<P> The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 's ( NATO ) military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) during the Kosovo War . The air strikes lasted from March 24 , 1999 to June 10 , 1999 . The official NATO operation code name was Operation Allied Force ; the United States called it Operation Noble Anvil , while in Yugoslavia the operation was incorrectly called `` Merciful Angel '' ( Serbian Cyrillic : Милосрдни анђео ) , as a result of a misunderstanding or mistranslation . The bombings continued until an agreement was reached that led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav armed forces from Kosovo and the establishment of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK ) , a UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo . </P>
<P> The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 's ( NATO ) military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) during the Kosovo War . The air strikes lasted from March 24 , 1999 to June 10 , 1999 . The official NATO operation code name was Operation Allied Force ; the United States called it Operation Noble Anvil , while in Yugoslavia the operation was incorrectly called `` Merciful Angel '' ( Serbian Cyrillic : Милосрдни анђео ) , as a result of a misunderstanding or mistranslation . The bombings continued until an agreement was reached that led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav armed forces from Kosovo and the establishment of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK ) , a UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo . </P>
in march 1999 nato forces began a campaign of airstrikes against the
in march 1999 nato forces began a campaign of airstrikes against the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY )
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY )