Operation Allied Force 1999

NATO's airpower victory in Kosovo

Author: Adam Tooby and Dr Brian D. Laslie Series: Air Campaign

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A focused, illustrated history of NATO's war against Serbian forces over Kosovo. [THE CORRECT VERSION OF THIS EBOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD.]

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A focused, illustrated history of NATO's war against Serbian forces over Kosovo. [THE CORRECT VERSION OF THIS EBOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD.]

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A focused, illustrated history of NATO's war against Serbian forces over Kosovo. [THE CORRECT VERSION OF THIS EBOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD.]

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.

However, there is a dearth of written histories on NATO’s air war over Kosovo. In this book Dr Brian D. Laslie, one of the leading scholars of modern air power operations, offers a complete history of the campaign, based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. Although predominantly a USAF effort, the campaign also featured multinational contributions as well as significant naval aviation.

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.

Critic Reviews

This is a sound military history which concludes that air power was a key factor in success although not the only one. It is recommended for all readers. Miniature Wargames
This profusely illustrated book presents a useful overview of the lengthy NATO air campaign against Serbia in 1999. Aviation News
This is an impressive and valuable offering Flypast Magazine

About the Author

Dr Brian D. Laslie is Command Historian at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado. A 2001 graduate and an historian of air and space power studies, Dr Laslie received his PhD in 2013. He is the author of various books including The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam, Architect of Air Power: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the U.S. Air Force and Air Power’s Lost Cause: The American Air Wars of Vietnam. He lives in Colorado Springs.