NATO's large-scale military operations
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed 65 years ago on April 4, 1949
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NATO's first operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994-1995. NATO bombs a Serbian arsenal in Pale, near Sarajevo on August 30, 1995
© AP Photo/Oleg STJEPANOVIC NATO's first operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994-1995. Citizens are hiding behind a peacekeeper in Sarajevo in 1995
© AP Photo/David Brauchli NATO heads the KFOR peace keeping mission in Kosovo, July 14, 1999
© AP Photo/Luca Bruno Operation 'Allied Force' in Yugoslavia, 1999
© AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Greg L. Davis Operation 'Allied Force' in Yugoslavia, 1999. Photo: a power plant on fire in Belgrade on March 24, 1999
© AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis Operation 'Allied Force' in Yugoslavia, 1999. Photo: a brigde across the Danube destroyed by NATO bombing in Novi-Sad
© AP PHOTO/Jaroslav Pap Operation 'Allied Force' in Yugoslavia, 1999. Photo: a brigde across the Danube destroyed by NATO bombing in Novi-Sad
© AP PHOTO/Jaroslav Pap Operation 'Allied Force' in Yugoslavia, 1999. Photo: NATO bombardment results in the city of Surdulica, Yugoslavia
© AP/Stringer Operation 'Allied Force' in Yugoslavia, 1999. Photo: NATO bombardment results in the city of Aleksinac
© AP PHOTO/Stringer Operation 'Allied Force' in Yugoslavia, 1999. A fuel tank of a NATO fighter jet in the village of Aleksandrovac, 80 kilometers from Belgrade
© AP Photo/Stringer Operation 'Active Endeavour' in the Mediterranean Sea in 2001
© AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris Operation 'Active Endeavour' in the Mediterranean Sea in 2001
© АР/Axel Schmidt Operation 'Active Endeavour' in the Mediterranean Sea in 2001
© AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris NATO heads the ISAF international security mission in Afghanistan in 2003. Photo: students stopping a NATO truck during a protest against introduction of troops
© AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo NATO heads the ISAF international security mission in Afghanistan in 2003. Photo: NATO soldiers search a village
© AP Photo/Pat Roque NATO heads the ISAF international security mission in Afghanistan in 2003. Photo: NATO soldiers firing a mortar in Kunar Province, Afghanistan
© AP Photo/David Guttenfelder NATO heads the ISAF international security mission in Afghanistan in 2003. Photo: NATO soldier searching a child in the village of Host, Afghanistan
© AP Photo/Pat Roque NATO military training mission in Iraq started in 2005. Photo: NATO instructor training an Iraqi recruit
© AP/Sasa Kralj NATO military training mission in Iraq started in 2005. Photo: NATO instructor training Iraqi recruits
© AP Photo/U.S.Air Force, Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway NATO has participated in operations at the coast of the African Horn since 2008. Photo: NATO officer searching a worker in Jibuti
© EPA/STEPHEN MORRISN NATO has participated in operations at the coast of the African Horn since 2008. Photo: NATO military ships 'Hamburg' and 'Köln' leaving a base in Germany
© AP Photo/Focke Strangmann In 2011 NATO conducts operation 'Unified Protector' in Lybia. Photo: NATO soldier checks equipment if a fighter jet on a base in Sicily
© AP Photo/Marc-Andre Gaudreault, Canadian Forces Department of National Defence In 2011 NATO conducts operation 'Unified Protector' in Lybia. Photo: a NATO fighter jet taking off from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
© AP Photo/Raphael Martinez In 2011 NATO conducts operation 'Unified Protector' in Lybia.
© AP Photo/National Transitional Council in Libya via AP Television News In 2011 NATO conducts operation 'Unified Protector' in Lybia. Photo: mass funeral of the NATO airstrikes victims
© AP Photo/Albert Facelly,Sipa Press In 2011 NATO conducts operation 'Unified Protector' in Lybia.
© AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill