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After countless empty threats of action against Milosevic, we are glad that the Clinton administration and the NATO alliance have decided to come to the Albanians' aid. For the past week, NATO planes have launched air strikes against Serb military positions and government infrastructure. However, we are concerned that the current strategy may actually be making the situation worse rather than better...
...there was a single moment that captured both the fear and the optimism in NATO's shatteringly violent assault on Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic last week, it came after the second wave of attacks, when British Air Commodore David Wilby played an astonishing "bombsight" video. The snippet--about eight seconds long--showed a NATO bomb streaking into an ammunition depot in Kosovo. Milliseconds after the bomb strike, the video showed a large explosion. And then an almost imperceptible snake of flame sneaked outward to a nearby building and triggered a blast so bright and hot it turned the infrared video...
President Clinton on Friday defined NATO's objective as securing conditions for the refugees to return to an autonomous Kosovo. But he reiterated his belief that this could be achieved via air strikes. "The administration is gearing up for a long-term bombing campaign," says TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. "But it's not prepared to put ground troops into a hostile environment -- it'll use them only to secure whatever cease-fire deal emerges." In other words, NATO appears unlikely to bring any new element into the battle...
...Air Force test pilot Charles (Chuck) Yeager breaks the sound barrier...
...Air Force starts Project Blue Book to gather data on UFO sightings...