Operation Allied Force 1999 Osprey Air Campaign (9781472860309) – Osprey Publishing

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Operation Allied Force 1999: NATO’s airpower victory in Kosovo

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• 96 pages
• Illustrated throughout
• Dimensions are 7″ W by 10″ H
• Softcover

Laslie.A focused, illustrated history and analysis of perhaps the most complete air power victory in modern times, NATO’s war against Serbian forces over Kosovo.
On the night of March 24, 1999, NATO forces began military action to stop Serbia’s campaign of repression during the Kosovo War. Initially planned to be a 72-hour operation, it took 78 days of sustained air warfare for Operation Allied Force to cause Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw his forces. Despite such setbacks as the loss of an F-117 stealth fighter and the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Allied Force ended with perhaps the most complete airpower victory of modern times.
Using spectacular original battlescenes, maps and 3D diagrams, Dr Laslie examines the aircraft, weapons and doctrine used, the Serbian air defenses, how the Allied forces planned and launched their air campaign, and how NATO had to rapidly adapt its initial plans to achieve success.