Operation Active Fence

Operation Active Fence
	Part of Syrian Civil War
	; NATO Operation Active Fence: U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries
Date	4 December 2012 – Present; (11 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	southeastern Turkish border region with Syria
Result	Ongoing NATO operation; To protect southern Turkey from possible missile and chemical attacks from Syria;
Belligerents
NATO-led coalition; Czech Republic (September 2014–January 2015); Germany (Until January 2016); Italy (since 2016); Netherlands (until October 2015); Spain (since January 2015); Turkey; United States (until January 2016);	Syria; Russia (Since 2015); Iran[citation needed] ISIS
Commanders and leaders
; (Operational Commander); 1st Lt. Michaela Curikova; ; Col. Niels Vredegoor; Lt. Gen. Massimo SCALA; ; Col. Michael Kloepper	Unknown; ;
Strength
2 Patriot Batteries; 400 soldiers; 1 SAMP-T Battery; 4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera"; 130 soldiers; 2 Patriot Batteries; 1751 soldiers; 1 Patriot Battery; 130 soldiers; 2 Patriot Batteries; 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment; 173rd Airborne Brigade	Scud Missile Batteries
Casualties and losses
None	None

Operation Active Fence is an ongoing NATO operation to protect the Turkish southern border region with Syria as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War.

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[natocoalition-1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) NATO fact sheet on contributing nations as of 6 April 2011

[italy-2] "Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers". 2019-10-25.

[3] ttps://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=101684

[4] ttps://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/service/archive/archive/continued-support-for-turkey-437378

[5] ttps://www.difesa.it/EN/Operations/InternationalOperations/NATO_Support_to_Turkey/Pagine/default.aspx

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[13] ttps://www.incirlik.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/725332/mission-complete-netherlands-finish-air-defense-role-in-turkey/

[14] ttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/occar-board-managers-visited-4th-air-defence-artillery-regiment-?trk=organization_guest_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

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[18] ttps://english.defensie.nl/topics/historical-missions/mission-overview/2013/patriot-mission-in-turkey

[19] ttps://english.defensie.nl/topics/historical-missions/mission-overview/2013/patriot-mission-in-turkey Ministry of Defense – Netherlands; Retrieved Nov. 25, 2018

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