1995 NATO bombing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Operation Deliberate Force | |||||||
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| Part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia | |||||||
 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 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 UNPROFOR
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 Republika Srpska
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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 Sir Mark Mans
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Ratko Mladić Radislav Krstić
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| Strength | |||||||
 400 aircraft 5,000 military personnel 500 French peacekeepers 320 British peacekeepers Dutch 1e Mortiercompagnie, Korps Mariniers 12 105mm guns 8 155mm howitzers 12 British Warrior AFVs |
80,000 soldiers |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
 1 Mirage 2000N shot down 2 pilots POW
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338 different targets hit, most of them destroyed. 25–27 soldiers killed | ||||||
| 27 Bosnian Serb civilians killed | |||||||
Strategic NATO victory
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Leighton Smith/ Michael E. Ryan/ Stuart Peach
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