Air operations
2 Dec, 1996 Stephan
December 2, 1996
(this is the last update)
(this is the last update)
Number of days since the transfer of authority and the end of Operation Deny Flight: 348
| Operation Decisive Endeavour - Missions flown | |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Nr |
| CAP over Bosnia-Herzegowina | 2,511 |
| CAS/Strike over Bosnia-Herzegowina | 14,098 |
| SEAD, NAEW, tanker, recce, other | 29,842 |
| Total | 46,451 |
Almost 5,500 personnel from 13 NATO countries -- Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States were deployed as part of the IFOR air component.
Iceland, which does not own armed forces, participated with non-military means to show solidarity.
NATO aircraft were available at air bases in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom and on carriers in the Adriatic.
| Operation Decisive Endeavor - Air Power | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Location | Aircraft | Function | # | Remark |
| Belgium | Villafranca, I | F-16A | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 3 | |
| France | Avord, F | E-3F | Refuelling | 1 | |
| Brindisi, I | Puma | SAR | 3 | ||
| Cervia, I | Mirage 2000D | Ground attack | 2 on call | ||
| Cervia, I | Mirage 2000C | Fighter | 4 | ||
| Istrana, I | Mirage F1CR | Recce | 5 | ||
| Istrana, I | Jaguar | Fighter/Bomber | 5 | +3 on call | |
| Istres, F | C-135 | Refelling | 1 | ||
| Serajevo, B-H | C-262 | Transport | 1 | ||
| Germany | Piacenza, I | Tornado ECR | Electronic Warfare | 12 | +2 on call |
| Landsberg, D | C-160 | Transport | 12 | ||
| Greece | Rimini, I | C-130 | Transport | 2 | |
| Italy | Ghedi, I | Tornado | Recce | 2 | +2 on call |
| Cioia de Colle, I | Tornado FBA | Fighter/Bomber | 4 | +2 on call | |
| Patrica di Mare, I | B-707 | Refuelling | 1 | ||
| Pisa, I | C-130 | Transport | 1 | ||
| Pisa, I | G-222 | Transport | 4 | ||
| Villafranca, I | AMX | Recce | 2 | ||
| Netherlands | Eindhoven, NL | F-60 | Transport | 1 on 24hrs readiness | |
| Eindhoven, NL | KDC-10 | Refuelling | 1 | ||
| Rimini, I | F-60 | MediVac | 1 on 12hrs readiness | ||
| Rimini, I | C-130 | Transport | 1 | ||
| Villafranca, I | F-16A | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 4 | +2 on call | |
| Villafranca, I | RF-16A/R | Recce | 3 | ||
| Norway | Rimini, I | C-130 | Transport | 2 | +1 on call |
| Spain | Aviano, I | EF-18 | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 6 | +2 on call |
| Aviano, I | KC-130 | Refuelling | 2 | ||
| DMMA Vicenza, I | CASA 212 | Transport | 1 | ||
| Turkey | Ghedi, I | F-16C | Fighter | 8 | |
| United Kingdom | UK | Jaguar GR-1B | Ground Attack | 2 on call | |
| Aviano, I | E-3D | AEW | 2 | ||
| Gioia del Colle, I | Harrier GR7 | Ground Attack | 4 | +6 on call | |
| Gioia del Colle, I | Harrier GR7 | Recce | 2 | ||
| Palermo, I | XL-1011 | Refuelling | 1 | +1 on call | |
| Rimini, I | C-130 | Transport | 1 | ||
| United States | Aviano, I | F-18D | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 6 | |
| Aviano, I | F-18D | Electronic Warfare | 5 | ||
| Aviano, I | F-16C | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 6 | ||
| Aviano, I | OA-10A | Ground Attack | 6 | ||
| Aviano, I | EC-130 | ABCCC | 3 | ||
| Aviano, I | EA-6B | EW | 6 | ||
| Brindisi, I | AC-130 | Gunship | 2 | ||
| Brindisi, I | MH-53J | SAR | 4 | ||
| Brindisi, I | MC-130P | SAR | 2 | ||
| Naples, I | C-12 | Support | 3 | ||
| Pisa, I / Istres, F | KC-135 | Refuelling | 8 | ||
| Stuttgart, D | C-12 | Support | 1 | ||
| USS Enterprise | FA-18C | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 33 | ||
| USS Enterprise | F-14 | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 9 | ||
| USS Enterprise | F-14 recce | 5 | |||
| USS Enterprise | A-6E | Fighter/Gr.Attack | 14 | ||
| USS Enterprise | EA-6B | Electronic Warfare | 4 | ||
| USS Enterprise | EC-2 | ABCC | 4 | ||
| USS Enterprise | HH-60H | SAR | 2 | ||
| NATO | See note | E-3A | AEW | 4 | |
Note
- The French E-3F aircraft and the NATO AEW E-3A and E-3D components operated from Geilenkirchen (Germany), Preveza (Italy), and Trapani (Italy). The E-3A component was operated by multi-national crews provided by 11 NATO countries.