 During the NATO-led intervention against the Gaddafi regime in 2011, the Libyan air force was devastated—almost all of its airfields were heavily damaged, and most of its anti-air installations and aircraft were destroyed.Because of that, after the final victory over Gaddafi in October 2011, only a few barely-flying aircraft were left in the Libyan air force that was once armed with hundreds of fighter aircraft and combat helicopters.On 20 June 2012 the Air Force Chief of Staff, Saqr Geroushi, announced plans for the rebuilding of the Libyan air force.