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{{Short description|Military of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{distinguish|Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{Infobox national military
| name = Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| native_name = {{native name|sh|Oružane snage Bosne i Hercegovine}}
| image = AFBIH Coat of Arms 021-001.png
| alt = 
| caption = Emblem of the Armed Forces
| image2 = 
| alt2 = 
| caption2 = 
| motto = {{lang|sh|Perspektiva}} ("Perspective")
| founded = {{Start date and age|2004|12|1|df=yes}}
| current_form = 
| disbanded = 
| branches = [[#Brigades under the Operational Command control|Ground Forces]]<br />[[Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Air Force]]
| headquarters = [[Sarajevo]]
| website = {{URL|www.mod.gov.ba}}
<!-- Leadership -->| commander-in-chief = The [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Presidency]]
| commander-in-chief_title = 
| chief minister = 
| chief minister_title = 
| minister = [[Zukan Helez]]<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.gov.ba/files/file/brosure/Brosura_MO_mart_2013_bs.pdf|title=MINISTARSTVO ODBRANE I ORUŽANE SNAGE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE|website=Mod.gov.ba|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032832/http://www.mod.gov.ba/files/file/brosure/Brosura_MO_mart_2013_bs.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| minister_title = [[Ministry of Defence (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Minister of Defence]]
| commander = Gen. Gojko Knežević<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
| commander_title = [[Chiefs of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Chief of Joint Staff]]
<!-- Manpower -->| age = 18 years of age
| conscription = Abolished in 2006
| manpower_data = 2019 est.
| manpower_age = 18–49
| available = 990,445
| available_f = 941,888
| fit = 991,569
| fit_f = 951,780
| reaching = 50,870
| reaching_f = 65,789
| active = 12,769<ref name="os.mod.gov.ba">{{Cite web|url=http://os.mod.gov.ba/o-oruzanim-snagama-bih/misija/Default.aspx?id=41&langTag=bs-BA&template_id=181&pageIndex=1|title = O Oružanim snagama BiH}}</ref>
| ranked = 
| reserve = 6,000<ref name="os.mod.gov.ba">{{Cite web|url=http://os.mod.gov.ba/o-oruzanim-snagama-bih/misija/Default.aspx?id=41&langTag=bs-BA&template_id=181&pageIndex=1|title = O Oružanim snagama BiH}}</ref>
| deployed = 64
<!-- Financial -->| amount = $220 million<ref name="nap.ba">{{Cite web|url=https://nap.ba/qpost/316651|title = Novi budžet Ministarstva odbrane Bosne i Hercegovine}}</ref>
| percent_GDP = 0.20% (2023)<ref name="nap.ba"/>
<!-- Industrial -->| domestic_suppliers = "Zrak" d.d. Sarajevo <br /> PD "Igman" Konjic <br /> Ginex d.d. Goražde <br /> "Orao" a.d. Bijeljina <br /> UNIS Promex Sarajevo <br /> BNT Travnik <br /> "Binas" d.d. Bugojno <br /> Fabrika specijalnih vozila <br /> TRZ Hadžići <br /> PS Vitezit d.o.o.
| foreign_suppliers = {{flag|United States}}<br>{{flag|European Union}}<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{flag|Germany}}<br>{{flag|Italy}}<br>{{flag|Norway}}<br>{{flag|Croatia}}<br>{{flag|Turkey}}
| imports = 
| exports = <!-- Related articles -->
| history = [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br>[[Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br>[[Army of Republika Srpska]]<br> [[Croatian Defence Council]]
| ranks = [[Military ranks and insignia of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Bosnian Ground Forces
| image                         = 
| image_size                    = 
| alt                           = "Tigers" logo
| caption                       = Bosnian Ground Forces Emblem
| dates                         = 2006–present
| country                       = [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| allegiance                    = 
| branch                        = [[Army]]
| type                          = 
| role                          = Ground defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| size                          = 7,300
| command_structure             = 
| garrison                      = [[Sarajevo]]
| garrison_label                = 
| equipment                     = 
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| patron                        = 
| motto                         = "Perspektiva" ''("Perspective")''<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
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| battle_honours                = <!-- Commanders -->
| ceremonial_chief              = 
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| colonel_of_the_regiment       = 
| colonel_of_the_regiment_label = 
| notable_commanders            = Brigadir Emir Kliko <br>Brigadir Zdravko Rezo<br> Radovan Jović 
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The '''Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina''' ({{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|separator=" / "|Oružane snage Bosne i Hercegovine|Оружане снаге Босне и Херцеговине}} or '''OSBiH''') is the official [[military]] force of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The BiH armed forces were officially unified in 2005 and are composed of two founding [[army|armies]]: the [[Bosniaks|Bosniak]] and [[Croats|Croat]] [[Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (VFBiH) and the [[Bosnian Serb]]s' [[Army of Republika Srpska]] (VRS).

