▁with ▁the ▁first ▁Italian ▁unit ▁also ▁forming ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁Both ▁the ▁Italian ▁and ▁Brazil ian ▁AM X ▁fle ets ▁were ▁ground ed ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁following ▁the ▁crash ▁of ▁an ▁Italian ▁AM X ▁due ▁to ▁engine ▁failure . ▁Oper ations ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁restart ▁in ▁May ▁that ▁year , ▁following ▁modification ▁of ▁the ▁engines . ▁ ▁Italy ▁assigned ▁six ▁AM X s ▁from ▁ 1 0 3 ° ▁Gru ppo ▁to ▁operations ▁over ▁Bos nia ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Operation ▁Den y ▁Fl ight , ▁which ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁similar ▁deployment ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁IF OR ▁peace keep ers ▁in ▁Bos nia . ▁This ▁deployment ▁was ▁interrupted ▁by ▁another ▁ground ing , ▁again ▁due ▁to ▁engine ▁failure , ▁between ▁January ▁and ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁Italian ▁AM X ▁aircraft ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁in ▁the ▁Kos ovo ▁war . ▁Instead ▁of ▁using ▁un gu ided ▁or ▁more ▁traditional ▁las er - gu ided ▁bomb s , ▁the ▁Italian ▁Air ▁Force ▁used ▁do z ens ▁of ▁M k ▁ 8 2 ▁bomb s ▁fitted ▁with ▁O pher ▁Isra eli ▁guidance ▁k its , ▁effectively ▁converting ▁the ▁" d umb " ▁bomb s ▁into ▁an ▁inf ra red - gu ided ▁bomb . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁AM X ▁International ▁was ▁considering ▁a ▁major ▁engine ▁ref it ; ▁a ▁non - after burn ing