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00:00...which are not laser-guided.
00:02Pheers have been raised that dropping unguided bombs from high altitude
00:06could mean more accidental civilian casualties.
00:10The Americans have promised to minimise the risk.
00:13Gary Lloyd...
00:14Five minutes bound for Yugoslavia
00:16took off in what is a round-the-clock operation.
00:19General Shelton, who had Friday visited US forces in Albania,
00:23said NATO had fully anticipated a long, drawn-out campaign.
00:27There's no real surprise here.
00:29When we went into this campaign,
00:31we knew that we were going into an environment
00:35in which we'd have to be prepared to do whatever it took
00:37in order for NATO to prevail,
00:39and we're convinced that we can and will do that.
00:43What it's taken so far is about 12,000 sorties by NATO warplanes,
00:47a substantial portion of those from Aviano.
00:50We are convinced that the air campaign
00:52is accomplishing the objectives that we set out for it.
00:54We plan to stick with the air campaign.
00:56We will not be diverted from that.
00:59And our intent is to prevail,
01:01and we feel that we are confident that...
01:03An attack against fielded artillery gun.
01:06The next two cockpit videos are of an attack
01:28with precision-guided weapons against fielded tanks.
01:31Against three communication towers conducted over the last time,
02:01unja së djene ai,
02:03se për së një një posi
02:05Shemika Radio Relay Tauer
02:23një një një të një kërkëtu
02:26së Një Një një shemika Radio Communication Station
02:31here
02:44gërho
02:46and the final video
02:46is of
02:47the Subotica
02:48radio and tv
02:49transmitter
02:49As soon as the American servicemen
03:08have been taken off the plane
03:10they've just come in from Zagreb, the Croatian capital
03:12they'll be flown directly to the Landstor medical facility
03:16here where I'm standing
03:17and taken from the helipad
03:19just across the buildings behind me
03:21to the building behind me
03:23building 3762
03:25where as you can see
03:26there are already preparations underway to receive them
03:29the flags, the 50 American states
03:31the United States flag itself
03:32the German flag
03:33and the flag of the Landstor medical facility
03:36it's the biggest medical facility of its kind
03:38outside the US
03:40it's here where victims of the Nairobi embassy bombings
03:43were treated for their injuries
03:44it's here where thousands of American troops
03:47during the Gulf War, during Operation Desert Storm
03:49and Operation Desert Shield were treated for their injuries as well
03:53there's no suggestion though that these troops coming in now
03:56from Belgrade via Croatia into Germany will require any kind of serious medical attention
04:02they've said themselves, they feel good, they feel fine, they've been well treated
04:07they will be given a routine medical examination
04:10and then at some other point, perhaps in a couple of days from now when they've had this examination
04:15they'll be debriefed
04:17and some questions will be asked
04:19exactly how it was
04:21that they managed to fall into the hands of the Yugoslav army
04:24let's go back to Washington for just a moment or two
04:26and talk with Arno de Borgrov
04:28the president of United Press International
04:30who recently sat down for an extensive interview
04:33with Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic
04:34and Mr. Milosevic spelled out a peace plan
04:37which was then rejected by both NATO and the United States
04:39first, Mr. de Borgrov
04:41what do you make of this maneuver by Slobodan Milosevic
04:44of releasing these three American G.I.s?
