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Operation Provide Promise (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
From Month/Year
July / 1992
To Month/Year
January / 1996
Description Operation Provide Promise was a humanitarian relief operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars, from 2 July 1992, to 9 January 1996, which made it the longest running humanitarian airlift in history.
By the end of the operation, aircraft from 21 countries had flown 12,886 sorties into Sarajevo, delivering 159,622 tons of food, medicine, and supplies and evacuating over 1,300 wounded people. The US flew 3,951 C-130, 236 C-141, and 10 C-17 airland sorties (delivering 62,801.5 tons), as well as 2,222 C-130 air-drop sorties.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
July / 1992
To Month/Year
January / 1996
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories With 26th MEU "mod-loc'd" in the Adriatic in support of "Deny Flight" and "Provide Promise". Was there when the Italian G-222 was shot down and we goy thr TRAP mission.
