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Reservists volunteer for active duty

reserves board bus
Volunteers from the 163rd Air Refueling Wing begin their journey to the Balkans

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At least one entire U.S. Air Force reserve unit has volunteered for action in Yugoslavia. CNN's Jim Hill reports. (April 28)
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April 28, 1999
Web posted at: 3:02 p.m. EDT (1902 GMT)

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, California (CNN) -- While 2,100 Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members have been called into active service for Operation Allied Force, others have volunteered to join the NATO campaign against Yugoslavia.

Correspondent Jim Hill visits with the 163rd Air Refueling Wing, as 100 volunteers from the unit prepare to wing toward Europe.



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  • Serbia Now! News

Kosovo:
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  • Kosova Liberation Peace Movement
  • Kosovo - from Albanian.com

Military:
  • F-117s arrive at Aviano to support possible NATO operations
  • NATO official site
  • BosniaLINK - U.S. Dept. of Defense
  • U.S. Navy images from Operation Allied Force
  • U.K. Ministry of Defence - Kosovo news
  • U.K. Royal Air Force - Kosovo news
  • Jane's Defence - Kosovo Crisis


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  • U.S. Agency for International Development (Kosovo aid)
  • Doctors of the World
  • InterAction
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Kosovo Humanitarian Disaster Forces Hundreds of Thousands from their Homes
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • Kosovo Relief
  • ReliefWeb: Home page
  • The Jewish Agency for Israel
  • Mercy International


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  • Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  • Independent Yugoslav radio stations B92
  • Institute for War and Peace Reporting
  • United States Information Agency - Kosovo Crisis

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