04:46I think it's a brilliant move on his part
04:49because it does tend to divide public opinion
04:53those who feel that we should perhaps go for diplomatic negotiations
04:57a pause in the bombing
05:00and down the road a total ceasefire
05:04Defense Secretary Cohen this morning is saying
05:06not only will the bombing not stop
05:07or will there not be a pause
05:09but the bombing will intensify
05:11but isn't there a chance that
05:13at least one of the effects of this release
05:16will be some erosion at the margins of NATO unity
05:19about what should be the appropriate course of action
05:22no question
05:22what he was suggesting
05:23he went beyond the six points that were outlined
05:26by the foreign ministry a few hours after I'd seen him
05:28number one of course cessation of all hostilities
05:31but he admitted that he has 100,000 troops now in Kosovo
05:34up from 40,000 when the bombing started
05:37why in his reply he said
05:40because we were faced with the possibility of a land invasion of our country
05:44so we have 100,000 troops there we're willing to scale down to 10,000 which was the garrison before the war started
05:49same time all of NATO's forces fall out of Macedonia and Albania on our borders
05:53and then the introduction of the UN mission as he called it
05:56he even discussed the composition of such a force
05:58now he even argued with the use of the word force
06:01he didn't want to hear about a UN force but a UN mission
06:05that's semantics
06:06it'll be obviously it'll be a UN force made up in his judgment of neutral countries
06:11Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
06:13and I said what about NATO countries
06:15he said no I said what about European nations
06:17and he said well there's a non-NATO European nation called Ireland
06:21so I think we're moving in the direction of a multinational UN force
06:26and clearly they'll have to have weaponry to defend themselves
06:28once again what we're looking at here on our screen is a picture of the plane
06:33the medevac plane which has carried the three American GIs
06:36who were overnight or early this morning released from captivity in Belgrade
06:40arriving at the Rammstein Air Base in Germany
06:43they were freed after negotiations conducted by the Reverend Jesse Jackson in Belgrade
06:47with Yugoslavia's President Slobodan Milošević
06:51the door to the plane is opening and Mandy Kibble is standing by there
06:55Mandy let's bring you in for a second
06:56you said you expect a very quick movement of these troops to the medical facility at Landstuhl
07:02yes it is expected that they will move very quickly from this location
07:06they will probably come out and wave to the crowd
07:08who have been waiting for a number of hours now
07:11they will be greeted when they come out of the plane by an honor guard
07:16it is a very dramatic moment at the Rammstein Air Base in Germany
07:36three USGIs
07:40in a manner of speaking glad to be home
07:43what they are doing now is being escorted to a chopper
07:50which will take them to the regional medical facility at Landstuhl
07:55I am not sure if they all go in one chopper
07:57so we will have a picture of you talking for us
07:59they said they were treated well during their captivity
08:10that was an issue of strong concern here in the United States of course
08:16at the Pentagon and elsewhere
08:18they appear to be in pretty good shape
08:22although they will be checked out thoroughly
08:25at that regional medical facility
08:27they lingered not at all
08:32at Rammstein
08:34the effort now is to move them quickly
08:36to their next stop
08:38is Matthew Chance available at Landstuhl?
08:42Matthew Chance, let's bring you in
08:43how long a flight should this be?
08:46well Gene, the flight from the airbase
08:50is approximately 5 or 10 minutes
08:53it's just 5 kilometers from where I'm standing right now
08:57they'll be flown to a helipad
08:59just a couple of hundred meters
09:00across the buildings here that you can see behind me
09:03and from that helipad
09:04they'll be brought directly to this building
09:06straight behind me right now
09:08that's building 3762
09:10where there are preparations underway to receive them
09:12Gene?
09:13Matthew, excuse me
09:13the picture we just saw was Jesse Jackson
09:16and the religious delegation
09:17which he took with him to Belgrade
09:20a delegation having effected the release
09:23of the three American soldiers
09:25with me here in Washington
09:29is Arnav Borgrov
09:29the president of UPI
09:31who conducted a lengthy interview
09:32with Slobodan Milosevic
09:33just days ago in Belgrade
09:35did you notice any hint of conciliation
09:37in his attitude
09:39or his very approach to the issue?
