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UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION 1910-1995

1995-Contin ued

11 December America with embarked CVW-l ar-

rived on station in the Adriatic Sea to begin Operation

Joint Endeavor. Wasp ARG joined America in the

Adriatic and began supporting Operation Joint

Endeavor on 18 December.

14 December The final Dayton Accords concerning

Bosnia-Herzegovina were signed in Paris, France, by

the Bosnian Federation and the Bosnian Serbs.

Operation Joint Endeavor under NATO leadership was

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John C. Stennis heads to sea.

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Abraham Lincoln gets her island during construction.

to oversee the military aspects of peace implementa-

tion, and Operation Deny Flight ended.

21 December The end of Operation Deny Flight

was commemorated at Dal Molin Airport, Vincenza,

Italy. Operation Deny Flight began in 1993 and pro-

vided air cover and close air support to UN Protection

Forces' military operations, stopped the use of air

power as an instrument of war in Bosnia-

Herzegovina, and provided the firepower for air

strikes in Operation Deliberate Force that contributed

to the peace process.

An F-l4 Tomcat from VF-l43 flies over a destroyed Iraqi radar site.

An F-l4 and A-6E conduct low level flightopemtions over Saudi Arabia.