All photos are Crown Copyright, and should be credited as such. Pages Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Day 56 - 19 May 99 Air operations over FRY and Kosovo yesterday were particularly difficult due to very poor weather. A total of 58 attack missions were flown against an ammunition plant, petroleum facility and fielded forces. Only 6 RAF Harrier sorties were flown, but they were unable to attack any targets. RAF aircraft again provided mission support for NATO air operations in the form of 2 Tristar tanker and 3 Sentry AEW1 sorties.
Harriers await their next tasking under grey Italian skies.
Day 55 - 18 May 99 NATO operations in the Balkans yesterday were once again affected by poor weather. Its aircraft did however, manage to attack infrastructure targets including key bridges in Bare, Durakovac and Raska. Sixteen Harrier missions were launched from Gioia del Colle, but only one aircraft was able to release its weapons against a road bridge. The planned Tornado missions from Bruggen fell victim to the weather. Over the last 24 hours, poor weather in the operational theatre severely curtailed NATO and RAF air operations.