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Federation of American Scientists : Military Analysis Network
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/deliberate_force.htm
Overview of Operation Deliberate Force and links to further documents.
Hellenic Resources Institute, Inc. Operation Deliberate Force.
15 November 1995
Available online at: http://www.hri.org/docs/nato/df0611.html
Includes three sections: Background, Execution, Summary Data.
Widnall, Sheila, Secretary of the Air Force Air Force in the New World Order.16 February 1996.
Available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/speech/current/The_Air_Force_in_the_New_Wo.html
A portion of this speech examines lessons learned in Operation Deliberate Force.
Beale, Michael O. Bombs Over Bosnia. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1997. 59 p.
Operation Deliberate Force, pp. 31-41
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1a B366b
Dittmer, David L. Deliberate Force: NATO's First Extended Air Operation: the View from AFSOUTH. Alexandria, VA, Center for Naval Analysis, 1998. 50 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 31914-52
Miller, Kurt F. (Maj, USA). Deny Flight and Deliberate Force: An Effective Use of Airpower? Fort Leavenworth, KS, 1997 114 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Thesis)
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 M6482d
Walker, Richard F. Facing the Future: a Doctrine for Air Control in Limited Conflicts. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1998. 67 p.
Discusses operational difficulties and air control operations during operations including Deliberate Force.
Also available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/research/ay1998/saas/walker_rf.htm
Doc. call no.: M-U43998-1 W183f
NATO Declares War on the Bosnian Serbs (cover story). Economist 336:41-42 September 2 1995.
Anderson, Jon R. Bosnia a Tough Target: Weather is Greater Hurdle than Serbs. Army Times 56:10 September 18 1995.
Anderson, Jon R. Bosnia Flights Highlight Service Quirks. Navy Times 44:10 October 2 1995.
Discusses differences in the way the services operate, and the effect on joint cooperation in Operation Deliberate Force.
Anderson, Jon R. Rivalries on U.S. Side Emerged in Airstrikes. Air Force Times 56:6 October 9 1995.
Cangemi, Charles R. Jr. Part-Time Warriors Work for Full-Time Peace (Air National Guard in Bosnia). National Guard 50:22+ January 1996.
Coleman, Fred. Will This Lead to Peace? Operation Deliberate Force was Only One Factor in the Push to Negotiate Again in the Balkans. U.S. News & World Report 119:34--36 September 11 1995.
Cooper, Joseph P. Unexpected: Joint and Combined Assignments. ADA pp 15-25 May-June 1996.
Includes a list (p. 16) of countries participating in Balkan air operations, and their aircraft.
Covault, Craig. Air Power Alters Bosnia Equation. Aviation Week & Space Technology 143:22-24 September 4 1995.
Includes map showing basing of the NATO air power used against the Serbs.
Covault, Craig. NATO Air Strikes Target Serbian Infrastructure. Aviation Week & Space Technology 143:27-28 September 11 1995.
Covault, Craig. Precision Missiles Bolster NATO Strikes. Aviation Week & Space Technology 143:22-23 September 18 1995.
Fedarko, Kevin. Louder Than Words (cover story). Time 146:50-54+ September 11 1995.
Johnson, Ray "Deliberate" Force: Lakenheath Airpower Helps Maintain Peace in Europe. Airman 41:2-5 March 1997.
Also available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0397/lake.htm
Matthews, William. Accuracy is "Phenomenal" (airstrikes against Bosnian Serbs). Air Force Times 56:10 October 2 1995.
Matthews, William. Bombing That Hit Its Mark. Navy Times 44:30 October 2 1995.
Morocco, John D. Bombing Compels Serb Withdrawal. Aviation Week & Space Technology 143:36 September 25 1995.
Includes statistics on number of sorties and munitions used.
Muradian, Vago. Units Brace for Action (in Bosnia). Air Force Times 56:3 September 11 1995.
Muradian, Vago and Watkins Steven. At Aviano, the Action is Nonstop. Air Force Times 56:3 September 18 1995.
Aviano AB is at the heart of the Air Force operation in the NATO bombings against Bosnian Serb targets that began August 30, 1995.
Nelan, Bruce W. More Talking, More Bombing. Time 146:76-77 September 18 1995.
Owen, Robert C. Balkans Air Campaign Study: Part 1. Airpower Journal 11:4-24 Summer 1997.
Also available online at: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/sum97/owen.pdf
Owen, Robert C. Balkans Air Campaign Study: Part 2. Airpower Journal 11:6-26 Fall 1997.
Also available online at: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj97/fal97/owen.pdf
Post, Tom and others. Make War, Make Peace. Newsweek 126:36-40 September 11 1995.
Includes map and chronology of Operation Deliberate Force, and a list of some of the aircraft used by each country.
Ripley, Tim. Deliberate Force on the Mountain. International Defense Review 28:27-28+ October 1995.
Roberts, Adam. From San Francisco to Sarajevo: the UN and the Use of Force. Survival 37:7-28 Winter 1995-1996.
Simmons, Dean and others. Air Operations Over Bosnia. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 123:58-63 May 1997.
Tirpak, John A. Deliberate Force.
Air Force Magazine 80:36-43 October 1997.
Also available online at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/Oct1997/1097deli.html