NATO HQ 27 May 1999 0930

Operation Allied Force Update The high operational tempo of recent days continued yesterday, with Allied aircraft continuing their intense campaign against Serb ground forces in Kosovo, and against a wide range of military targets throughout Serbia. On Day 64 of Operation Allied Force, Allied forces flew 741 sorties, the highest number of the campaign so far, of which 308 were strike sorties, also a record, and 74 were sorties designed to suppress Serb air defences. Serb ground force units attacked in Kosovo included 10 artillery positions, 8 armoured personnel carriers, at least 5 tanks, 4 anti-aircraft artillery emplacements, several mortar positions, 2 Antonov Colt light transport aircraft, and a SA-6 mobile surface-to-air missile transporter-launcher, a radar site, and several other military vehicles and revetments. Other targets attacked included: Ammunition storage sites at: Kursumlija Pristina Novi Pazar Boljevac Television and radio transmission and relay sites at: Krstac Kacanik Stara Pazova Ruma Logistic supply depots at: Kragujevac Titovo Uzice Pristina Cuprija Ralja Petroleum storage sites at: Kraljevo Sjenica Batajnica Airfields at: Pristina Ponikve Batajnica Obrva Nis A Yugoslav army and special police garrison and command headquarters at Kula Milicija was struck as were a command and logistics post at Livadica and a highway bridge at Raska. All NATO aircraft returned safely. Operations on Day 65 are well under way. Further details of recent military activity in Operation Allied Force will be given at the regular military briefing at 15.00 CET.