The question, but in general this year will be another version or not.

As I understand all of our systems are made at this time

Currently I'm working on new scenarios of Operation Allied Force
Around the hills of Belgrade, you will face: F-15C, F-16CJ, F-16CG, EA-6B, F-117A, B-2A, RQ-1, and possibly F-15E.

I cant wait.

Because it's hard to determie targets on P-14 on distances below 60 km...

You will have the chance to meet the most advanced, and elusive SAM foe so far...



Planning for the B-2's involvement in the NATO Operation "Allied Force" against Serbia began several weeks in advance of the bomber's first mission. The targets which were to be attacked had already been identified and had been programmed into the B-2 simulator, allowing pilots to begin practising their missions.

By March 20th 1999 it appears that B-2 crews had received the GPS co-ordinates necessary for the GAM weapons to locate and destroy their targets. They had also received imagery of the target areas, which they could check against the imagery returned by aircraft's radar system.

The B-2 made its combat debut in the early hours of March 24th 1999, when two aircraft attacked Serbian targets. Each aircraft dropped 16 2000lb GPS-Aided Munitions after a 16-hour flight from Whiteman. The B-2s were the first manned combat aircraft in action following the initial cruise missile strikes. It is believed that their first targets were components of the Serbian air defence system.

During the operations against Serbia, the B-2s generally did not operate with other assets as part of a strike package, but instead performed their missions either as singletons or in pairs outside the NATO command structure (called Operation "Noble Anvil"), although they were included in 34 of 53 Air Tasking Orders.

By April 1st 1999 the USAF had used up 224 GAMs, more than a third of its total stocks. This shows that 14 individual aircraft sorties had been flown by this point.

Between April 5th and 12th 1999 a further 160 GAMs had been expended. On these occasions the B-2s were mostly performing two-ship missions.

In a briefing to journalists on May 5th 1999, Brig Gen Leroy Barnidge Jr., Commander of the 509th Bomb Wing, revealed that since the start of Operation "Allied Force" B-2s had dropped more than 1 million pounds of ordnance on targets in Serbia. Since each B-2 can carry up to 32000lb of ordnance (16 GAMs), this means that at least 32 missions had been flown up to May 5th.

The General said: "A B-2 is equivalent to eight F-117s. We can take this thing [B-2] thousands of miles; we can go into very lethal environments, and we can put bombs exactly where we want them. Then we bring the guys home, turn the jets and do it again. That's not a bad return on your investment."

On May 7th 1999 three GAMs dropped by a B-2 hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, which caused a diplomatic incident. This building was targetted based on an out-of-date map, which showed it as a Serbian government facility.

The last B-2 mission in support of Operation "Allied Force" was flown on May 21st 1999.

Six B-2s were used to fly combat missions in "Allied Force". These aircraft flew 49 missions, representing 1% of all allied missions flown, but they accounted for about 11% of total bombs dropped during the campaign (about 700 GAMs and four GBU-37s, total weight 1.3 million lb). Target destruction rate was assessed to be 87%. Fifty-one of the 53 pilots on strength with the 509th flew at least one combat mission over Serbia.

Hm, i didn't knew it has a radar...

It has a PESA radar, IIRC.

Technically you really shouldn't 'have the chance' of facing B-2's in Serbia. Their ESM systems and mission profile should prevent them from ever flying into a SAM's detection range.

Most of the Northern targets (except later DEAD attempts) were bombed by U.S. only package supported Stealth bombers, either F-117A or B-2A. (Operation Noble Anvil)
Rest assured, that B-2A was a frequent visitor over Belgrade (until their GAM stock depleted), where several targets were hit by JDAM's...
(including the Chinese embassy)
... and NATO had no clear picture of the locations of Serbian SAM's, so mission planning (few days before) was simply taken into account CAP availability, and trusted the B-2A's Stealth capability.

Any information what did those photoses? Satelite, or unmanned aircraft?

Satellite, or UAV, or French Mirage flying above the Neva maximum destruction altitude...
... Serbians made grand efforts during Operation Allied Force, to shot it down (as it was flying regularly over Belgrade in daytime), even by trying to reactivate one SA-75MK Dvina (SA-2F) battery from their aviation museum...
... but during reactivation, one US DEAD team found this conspiracy out...


PS: it happened at the same position, where from 3/250 shot the F-117A several days earlier.