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rly Thursday against Belgrade and Podgorica. NATO planes appeared to hit the military airport, 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Podgorica. Until now, Yugoslavia's pro-Western junior republic of Montenegro has been spared most of NATO's attacks. In the early hours of Thursday NATO planes pounded the suburbs of the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica. It's thought most of the attacks have been centered around the city's airport. It was the third sortie over the city in less than 24 hours. Earlier on Wednesday, smoke billowed over the Podgorica city skyline moments after blasts were heard coming from the direction of the city's airport. The Wednesday afternoon strike followed NATO attacks on Sipcanik hill outside Podgorica and four hits at the capital's Golubovci airfield. Alliance jets also struck three villages surrounding the airport in the area of Zeta, where Yugoslav air defence units are based. The morning strikes were the first daylight attacks on a country that until now has largely been spared NATO air raids. NATO has followed that policy to indicate its support for the republic's pro-Western government. NATO, however, has targeted positions, its intelligence has reported are being used by Federal Yugoslav Army troops. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d92ae08d1f9d1ccfcac9b910520f435c