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Camp Bondsteel is the operation headquarters of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo.It is located near Ferizaj [3] in southeastern Kosovo. It is the Regional Command-East headed by the United States Army (U.S. Army) and it is supported by troops from Greece, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey.
Camp Monteith is a Kosovo Security Force base in Gjilan, Kosovo, about 20 miles (32 km) east of Camp Bondsteel.A former Yugoslav artillery outpost and 79 parcels of private land, the area was taken over by U.S. Marines and used as a base of operation during the Kosovo War of 1999.
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force and military of Kosovo. [2] KFOR is the third security responder, after the Kosovo Police and the EU Rule of Law ( EULEX ) mission, respectively, with whom NATO peacekeeping forces work in close coordination. [ 4 ]
The Kosovo Security Force [b] (KSF) is the military of Kosovo. The KSF is tasked with defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo, military support for civilian authorities, and participation in international peacekeeping missions and operations. [1] Since 2018, it is in the process of transforming into the Kosovo Armed Forces.
In January 2025, it was announced that Kosovo's minister of defence had reached an agreement with US State Department officials for the acquisition of several UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. [13] [14] Kosovo currently has 3 air bases, and 15+ pilots and it is continuously training new pilots in United States, Turkey and Albania.
The camp was originally established by the German Army to maintain a NATO peacekeeping presence after the Kosovo War of 1999. The base was operational until 17 March 2012, when the premises were transferred to Suva Reka municipality for development. [2]
Pages in category "Military installations of the United States in Kosovo" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës [uʃˈtɾija t͡ʃliɾimˈtaɾɛ ɛ ˈkɔsɔvəs], UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the 1990s.