09:41oh, no, he was very relaxed
09:42and no tough language
09:44even conceded that bad things
09:46had indeed happened in Kosovo
09:47he said not from his regular troops
09:51which he claimed to be highly disciplined
09:52but from irregular paramilitary forces
09:55and he compared the torching of houses there
09:59to what we did in Vietnam
10:00when we were torching suspected Vietcom bases
10:04he said what we were doing there
10:05was a major offensive against the
10:08overnight attacks
10:09Belgrade seemed to be spared
10:11but NATO launched heavy raids
10:13on targets around the northern city of Novi Sad
10:16again hitting its oil refinery
10:19igniting huge fires there
10:21in western Serbia meanwhile
10:23there were differing accounts
10:25of the downing of an American F-16 fighter bomber
10:28Yugoslavia claimed its air defenses
10:31had shot down the war plane
10:33NATO and the Pentagon confirmed
10:35the plane had gone down
10:36and the pilot was rescued
10:38but blamed the crash on engine failure
10:40where we will be
10:41causing more environmental damage to the city
10:47Gary Lloyd
10:48contact up front
10:51call it a flying gas station if you will
10:54the KC-10 extender
10:56the Air Force's premier refueling aircraft
10:58plays a pivotal role in keeping NATO planes flying
11:02in a sustained air attack
11:04air refueling is very important
11:06we allow the bombers to reach their targets
11:08and then safely return home with the fuel they need
11:11members of the 305th Air Mobility Wing
11:14from Maguire Air Force Base make a practice run in the KC-10
11:17their mission top off the tanks of four A-10s in midair
11:22the KC-10's boom operator controls refueling
11:32through a digital fly-by-wire system
11:35sitting in the rear of the plane
11:37the operator can see the A-10 through a window
11:40the KC-10 is almost as long as a football field
11:44and carries more than 59,000 gallons of fuel
11:47the job that we need to do is get the fuel off to the fighters
11:51so they get the legs to get in to country
11:53then refuel them as they're coming back out
11:56fuel is pumped into the A-10s at a rate of 1,100 gallons per minute
12:01all of this is done while flying about 200 miles per hour
12:05okay, disconnect now, I'll close complete
12:07air received, well clear
12:09we know that there is risk involved
12:10and we focus on it
12:12and we minimize that risk
12:14Maguire is one of only two bases in the United States
12:17assigned the KC-10
12:18more than 400 Maguire air men and women
12:21and 15 KC-10s are currently deployed in Europe
12:24to support NATO's air operations over Yugoslavia
12:28for science...
12:29this image was taken after one of our attacks three days ago
12:36we are of the Novi Sad refinery
12:41which we have struck on numerous occasions
12:44and post-strike
12:48which was attacked last week
12:50I would now like to turn to NATO's humanitarian...
12:57...by General Sir Mike Jackson
12:58overall NATO commander
13:00was to Britain's troops
13:01that included 88 battery of the Royal Artillery
13:05and the principal fighting units of the battle group
13:07King's Royal Hussars, Irish Guards and Royal Engineers
13:10the message was supportive
13:12to thank you for all the work that you've done here
13:15and the doing here
13:16and I know I bring with me
13:19the good wishes and the thoughts and the prayers of the whole of the British nation
13:23the Spanish troops based in Macedonia
13:25he thanked them for their humanitarian work
13:27and apologised to them for being in what he called
13:30circumstances they can't be sure of
13:32he told the troops that NATO's demands would be met
13:36we will do whatever is necessary he said
13:39we are determined to succeed
13:41you are our means of succeeding
13:44and we honour you and we thank you...
13:46I've got the same message
13:47the urgent need to solve the refugee crisis
13:49from British troops here
13:51local resentment at refugees
13:53has fuelled hostility towards NATO
13:55making the already difficult task
13:57of planning for NATO troops
13:59to intervene in Kosovo eventually
14:01doubly precarious
14:03Bridget Kendall, BBC News, Macedonia
14:06Belgrade was struggling to get back in service today
14:09after NATO took the campaign to a new level
14:12for the first time targeting the electrical grid
14:14with what are called soft bombs
14:16which release carbon filaments
14:18that short circuit but don't destroy power plants
14:21NATO has its finger on the light switch
14:24the military, the utilities
14:26they came under fire as power supplies were cut to 70% of Serbia
14:31when NATO deployed a new weapon
14:33these spring-loaded canisters designed to short circuit electricity lines
14:37they burst overhead spreading graphite
14:40this video shows the facility prior to attack
14:42this video shows one of our attacks again
14:48from the nose of the weapon
14:50and finally this image is one of our four post-strike assessments of this facility
15:05you might recall previous reports which indicated that the Serb Air Force has relocated many of its assets
15:12and the military radio relay network is isolating Milosevic's forces in Kosovo
15:18we have also had a serious impact on his fuel supplies again
15:33this photograph shows the Vranje army garrison prior to our attack
15:39this photograph shows the Vranje army garrison prior to our attack
15:48the next photograph shows the same site following our strike
15:54the focus of our attacks outside of Kosovo included military
15:59the first image is a pre-strike photograph
16:04the second image shows the facility following our attack
16:08additionally this weapon video shows one of the of our other attacks on the radio relay site
16:29so it's on the Yugoslav army
16:32but some analysts say NATO's actions compound an already horrific situation
16:37And NATO countries will ultimately...
