A C-17 cargo plane takes off from the NATO airbase in Aviano, Italy. The U.S. and European nations pounded Moammar Gadhafi’s forces and air defenses, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat.

First published in the March 20, 2011, 9:36 a.m. edition

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