Deliberate Force

A right side view of a US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 31st Fighter Wing landing upon returning from a mission in support of NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs. This was the aircraft flown by Capt. Robert Wright on 28 February 1994 when he shot down 3 Serb J-21 Jastreb attack jets. (Released to Public)

330-CFD-DF-ST-98-00468: US Navy aircraft maintenance personnel perform a 56 day preventive maintenance inspection on a US Navy EA-6B Prowler on the flight line. The aircraft is from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141 deployed on board the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). The Roosevelt is operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of the operation, 9/12/1995 TECH. SGT. Bruce Sherwood. (OPA-NARA II-8/17/2015).

330-CFD-DF-ST-98-00469: Two US Navy aircraft maintenance personnel perform a 56 day preventive maintenance inspection on a US Navy EA-6B Prowler on the flightline. The aircraft is from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141 deployed on board the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). The Roosevelt is operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of the operation, 9/12/1995. (OPA-NARA II-8/17/2015).

330-CFD-DF-ST-98-00472: US Navy aviation ordnancemen load a US Navy EA-6B Prowler with an AGM-88 HARM missile. The ground crew is preparing the aircraft for a NATO airstrike against the Bosnian Serbs. HARM or High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles, are air-to-surface tactical missiles designed to seek out and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems. The aircraft is from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141 deployed on board the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). The Roosevelt is operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of the operation, 9/12/1995, (OPA-NARA II-8/17/2015).

330-CFD-DF-ST-98-00474: A nighttime view of a US Navy EA-6B Prowler with background lighting waits on the flight line. The aircraft, equipped with HARM or High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles, is prepared for NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs. The Prowler is from the Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141 deployed on board the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). The Roosevelt is operating in the Adriatic Sea, 9/12/1995. TECH. SGT. Bruce Sherwood. (OPA-NARA II-8/17/2015).

330-CFD-DF-ST-98-00819: A medium shot of a US Navy C-130 Hercules aircraft as it takes off in support of the operation, 9/6/1995 SSGT Dixie Trawick. (OPA-NARA II-8/17/2015).

330-CFD-DF-ST-98-00820: A close in shot of a US Navy C-130 Hercules aircraft as it takes off in support of the operation, 9/6/1995 SRA Lynn Walters. (OPA-NARA II-8/17/2015).

Communications tower near Lisina, northern Bosnia Herzegovina, hours before the Tomahawk strike launched from USS Normandy, 10 September 1995, in the course of Operation Deliberate Force.

Communications tower near Lisina, northern Bosnia Herzegovina, after being hit by a Tomahawk strike launched from USS Normandy, 10 September 1995, in the course of Operation Deliberate Force.

Bombing republika srpska

As the ground crew perform final pre-flight checks, the aircrew of this US Air Force EF-111A Raven prepares for a NATO airstrike against the Bosnian Serbs. The Raven is attached to the 429th Electronic Combat Squadron, 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, NM.Location: AVIANO AIR BASE, PORDENONE ITALY (ITA)

19th Regiment Royal Artillery fire at Serb targets in the opening hours of Operation Deliberate Force

Sgt. Brian Boe loads a 2.75-inch rocket with a practice warhead into an M-260 rocket pod mounted on an OV-10 Bronco aircraft during the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) combat ammunition production and combat aircraft servicing competition Sabre Spirit '88.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DELIBERATE FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul Caron Release Status: Released to Public