Behind Enemy Lines

On June 2nd 1995, during Operation Deny Flight, NATO-led enforcement of UN no-fly zone over war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina, US Air Force F-16 fighter plane was shot down by Bosnian Serb forces. Its pilot Scott O’Grady safely ejected from the plane and had to hide for a week from pursuing Bosnian Serbs before being rescued by US Marines. The event created a lot attention in US media, much more than any other episode of…