16:39...from their Italian airbase.
16:41One of these warplanes was involved in air-to-air combat with a MiG-29,
16:45successfully targeting...
16:46...fighter over Yugoslavia during air-to-air combat.
16:50It's the sixth plane NATO says has been downed since the airstrikes started,
16:55four over Yugoslavia and two over Bosnia.
16:58Two US planes have been downed in Yugoslavia, both from the United States.
17:03An F-117 stealth...
17:04...some of the aircraft that are involved in Operation Allied Force.
17:08It comes as a briefing just concluded with Defense Secretary William Cohn
17:13as well as General Wesley Clark, the Supreme Allied Commander,
17:17and the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Hugh Shelton.
17:21Mr. Cohn at the briefing indicated that he was inclined to release
17:26those two captured Serb soldiers,
17:30and he insists, though, not as a gesture of any goodwill to Yugoslavia,
17:34which recently released three captured U.S. soldiers.
17:37It was done in preparation for further activities of the Apaches.
17:42It occurred in the middle of the night inside Albania.
17:45They were moving into a routine firing position,
17:49and beyond that, the facts still remain to be determined.
17:52Is there any indication of hostile fire?
17:54There's no indication of hostile fire.
17:58The Apaches flew into Albania,
18:00billed as the ultimate deadly weapon against the Serbs
18:03and their tanks on the ground inside Kosovo,
18:05but they've yet to be sent into action,
18:07and already two have crashed in training.
18:09The two-man crew of the first survived,
18:12but the crew of the second,
18:13which has crashed 50 miles north of the Albanian capital of Tirana,
18:17are reported to be dead.
18:18But NATO denies that these pictures of Serb soldiers
18:22with the wreckage of a plane
18:23are of an A-10 tank buster brought down by small arms fire.
18:27The tally, NATO insists,
18:29is still only one stealth bomber and one jet fighter,
18:32the cause of their crashes unknown or unannounced,
18:35and both pilots were rescued.
18:36Today, activity continued because it had to,
18:40but there were few smiles.
18:42The first Allied casualties of the air war against Serbia
18:44were based here.
18:46The mood on the other side of the airfield is mournful,
18:51but still resolved, resolved to do the mission.
18:56That's what our nation expects.
18:58Our nation expects its Army to accomplish the mission it's given,
19:02and that's what we're about doing.
19:03We're deeply regretful that this incident happened,
19:06but we still have a mission to do,
19:08and as I said, the nation expects us to accomplish that mission,
19:10as the Army has for over 200 years,
19:12and will continue in that tradition.
19:14It was around 1.30 in the morning
19:17as the Apache crew were training in the mountains
19:19about 75 kilometers northeast of the airbase
19:23that the accident happened.
19:25Search and rescue operations began immediately,
19:28and helicopters were on the scene within 15 minutes,
19:31but it was too late.
19:33Both the aircrew were dead.
19:35The Apache was fully armed when it went down,
19:37and the helicopter burst into flames and was completely destroyed.
19:43It was only nine days ago that another Apache helicopter
19:46on a similar mission crashed here in Albania,
19:49though that time, fortunately, the aircrew escaped with only minor injuries.
