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________, and Bradley Graham, “Milosevic Admits to Losses of Personnel,” Washington Post, May 13, 1999.
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BRIEFINGS
Baldazzi, Colonel E., Italian Air Force, “Host Nation Support for the Kosovo Air Campaign,” briefing at a conference on “The NATO Joint Force Air Component Commander Concept in Light of the Kosovo Air Campaign,” Headquarters NATO Reaction Force Air Staff, Kalkar, Germany, December 1–3, 1999.
Bivins, Colonel Robert, USAF, Director of Operations, U.S. Air Force Space Warfare Center, “Space Support to Operation Allied Force: Preliminary Lessons Learned,” Schriever AFB, Colorado, February 25, 2000.
Clark, General Wesley, SACEUR, Brussels, NATO Headquarters, April 13, 1999.
Corley, Brigadier General John, USAF, news briefing, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2000.
Crawford, Natalie, and others, “USAF EW Management Process Study,” October 1, 1999.
Dallager, Major General John, USAF, “NATO JFACC Doctrine,” briefing at a conference on “The NATO Joint Force Air Component Commander Concept in Light of the Kosovo Air Campaign,” Headquarters NATO Reaction Force Air Staff, Kalkar, Germany, December 1–3, 1999.
Ellis, Admiral James O., USN, commander in chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, and commander, Allied Forces Southern Europe and Joint Task Force Noble Anvil, “The View from the Top,” 1999.
Hinson, Major General Robert, USAF, commander, 14th Air Force, “Space Doctrine Lessons from Operation Allied Force,” command briefing, Vandenberg AFB, California, December 16, 1999.
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Pitotti, Colonel Steve, USAF, “Global Environments, Threats, and Military Strategy (GETM) Update,” Air Armament Summit 2000 briefing, 2000.
Robertson, General Charles T., Jr., USAF, commander in chief, U.S. Transportation Command, and commander, Air Mobility Command, “Air War Over Serbia: A Mobility Perspective,” 2000.
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Copyright
The research reported here was sponsored by the United States Air Force under Contract F49642-01-C-0003. Further information may be obtained from the Strategic Planning Division, Directorate of Plans, Hq USAF.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lambeth, Benjamin S.
NATO’s air war for Kosovo : a strategic and operational assessment / Benjamin S. Lambeth.
p. cm.
“MR-1365.”
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8330-3050-7
1. Kosovo (Serbia)—History—Civil War, 1998—Aerial operations. 2. Operation Allied Force, 1999. I. Title.
DR2087.5 .L36 2001
949.7103—dc21
2001048221
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