Kosovo War: Operation Allied Force

The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was NATO's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The strikes lasted from March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999. The official NATO operation code name was Operation Allied Force; the United States called it Operation Noble Anvil, while in Yugoslavia the operation was named "Merciful Angel”. The more common name for the events in Serbia, still used in historical records, is "NATO aggression”.
The NATO bombing marked the second major combat operation in its history, following the 1995 NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 1999 bombings led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo, the establishment of UNMIK, a U.N. mission in Kosovo and put an end to the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s.

Kosovo War: Operation Allied Force

Conflict: Operation Allied Force was part of the Kosovo War.
Dates: The NATO involvement (Operation Allied Force) in the Kosovo War lasted from March 24 to June 10, 1999
Armies & Commanders:
NATO
* General Wesley Clark (USA), Supreme Allied Commander Europe * Admiral James O. Ellis (USA), Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe * 1,000+ aircraft
Yugoslavia
* Slobodan Milosevic * Dragoljub Ojdanic * 85,000-114,000 men (20,000 in Kosovo)
Conflict Summary:
In 1998, the long-simmering conflict between the Slobodan Miloševic's Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo Liberation Army erupted into full-scale fighting. Battling to end Serbian oppression, the KLA also sought independence for Kosovo. On January 15, 1999, Yugoslav forces massacred 45 Kosovar Albanians in the village of Racak. News of the incident sparked global outrage and led NATO to issue an ultimatum to Miloševic's government calling for an end to the fighting and Yugoslavian compliance with the demands of the international community.
To settle the issue, a peace conference opened at Rambouillet, France with NATO Secretary General Javier Solana