19:54Despite both incidents,
19:56the Army says there'll be no change to how the Apaches train here.
20:00The bottom line here is, again,
20:02I go back, I point back to historical precedence.
20:05Armies that succeed on the battlefield
20:07are well-trained, well-prepared, and well-equipped,
20:10and they don't do easy training.
20:13If you want to be successful on the battlefield,
20:15you train hard, you train, as we say,
20:17in a mission-oriented fashion
20:19to perform the mission that you're going to be expected to do in combat.
20:22We have a saying in the Army,
20:23train to fight, and that's what we're doing.
20:25The causes of both crashes are being investigated,
20:29and whilst the US Army will not give any indication of what happened,
20:32it does say that the circumstances of the latest accident
20:35differ from the first.
20:36The Bundeswehr, so far its mission has been humanitarian,
20:40looking after refugees
20:41or preparing for peacekeeping duties in Kosovo.
20:44The German public doesn't want to see
20:46these men involved in a ground war against the Yugoslavs.
20:49The Air Force transporter of the 86 Airlift Wing
20:52waits at Ramstein Air Base to be reloaded, refuelled,
20:55and sent back to the Balkans.
20:57Ramstein is the USAF's largest airbase in Europe,
21:01home to the largest concentration of US citizens
21:03outside the United States.
21:05It's also center of operations for the humanitarian aid effort.
21:09Ramstein is located in the old US military sector
21:12in southwestern Germany.
21:14Not far away is another major airbase, Spang Dahlem,
21:17home to the USAF's largest fighter operation in Europe,
21:20the 52nd Fighter Wing.
21:22Besides F-16 Falcons and F-15 Eagles,
21:26the base is currently being used by F-117 Nighthawk or stealth fighters
21:30to launch attacks on Yugoslavia.
21:34The original Spang Dahlem and Ramstein,
21:36which gave their names to the two bases,
21:39are actually small towns close to the Luxembourg border
21:42in what, by German standards,
21:44is an underdeveloped part of the country.
21:46The US military operations here,
21:49with their tens of thousands of US personnel,
21:52provide a vital source of income for the region.
21:56In April, Ramstein Airbase bore witness
21:59to an expression of the particular relationship
22:01between Germany and the United States.
22:03On a joint visit,
22:05the two countries' defence ministers
22:06were full of praise for the US forces.
22:10You're working longer and harder,
22:12and that's putting a great deal more pressure
22:14on you and your families.
22:15And so while you feel good,
22:17and we feel great about what you're doing
22:20and the kind of humanitarian mission you're carrying out.
22:22Rudolf Charping called on the US soldiers
22:24to continue their good work.
22:26Let's stand close together
22:27so that we, as the Alliance of Democracies and Freedom,
22:32can work as effective and as good as necessary for us
22:38and for all the others
22:40who want to live in peace and freedom too.
22:42Thank you.
22:43Moral remains high among personnel on the base.
22:46Their part in the NATO campaign
22:48has progressed without serious incident.
22:50And on Wednesday,
22:51amidst the urgent relief work being done
22:53to help the people of Kosovo,
22:54the servicemen and women can look forward
22:56to a visit from their Commander-in-Chief,
22:58President Bill Clinton.
23:00The only mission is in training.
23:01The Army says it intends to send the Apaches into combat,
23:05and that means flying aggressively.
23:07It's a hazardous and risky business.
23:10We're flying at night with heavy loads,
23:13full ordnance.
23:14We're flying under total blackout conditions.
23:16We're flying in difficult terrain.
23:19Tirana is surrounded by rugged mountains.
23:21Two crashes of the attack helicopters
23:24in 10 days.
23:25Both flying at night on routine training missions.
23:28Both burned after crashing.
23:31The Army claims the causes of the two crashes
23:33are not related
23:34and insists that the second incident
23:36will not interrupt the training
23:38or the combat mission of the Apaches.
23:41This will not hinder the timeline.
