Moamer Kadhafi's ground forces during the campaign, but US fighter jets will pull out of the frontline within hours, NATO officials said.
US President Barack Obama, whose troops are already facing the brunt of the fighting in the NATO-led war in Afghanistan, has been in a hurry to wind down US operations in Libya and move to a support role to the 28-nation alliance.
For more: AFP: NATO counts on European firepower in Libya as US pulls back
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