The [[Ministry of Defence (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], founded in 2004, is in charge of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

== Chain of command ==
In accordance with the [[Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (Article 5.5a), Bosnian Law of defense and Bosnian Law of service the supreme civilian commander of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the collective [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The collective Presidency directs the [[Ministry of Defence (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and the Armed Forces. Former Bosnia and Herzegovina ministers of defence include Nikola Radovanović, [[Selmo Cikotić]], Muhamed Ibrahimović, Zekerijah Osmić, [[Marina Pendeš]] and [[Sifet Podžić]]. {{As of|2023}}, the minister is [[Zukan Helez]]. Former [[Chiefs of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] include Lieutenant colonel general [[Sifet Podžić]], Lieutenant colonel general Miladin Milojčić, Lieutenant colonel general Anto Jeleč and Colonel general Senad Mašović. The current Chief of Joint Staff is General Gojko Knežević. [[Conscription]] was completely abolished in Bosnia and Herzegovina effective on and from 1 January 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/special/dayton/peacekeeping/feature-11|title=NATO and the Defence Reform Commission: partners for progress|website=Setimes.com|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>

==Defence law==
The Bosnia and Herzegovina Defence Law addresses the following areas: the Military of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Government Institutions, Entity Jurisdictions and Structure, Budget and Financing, Composition of Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, War Declaration, natural disasters, conflict of interests and professionalism, Oath to Bosnia-Herzegovina, flags, anthem and military insignia, and transitional and end orders.

==History==
The ARBiH was formed from three armies of the [[Bosnian War]] period: the Bosniak [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], the Bosnian Serb [[Army of Republika Srpska]], and the [[Croat Defence Council]].

The Army of the Republic of Bosnia And Herzegovina was created on 15 April 1992 during the early days of the [[Bosnian War]]. Before the ARBiH was formally created, there existed [[Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Territorial Defence]], an official military force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and several [[paramilitary]] groups such as the [[Zelene beretke|Green Berets]], [[Patriotic League (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Patriotic League]], and [[civil defence]] groups, as well as many criminal gangs and collections of police and military professionals. The army was formed under poor circumstances, with a very low number of [[tank]]s, [[Armored Personnel Carrier|APC]]s and no military aviation assets. The army was divided into Corps, each Corps was stationed in a territory. The first commander was [[Sefer Halilović]].

The Army of Republika Srpska was created on 12 May 1992. Before the VRS was formally created, there were several [[paramilitary]] groups such as the [[Srpska dobrovoljačka garda]], [[White Eagles (paramilitary)|Beli Orlovi]], as well as some [[Russians|Russian]], [[Greek Volunteer Guard|Greek]] and other volunteers. The army was equipped with ex-[[Yugoslav People's Army|JNA]] inventory. It had about 200 tanks, mostly [[T-55]]s and 85 [[M-84]]s, and 150 APCs with several heavy artillery pieces. The Air Defense of VRS shot down several aircraft, like [[F-16]], [[Mirage 2000]], [[F-18]] and one [[Croatian Air Force]] [[MiG-21]]. The VRS received support from the [[Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] and [[FR Yugoslavia]].

The [[Croatian Defence Council]] was the main military formation of the [[Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia]] during the Bosnian War. It was the first organized military force to control the Croat-populated areas, created on 8 April 1992. They ranged from men armed with shotguns assigned to [[Croatian Defence Council#Village Guards|village defence tasks]] to organized, uniformed, and well-equipped [[Croatian Defence Council#Guard brigades|brigade-sized formations]] that nevertheless employed [[Croatian Defence Council#Home Guard|part-time soldiers]]. As time went on, the HVO forces became increasingly better organized and more "professional", but it was not until early 1994, that the HVO began to form [[Croatian Defence Council#Guard brigades|guards brigades]], mobile units manned by full-time professional soldiers.

In 1995–96, a [[NATO]]-led international peacekeeping force ([[Implementation Force|IFOR]]) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning on December 21, 1995, to implement and monitor the military aspects of the [[Dayton Peace Agreement]]. IFOR was succeeded by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force or [[SFOR]]. The number of SFOR troops was reduced first to 12,000 and then to 7,000. SFOR was in turn succeeded by an even smaller, [[European Union]]-led European Union Force, [[EUFOR Althea]]. {{as of|2004}}, EUFOR Althea numbered around 7,000 troops.

===The Bosnian Train and Equip Program===
The program to train and equip the Bosnian Federation Army after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 was a key element of the U.S. strategy to bring stable peace to Bosnia. The Train and Equip Program also calmed the concerns of some Congressmen about committing U.S. troops to peacekeeping duty in Bosnia. Creating a stable and functioning Federation Army that could deter Serb aggression had the prospect of allowing NATO and U.S. troops to withdraw from Bosnia within the original 12-month mandate, which the administration assured Congress was all it would take to stabilize the country.<ref name="Lamb 2014">{{citation-attribution|1=
{{Cite book |last=Lamb |first=Christopher J.|date=March 2014 |url=http://inss.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/stratperspective/inss/Strategic-Perspectives-15.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905233840/http://inss.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/stratperspective/inss/Strategic-Perspectives-15.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-05 |url-status=live|title=The Bosnian Train and Equip Program: A Lesson in Interagency Integration of Hard and Soft Power |publisher=National Defense University Press Washington, D.C.|editor-last1=Arkin|editor-first1=Sarah|location=Washington, D.C., USA.|editor-last2=Scudder|editor-first2=Sally}} }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Train and Equip Program Donated Resources to the 
Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as of January 1997.<ref name="Lamb 2014" />
!Country
!Funds 
!Equipment 
|-
|United Arab Emirates
|$15 million
|$120 million worth of equipment
• 36 pieces of [[M101 howitzer]]

