Improved weather over Yugoslavia has allowed NATO to step up its daily sortie rate to 650-750 in every 24h, about half of which are strike missions. The rest are support flights.
NATO is reported to have hit the defence procurement building in Belgrade. The last time the alliance targeted the building, it hit the Chinese embassy in error.
The US Secretary of the Air Force, Whitten Peters, has signed off plans for the Stop Loss programme. This will prevent around 120,000 active-duty US Air Force personnel with certain specialist skills - including pilots - from leaving the USAF or retiring while the reserve call-up is in place.
Source: Flight International