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Operation Allied Force - NATO Air strikes against Yugoslavia
Operation Allied Force was the military response of
NATO to
the 1999 Kosovo crisis, and the first
major combat operation in
NATO history.
Operation Allied Force Objective:
"Our military objective is to degrade and damage the military and security
structure that President Milosevic has used to depopulate and destroy the
Albanian majority in Kosovo."
Statement of William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense, to the
Senate
Armed Services Committee on 15 April 1999.
On March 24, 1999, NATO launched an attack on
Yugoslavia, making good on a
long-standing threat to strike if Serbs refused to sign a peace plan for
Kosovo.
The assault included air- and sea-launched cruise missiles and bombing runs
by American, German and French aircraft.
Time of initial attack: 2:00 PM EST, 24 March 1999.
Suspension of bombing: 10:00 AM EST, 10 June 1999.
Bombing campaign halted: 10:50 AM EST, 20 June 1999.
Operation Allied Force - NATO Air strikes against Yugoslavia
Operation Allied Force - BBC News | Kosovo war
CNN - Focus on Kosovo - Kosovo Story
Archive
- CNN - Clinton calls NATO strikes a 'moral imperative'
- March 24, 1999
- CNN - U.S.: Attack necessary to stop 'killing
and carnage' - March 24, 1999
- CNN - Eastern Slavonia back to Croatia's control
- January 15, 1998
- CNN - Kosovo students protest for Albanian-language
education - Oct. 29, 1997
- CNN - Milosevic proclaims victory with end
to Kosovo conflict - June 10, 1999
- CNN - NATO: Bombing of Yugoslavia could end
by Sunday - June 4, 1999
- CNN - NATO peacekeeping commander arrives in
Pristina - June 12, 1999
- CNN - NATO, Yugoslav generals take a break;
no resolution in sight - June 6, 1999
- CNN - Peacekeepers prepare to enter Kosovo
- June 10, 1999
- CNN - Timetable for Kosovo transition - June
9, 1999
- CNN - Winners and losers: Analysis of the Kosovo
conflict - June 10, 1999
- CNN - Clinton: Serbs must be stopped now - March
23, 1999
- CNN - Yugoslavia agrees to withdraw forces
from Kosovo - June 10, 1999
- CNN - B-2 stealth bombers make combat debut
- March 24, 1999
- CNN - B-2 bombers' home base celebrates stealth
combat debut - March 25, 1999
- CNN - Downed NATO pilot rescued, U.S. officials
say - March 27, 1999
- CNN - Rescued pilot safe in Italy as NATO campaign
continues - March 28, 1999
- CNN - Two jets crash in Kosovo campaign - May
2, 1999
- CNN - Clinton: 'Victory for a safer world'
- June 10, 1999
- CNN - Yugoslavia accepts peace deal on Kosovo
- June 3, 1999
- CNN - Yugoslavia agrees to withdraw forces
from Kosovo - June 9, 1999
- CNN - Kosovo Albanians sign peace document
- March 18, 1999
- CNN - Milosevic tells citizens to defend Yugoslavia
- March 24, 1999
- CNN - NATO attack on Yugoslavia begins - March
24, 1999
- CNN - NATO orders military strikes against Yugoslavia
- March 23, 1999
- CNN - Operation Allied Force blasts Yugoslavia
- March 24, 1999
- CNN - Operation Allied Force: Day One - March
25, 1999
- CNN - Senate passes resolution supporting NATO
operations in Kosovo - March 23, 1999
- CNN - Senate votes to approve NATO airstrikes
over Kosovo - March 23, 1999
DefenseLINK News Photos - Archive -
Operation
Allied Force
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Archive/Operations/AlliedForce/
DefenseLINK News Photos - Archive - Operation Joint Guardian
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Archive/Operations/OperatiJointGuardia/
DoD News Briefing, Thursday, 10 Jun 1999 - 4:00 pm
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Timelines
Operation Allied Force Wallpaper
Wreckage of a downed Yugoslav MiG-29 jet fighter Wallpaper
CNN - Operation Allied Force: Day One - March 25, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9903/24/nato.attack.bullet/
CNN - Operation Allied Force blasts Yugoslavia - March 24, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9903/24/kosovo.strikes.03/
Maps and Aerial Views of post- and pre-strikes used during the Press
Conference by General Wesley K. Clark
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/slides/m990916a.htm
Allied Force - Videos Clips, Maps and Photos
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/all-frce.htm
Task Force Falcon - Bondsteel Camp
- US Army in Kosovo
Task Force Falcon - Monteith Camp -
US Army in Kosovo
Issue in Depth - The Conflict in Kosovo
The Balkans: Key Documents
Operation Joint Guardian
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/joint_guardian.htm
Operation Allied Force
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/allied_force.htm
Deutsche KFOR-Fahrzeuge im Kosovo
Die KFOR marschiert im Kosovo ein
Kosovo - Nato Einzug
http://www.nato.int/kfor
http://www.nato.int/sfor
http://www.raf.mod.uk/
Task Force Med Eagle - Bosnia
Task Force Med Falcon - Kosovo
War on Terror - Afghanistan & Iraq
DefenseLINK - NATO Operation Allied Force
Kosovo Campaign Medal
President Clinton has approved establishment and award of the Kosovo
Campaign Medal and campaign streamers to recognize the accomplishments of
our military servicemembers who participated in or were in direct support
of the Kosovo operations within established areas of eligibility. Individuals
authorized the medal must have participated in or served in direct support
of one or more of the following Kosovo operations: Allied Force, Joint Guardian,
Allied Harbor, Sustain Hope/Shining Hope, Noble Anvil, or Kosovo Task Force
Hawk, Task Force Saber, or Task Force Hunter within the Kosovo Air Campaign
or Kosovo Defense Campaign area of eligibility. The Kosovo Air Campaign
began on March 24, 1999, and ended on June 10, 1999. The area of eligibility
is the total land area and air space of Serbia (including Kosovo), Montenegro,
Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria,
Italy and Slovenia; and the waters and air space of the Adriatic and Ionian
Sea north of 39 degrees North latitude.
The Kosovo Defense Campaign began on June 11, 1999, and will end on a
date to be determined. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. John G. Valceanu, U.S. Army.
(Released)
Download High-Res Image:
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Jun2000/000523-A-4100V-001.jpg
Anniversary of Operation Allied Force In Kosovo
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