NATO bombing of Serbia
Operation Allied Force |
Part of the Kosovo War
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Belligerents |
NATO
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FR Yugoslavia
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Commanders and leaders |
Wesley Clark (SACEUR)
Rupert Smith
Javier Solana
Gen. John W. Hendrix
James O. Ellis
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Slobodan Milošević
Dragoljub Ojdanić
Nebojša Pavković
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Strength |
Over 1,031 aircraft
30 attack ships and submarines
Task Force Hawk
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114,000 regulars
20,000 Yugoslav police
100 SAM launchers
14 modern combat aircraft
1,400 artillery pieces
1,270 combat capable tanks
825 combat capable armoured vehicles |
Casualties and losses |
3 fighter jets, 2 helicopters and 25 UAVs destroyed; 3 fighter jets damaged
2 soldiers killed in non-combat helicopter crash, 3 soldiers captured |
956–1,200 killed, 5,173 wounded and 52 missing
disputed numbers of tanks, APCs, and artillery pieces; as well as 121 aircraft destroyed
Economic loss of $29.6 billion |
Human Rights Watch verified that around 500 civilians died as a result of air attacks, nearly 60% of whom were in Kosovo. Serbian sources estimated between 1,200 and 5,700 civilian deaths.
3 Chinese journalists killed in United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
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NATO
Wesley Clark (SACEUR)
Rupert Smith
Javier Solana
Over 1,031 aircraft
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