| Operation Echo | |||||
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| Part of theKosovo War | |||||
 CF-18 Hornets depart Aviano Air Base, Italy | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Canada |  Yugoslavia | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Jean Chrétien | Slobodan Milošević | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
 Air Command | Yugoslav Armed Forces | ||||
Operation Echo was the codename given by theCanadian Forces for its air activities during theKosovo War in 1999. In support of the NATOOperation Allied Force Canadian aircraft based atAviano Air Base in northeastern Italyflew bombing missions over the Balkans.[1]
During the campaign the Canadian air contingent consisted of 18CF-18 Hornet aircraft from441 and425 Tactical Fighter Squadrons, with 69 aircrew and 250 ground crew. Between March 24 and June 10, 1999, they flew 684sorties in 224 missions, and dropped nearly 500,000 lb (230,000 kg) of gravity and precision-guided bombs. Canadian forces comprised less than 2% of the nearly 1,000 Allied aircraft engaged in the conflict, they flew on 10% of all bombing missions.[2]
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