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      The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was NATO's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The operation was not authorised by the United Nations and was the first time that NATO used military force without the approval of the UN Security Council and against a sovereign nation that did not pose a threat to members of the alliance. France participated in the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, which resulted in a UN administration of Kosovo and then to eventual independence. France currently has 1,368 troops serving in Kosovo in the NATO led Kosovo Force. Originally there was 7,000 French troops in KFOR.

     The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing a secure environment in Kosovo.  KFOR entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244. At the time of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo was facing a grave humanitarian crisis, with military forces from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in daily engagement. Ethnic tensions were at their highest and the death toll had reached a historic high. Nearly one million people had fled Kosovo as refugees. As of February 1, 2012, KFOR consists of 5,790 troops

STRUCTURE OF KFOR  STRUKTURA SNAGA KFOR-a

      Sa prelaskom na takozvana "Prelazna vrata 2" KFOR je doživio još jednu rekonstrukciju, naime broj Borbenih grupa je smanjen na samo dvije. To je učinjeno pred kraj 2010. godine, na osnovu novonastale sigurnosne situacije na Kosovu (rad Kosovske policije i struktura EULEX-a (Misija provođenja zakona Evropske Unije).

      With the move to the so-called Transition Gate 2, KFOR has been restructured, reducing the number of MNBGs to two. The decision to restrucutre was taken in October 2010, based on the security situation in Kosovo and the performance of the Kosovo police and the European Rule of Law Mission (EULEX).

      Komanda KFOR-a ostaje locirana u bazi "Filmski grad" pored Prištine, a postoji još dvaneast drugih vojnih baza širom Kosova u kojima su stacionirane čete iz sastava KFOR-a. Dodatno, uz snage smještene na teritoriji Kosova, NATO nastavlja sa održavanjem rezervnih snaga spremnih za slanje na Kosovo ukoliko to situacija bude zahtijevala.

     HQ KFOR continues to be located at Camp Film City and there are twelve other Camps to accommodate the companies of KFOR. In addition to the KFOR troops in Kosovo, NATO continues to maintain a reserve force ready to deploy if necessary and required. 

      Borbena grupa (ovdje) podrazumijeva vojnu organizaciju razine bataljona koji se sastoji od brojnih četa. Ove su čete visoko pokretljive, spremne za brzo raspoređivanje na potencijalne "opasne točke" po cijeloj teritoriji Kosova. Po novoj strukturi, postoje samo dvije Borbene grupe. Štab Borbene grupe Istok (HQ MNBG East) se nalazi u bazi Bondsteel, dok se štab druge grupe (HQ MNBG West) nalazi u Camp Villagio, u Italiji.

      A Battle Group is a military organization at the level of a battalion, consisting of numerous companies. These companies are highly mobile, flexible and rapidly deployable to potential trouble spots all over Kosovo. There are two MNBGs, which constitute KFOR and are ready to react to any threatening situation: HQ MNBG East, located at Camp Bondsteel and the HQ MNBG West, located at Camp Villagio Italia.

BATTLE GROUPS INSIGNIAS  OZNAKE BORBENIH GRUPA

      As of 1 February 2010, the Multinational Task Forces changed the structure and become Multinational Battle Groups. KFOR contingents were originally grouped into 4 regionally based multinational brigades. The brigades were responsible for a specific area of operations, but under a single chain of command under the authority of Commander KFOR. In August 2005, the North Atlantic Council decided to restructure KFOR, replacing the four existing multinational brigades with five task forces, to allow for greater flexibility with, for instance, the removal of restrictions on the cross-boundary movement of units based in different sectors of Kosovo.

MULTINATIONAL BATTLE GROUP NORTH  MULTINACIONALNA BORBENA GRUPA SJEVER

      Multinacionalna borbena grupa sjever (bivša multinacionalna brigada sjeveroistok) smještena je u Novom Selu i zapovjeda joj pukovnik iz redova francuske vojske. U sastavu ove grupe su vojnici iz Belgije, Danske, Francuske (vodeća snaga), Grčke, Estonije, Luksemburga i Maroka.

     MNTF-N is deployed in the northern region of Kosovo, headquartered in Novo Selo and is commanded by colonel from French Army. Contributing nations are Belgium, Denmark, France (Lead nation), Greece, Estonia, Luxembourg and Morocco.

MULTINATIONAL BATTLE GROUP EAST  MULTINACIONALNA BORBENA GRUPA ISTOK

      MNTF-E was deployed in the eastern region of Kosovo, headquartered near Uroševac. The majority of U.S. Soldiers in MNTF-E come from National Guard units, with a different state taking over each rotation of approximately one year. Camp Bondsteel serves as the headquarters for Multinational Task Force East (MNTF-E). Camp Monteith had been previously used by the KFOR, but is now the training camp for the Kosovo Security Force (formally the Kosovo Protection Corps). Contributing nations: Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, United States (Lead nation).

MULTINATIONAL TASK FORCE SOUTH  MULTINACIONALNA BORBENA GRUPA JUG

      Multinacionalna borbena grupa Jug ( Multinational task force South MNTF-S) bila je smještena u južnom dijelu Kosova, sa štabom u Prizrenu. Ova je Grupa osnovana 15. 05. 2006 godine, pod komandom brigadnog generala Stephana Thomasa (Njemačka). Zemlje koje su poslale svoje vojnike u ovu grupu su: Austrija, Njemačka (vodeća zemlja), Švicarska, Turska i Holandija.