Improved weather conditions have increased Serbian air defence activity. As well as heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire, 33 surface-to-air missiles were launched against NATO aircraft on day 64 (26 May). Maj Gen Charles Wald, vice-director of strategy and policy US Joint Staff, says in the first 57 days of the NATO air campaign, 42% of efforts focused on Serbian military and special police in the field, 26% has been aimed at air defences, 15% at command and control systems and 11% at mobile targets. 717 US aircraft are in theatre, while other NATO countries have sent 324 aircraft.
Source: Flight International
