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1995 NATO air campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Operation Deliberate Force
Part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia
F-16 deliberate force.JPG
A US Air Force F-16C aircraft returns to Aviano AB, Italy, from a mission in support of NATO airstrikes against the Army of the Republika Srpska
Date 30 August – 20 September 1995
Location Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result

Strategic NATO victory

Belligerents

United Nations UNPROFOR
Republika Srpska Republika Srpska
Commanders and leaders

NATO/United States Leighton Smith
NATO/United States Michael E. Ryan
NATO/United Kingdom Stuart Peach


United Nations/France Bernard Janvier
United Nations/United Kingdom Sir Rupert Smith
United Nations/United Kingdom Dick Applegate


United Kingdom Sir Mark Mans
Republika Srpska Ratko Mladić
Republika Srpska Radislav Krstić
Strength
NATO 400 aircraft
NATO 5,000 military personnel
United Nations 500 French peacekeepers
United Nations 320 British peacekeepers
United Nations Dutch 1e Mortiercompagnie, Korps Mariniers
United Nations 12 105mm guns
United Nations 8 155mm howitzers
United Nations 12 British Warrior AFVs
Republika Srpska 80,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
France 1 Mirage 2000N shot down
France 2 pilots POW
338 different targets hit, most of them destroyed. 25–27 soldiers killed
27 Bosnian Serb civilians killed

Strategic NATO victory

NATO/United States Leighton Smith
NATO/United States Michael E. Ryan
NATO/United Kingdom Stuart Peach


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