A-10s Over Kosovo: The Victory of Airpower over a Fielded Army as Told by Airmen Who Fought in Operation Allied Force (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781839310706)

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.

Author: Phil M. Haun
ISBN-10: 1839310707
ISBN-13: 9781839310706
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UK
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2011
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.81d