Task Force Hawk

Task Force Hawk
Active	5 April 1999 – 24 June 1999
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Army
Role	Deep strike
Size	5,100
Equipment	Various AH-64 Apache UH-60 Black Hawk OH-58 Kiowa CH-47 Chinook M270 MLRS M109 howitzer M102 howitzer M1 Abrams M2 Bradley M1097 Avenger
Engagements	NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
Decorations	Kosovo Campaign Medal Air and Space Campaign Medal NATO Medal
Commanders
Task Force Hawk Commander	John W. Hendrix

Task Force Hawk was a U.S. military unit constructed and deployed by General Wesley Clark to provide additional support to NATO's Operation Allied Force against the Yugoslavian government during the 1999 unrest in the Serbian province of Kosovo. The task force was to operate from March 1999 until June 1999 when Slobodan Milošević withdrew the Yugoslavian Army from Kosovo.

Task Force Hawk, which never fired a round, has been hailed as both one of the largest blunders and largest successes by the U.S. military in recent years. This action has been reviewed and analyzed from every angle to determine what went right and what went wrong.