Operation Provide Promise, Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1996)

Question 1

Fearing their minority status, armed Serbs within Bosnia began forming their ethnic state by seizing territory. What capital did they seize?

Answer 1

Sarajevo

Question 2

What major command supported UN airlift Operation Provide Promise into Bosnia’s Sarajevo by delivering food and medical supplies?

Answer 2

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE)

Question 3

What two airlift wings flew the initial Operation Provide Promise missions with C-130s?

Answer 3

435th Airlift Wing and 317th Airlift Wing

Question 4

What operation took place in Dec 1993 when C-130s dropped 50 tons of toys, children’s clothes, and shoes over Bosnia, Sarajevo?

Answer 4

Operation Provide Santa

Question 5

When did the first US Air Force C-130 aircraft suffer damage from Operation Provide Promise when it was struck by an artillery shell at the Sarajevo airport?

Answer 5

Jan 1994

Question 6

At what Air Base did Bosnia’s warring factions sign peace accords on 14 Dec 1995?

Answer 6

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Question 7

When was the last humanitarian air-land delivery flown into Bosnia, Sarajevo?

Answer 7

4 Jan 1996

Question 8

How many incidents of ground fire did the US aircraft withstand during their 3 and half year support of the UN-relief operations of Operation Provide Promise?

Answer 8

279