Back in 1995, when the United States finally managed to bring the three Bosnian belligerents to the Peace Agreement table, in Dayton, it was decided that the UN contingents would be substituted by a NATO lead force, starting in December 1995. The new Allied Force would have more vigorous Rules of Engagement, and more fireContinuar lendo “Bosnia Dec95 – Handover from UN to NATO”
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The path to Dayton’s Agreements (Bosnia 1995)
In the beginning of October 1995, it was common knowledge that the US Administration’s Representative for the Balkans – Richard Holbrooke – was negotiating a definitive Cease Fire Agreement, which could lead to a permanent Peace Agreement. People remained sceptical, because it would probably be just another cease fire agreement, like many others before; someContinuar lendo “The path to Dayton’s Agreements (Bosnia 1995)”
Baltic Air Policing 2007 – Destacamento FAP em Siauliai apoiou orfanato.
No ano de 2007, por razões do fórum sociológico, a pequena cidade de Siauliai tinha mais de uma dezena de orfanatos, alguns dos quais a debaterem-se com sérios problemas de ordem financeira. Dessa forma, tinha-se tornado quase uma tradição os vários destacamentos da NATO apoiarem essas instituições, ou as crianças que ali eram recolhidas. OContinuar lendo “Baltic Air Policing 2007 – Destacamento FAP em Siauliai apoiou orfanato.”
Bosnia’s No Fly Zone
In 1992, due to the deteriorating security situation in the Balkans and the warlike acts perpetrated over the civilian population, the United Nations Security Council imposed an area of exclusion for non-authorized flights – commonly known as “No Fly Zone” (NFZ) – over Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Croatia (the Serbian Krajinas). The overall intention wasContinuar lendo “Bosnia’s No Fly Zone”
Portuguese Air Force Memorial in Siauliai
Throughout the History, the Portuguese have always left their mark wherever they’ve traveled all over the World. It’s a cultural thing … we can’t help it. Having said that, it should have come with no surprise, back in 2007, when the Portuguese Air Force contingent in Siauliai – Lithuania – decided to leave a markContinuar lendo “Portuguese Air Force Memorial in Siauliai”
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