23:43Again, when Task Force Hawk is called upon,
23:46it will react and it will move swiftly.
23:48There will be no delay in the timeline.
23:51There are no aircraft grounded as of today.
23:54An Apache to replace the first one that crashed
23:56is already here in Tirana.
23:57The Army says it's ready to fly,
24:00and another replacement will soon be en route.
24:02The mood at the airfield here
24:04was described as mournful
24:05because of the loss of the two men.
24:07The Army insists to be effective.
24:10It must train to fight.
24:12The troops here say
24:13they plan to stick to that,
24:15risky or not.
24:17Rusty Dornan, CNN, Tirana, Albania.
24:20The Army Reserving in the Balkans
24:21is about to have hundreds of refugees
24:23from the Balkans arriving here.
24:25Up to 400 Kosovar Albanians
24:28who have been in camps in Macedonia
24:29are scheduled to be flown to Maguire
24:31and will then be transferred
24:33to the nearby Army Reserve Base, Fort Dix,
24:35where they will be processed.
24:37We're kind of an Ellis Island type of setup
24:40here to assist them in that.
24:44They will be living in barracks
24:45that have been readied for them
24:46on what used to be an active duty basic training base,
24:49and they will stay here for up to three weeks
24:51as they go through medical and legal processing.
24:53It's war machine.
24:55From low altitude,
24:56its powerful missiles can destroy tanks.
24:5924 were deployed to Albania last month,
25:02but so far their only action has been in training,
25:05and two have crashed in less than a fortnight.
25:09The latest accident killed two U.S. servicemen,
25:12the first Allied casualties of this war.
25:15The Apache has no history
25:17of unresolved mechanical problems,
25:19which makes pilot error
25:20the main focus of the accident investigations.
25:23So there is more of a risk when you're training.
25:26And I think, really,
25:27why hasn't it gone into service yet?
25:29Well, that's up to President Clinton.
25:30He seems very reluctant to release them,
25:33and yet, to my mind,
25:34they're the very best thing
25:35that NATO has in its arsenal
25:36to go and kill individual tanks,
25:38which is what I thought they wanted to do in Cosville.
25:40But is there a question
25:41about the crews not being combat-ready
25:43for this particular theatre of war?
25:45Very different to the Gulf War.
25:47Flat terrain in the desert.
25:48You have hills.
25:50Obviously, as we said, power lines.
25:51All sorts of other features
25:53that weren't there in the Gulf War.
25:54Well, I think that's true, Mark.
25:55But, of course,
25:55these Apache's are coming from,
25:57the crews are coming from both Germany
25:58and from Colorado.
25:59So it isn't just that they've only been trained
26:02to operate in the Gulf.
26:03They were very successful in the Gulf.
26:04For me, the reasons,
26:06these slides capture the essence
26:08of the engagement only,
26:10but not all the exact details.
26:15At approximately 12.41 p.m.
26:18local Kosovo time,
26:20the aircraft was detected.
26:23A flight of two NATO F-16s
26:26were leaving the area
26:27after completing the mission.
26:30By 12.43,
26:32the E-3 Airborne Early Warning
26:34and Control aircraft
26:36had identified the aircraft
26:38as a hostile MiG-29
26:40and committed the F-16 flight against it.
26:46At 12.46,
26:49the F-16s fired air-to-air missiles.
26:53At approximately 12.47,
26:56the F-16s observed an explosion
26:58and the AWACS confirmed
27:00that the MiG-29
27:02had been destroyed.
27:05That we had attacked
27:07the Varanje barracks
27:08with good success.
27:10This first image
27:12shows the post-strike assessment.
27:15As you can see,
27:16the damage is quite extensive,
27:18thus degrading fighting capability
27:21of the Serb Armed Forces.
27:24The next image
27:26is of the Capataci Bridge,
27:29which is approximately 30 miles
27:31north of the Varanje barracks,
27:34which I just showed you.
27:36This bridge,
27:37and that's one of the reasons
27:38why I'm mentioning it,
27:40was a key part
27:41of the major line of communication.
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