US DOD: Secretary of Defense orders additional aircraft to join Operation Allied Force.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 1999-US DOD: Secretary of Defense orders additional aircraft to join Operation Allied Force (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:290599 Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen has ordered forward an additional 68 U.S. Air Force aircraft to join other U. S. aircraft participating in NATO's Operation ALLIED FORCE.

The additional aircraft include the deployment of a squadron of F-16CJs (12 aircraft) and two squadrons of F-15Es (36 aircraft total) from the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command as well as 20 KC-135s from the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command. These aircraft are part of the 176-aircraft increment approved for deployment by the Secretary on May 6, 1999. This deployment fulfills in part an earlier request for more aircraft...