1995 NATO bombing in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Operation Deliberate Force

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a mission in support of NATO airstrikes against Republika Srpska from Aviano AB, Italy.

Date	30 August - 20 September 1995
Location	Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result	Siege of Sarajevo lifted.

Combatants

NATO

Republika Srpska

Commanders

Willy Claes

Ratko Mladić

Strength

2 SAMs^{[citation needed]}

Casualties

1 Mirage aircraft
2 pilots POW
1 F-16C^{[citation needed]}

Undisclosed

Yugoslav wars
Breakup – Slovenia – Croatia – Bosnia (1st NATO intervention) – Kosovo (2nd NATO intervention) – Preševo Valley – Macedonia

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Siege of Sarajevo – Foča massacres – Višegrad – Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing – Ahmići – Neretva '93 – Banja Luka – 1st Markale – Bøllebank – Amanda – Tuzla – Mrkonjić Grad – Srebrenica massacre – Summer '95 – Tiger – Storm – 2nd Markale – NATO bombing – Mistral – Sana

The 1995 NATO bombing in Bosnia and Herzegovina (code-named by NATO Operation Deliberate Force) was a sustained air campaign conducted by the North-Atlantic military organization to undermine the military capability of the Bosnian Serb Army who threatened and attacked UN-designated "safe areas" in Bosnia. The operation was carried out between 30 August and 20 September 1995, involving 400 aircraft and 5000 personnel from 15 nations.

It was initiated by NATO in response to a deteriorating situation. Although planned and approved by the North Atlantic Council in July 1995, the operation was triggered in direct response to the second wave of Markale Massacres on 28 August 1995.

Image taken by a US aircraft upon hitting a Bosnian Serb target

During the campaign, a total of 3515 sorties were flown against 338 individual targets. Aircraft involved in the campaign operated out of Italy and from the U.S. aircraft carriers USS Theodore Roosevelt & USS America. 68% of the bombs used in this campaign were precision-guided munitions. The Bosnian Serb integrated air defence network, comprising of aircraft and surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), presented a high-threat environment to the allied air operations. A French Mirage 2000 was shot down by a Serbian SAM on the 30 August 1995. As a counter to the operation some 400 UNPROFOR peacekeepers were seized by the Bosnian Serb Army and used as human shields at key Bosnian Serb sites.

The air attacks increased the international pressure on (Milošević’s Serbia/Yugoslavia to take part in negotiations that resulted in the Dayton Peace Agreement.

^ NATO Allied Forces (Southern Europe) Factsheet

CNN
LOUDER THAN WORDS, TIME magazine, 11 September 1995
Operation Deliberate Force by John Pike at Globalsecurity.org
Official Deliberate Force FactSheet, from NATO’s website

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