Osprey Combat Aircraft №024. Tim Ripley. Conflict in the Balkans 1991-2000

Illustrator: Mark Rolfe. — Osprey Publishing, 2001. — 96 p.Exposing the true scale and significance of the deployment of air power in the Balkans, this book details the activities of NATO and UN aircraft as well as local pilots in the former Yugoslavia. From bombing by B-2 stealth bombers to air-to-air combat; from moving ground troops by helicopter to 'food-bombing' for refugees, air power has played a vital role in 'Europe's Vietnam', and there is little sign that the fires of conflict are being extinguished. Debate amongst air power practitioners has yielded little agreement as to the degree of damage inflicted on the Yugoslav 3rd Army in Kosovo, the Balkans continue to be a region of conflict and ethnic hatred.1991 Yugoslavia at War 1992 Bosnian War 1993 Srebrenica 1994 Shoot Down 1995 Hostage Crisis 1996 Operation Deliberate Force 1997 Albania Rescue 1998 Crisis over Kosovo