Focus on Kosovo - Archive and Coverage of NATO Airstrikes in Yugoslavia

Operation Allied Force was the military response of NATO to the 1999 Kosovo crisis, and the first major combat operation in NATO history. 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.