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Events on Wednesday 24 March 1999 2
1999Dutch F-16 downs a Serbian MiG-29Kosovo WarOn the first night of NATO strikes on Yugoslavia, a Dutch F-16 shoots down a MiG-29 — the Netherlands' first air-to-air kill since 1945.
1999NATO Bombing of YugoslaviaAir campaign over the Kosovo WarNATO conducted a 78-day bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to halt the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians. The operation was the alliance's first sustained combat action without UN Security Council authorization. It ended when Yugoslav forces withdrew from Kosovo and a peacekeeping force was deployed.