Bombs Over Bosnia

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) initiated Operation Deny Flightat the request of the United Nations (UN) Security Council in April 1993, inresponse to the ongoing war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Two and one-half years later, inDecember 1995, Deny Flight officially ended after an almost continuous 970-dayaerial presence constituting over 100,000 aircraft sorties. In that time, NATOaircraft dropped more than 3,000 bombs while participating in combat operations forthe first time in alliance history.