A-10s Over Kosovo - The Victory of Airpower over a Fielded Army as Told by Airmen Who Fought in Operation Allied Force

First published in 2003. The NATO-led Operation Allied Force was fought in 1999 to stop Serb atrocities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This war, as noted by the distinguished military historian John Keegan, "marked a real turning point . . . and proved that a war can be won by airpower alone." Colonels Haave and Haun have organized firsthand accounts of some of the people who provided that airpower-the members of the 40th Expeditionary Operations Group. Their descriptions-a new wingman's first combat sortie, a support officer's view of a fighter squadron relocation during combat, and a Sandy's leadership in finding and rescuing a downed F-117 pilot-provide the reader with a legitimate insight into an air war at the tactical level and the airpower that helped convince the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, to capitulate.

Product details

• Authors: Air University Press, Christopher E. Haave, Phil M. Haun
• Publisher: WWW.Militarybookshop.Co.UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2011
• EAN: 9781780392769
• ISBN: 978-1-78039-276-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 635 g
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