• 50 [[AMX-30]] tanks and 31 [[Panhard AML#AML-90|AML-90]] armored vehicles

• 8 transport vehicles
|-
|United States
|
|$109 million worth of equipment and services 
• 45 [[M60A3]] tanks, 80 [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113-A2]] armored personnel carriers, 240 heavy trucks

• 15 [[UH-1H]] helicopters

• 116 155mm field howitzers and 840 [[AT4]] light antitank weapons

• 1,000 [[M60 machine gun|M60]] machine guns and 46,100 [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifles

• JANUS and BBS Command and Staff simulation software

• 2,342 radios, 4,100 tactical telephones, binoculars
|-
|Saudi Arabia
|$50 million
|
|-
|Kuwait
|$50 million
|
|-
|Brunei
|$27 million
|
|-
|Qatar
|
|$13 million worth of equipment 
• 25 armored personnel carriers
|-
|Malaysia
|$10 million
|
|-
|Egypt
|
|$3.8 million worth of equipment 
• 16 130mm field guns

• 12 122mm howitzers and 18 23mm antiaircraft guns
|-
|Turkey
|
|$2 million worth of equipment
• 10 T-55 tanks
|-
| colspan="3" |                                                                  '''Total Value: $399.8 million'''
|}
The program conducted an “international program review” in April 1998 to demonstrate to U.S. partners that it had been well managed and successful and to solicit additional contributions. The event was attended by 20 current and potential donor countries and an air of satisfaction prevailed.<ref name="Lamb 2014" />

The Dayton Peace Agreement left the country with three armies under two commands: the Bosniak and Bosnian Croat armies within the [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], facing their recent adversaries the [[Army of the Republika Srpska]]. These three forces together had around 419,000 personnel in regulars and reserves.<ref>[https://www.nato.int/sfor/indexinf/171/p03a/t02p03a.htm HQ SFOR's Joint Military Affairs and BiH Defence Reform], First published in SFOR Informer#171, June, 2004.</ref>  This force size and orientation was totally at odds with the international peacemakers' vision. Slow reductions did take place. By 2004, the two warring factions had reduced their forces to 12,000 regulars and 240,000 reserves but had made virtually no progress in integrating the two into one new force, though the basis of a state defence ministry had been put in place via the [[Standing Committee on Military Matters]] (SCMM).  Conscription for periods of around four months continued, the costs of which were weighing down both entities.

The restructuring of the three armies into the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina represents part of a wider process of 'thickening' the central state institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Aitchison|first1=Andy|title=Governing through Crime Internationally? Bosnia and Herzegovina|journal=British Journal of Politics and International Relations|date=2013|volume=15|issue=4|page=558|doi=10.1111/j.1467-856X.2012.00521.x|hdl=20.500.11820/39f71111-9c3b-43ba-a7cb-c9e868d6d230 |s2cid=142912756|url=https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/3449756/GTCI_BJPIR_20120302_Anon_Clean_Copy.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/3449756/GTCI_BJPIR_20120302_Anon_Clean_Copy.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> To mitigate some of the potential controversy around restructuring, the [[Office of the High Representative]] (OHR) made use of evidence of malpractice in Republika Srpska military institutions. Firstly, from 2002 onwards, OHR utilised a scandal around the provision of parts and assistance to Iraq in breach of a UN embargo (the so-called Orao affair) to support the cause for bringing governance of the armies under the level of central institutions.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ashdown|first1=Paddy|title=Swords and Ploughshares: Bringing Peace to the 21st Century|date=2007|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|location=London|isbn=978-0297853039|pages=248–250}}</ref> Following this, in 2004, the process was accelerated,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ashdown|first1=Paddy|title=Swords and Ploughshares: Bringing Peace to the 21st Century|date=2007|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|location=London|isbn=978-0297853039|page=294}}</ref> drawing its justification from new evidence of material and other forms of support flowing from Republika Srpska armed forces to [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|ICTY]] indictee [[Ratko Mladić]]. OHR condemned the ‘systematic connivance of high-ranking members of the RS military’ and noted that measures to tackle such systematic deficiencies were under consideration.<ref>{{cite web|title=ICTY Failure the Main Obstacle to PfP Membership for a Second Time|url=http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=33712|website=Office of the High Representative|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> This was quickly followed by the expansion of the mandate for a Defence Reform Commission, which ultimately resulted in the consolidation of three armed forces into one, governed at the level of the central state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Decision Extending the Mandate of the Defence Reform Commission|url=http://www.ohr.int/decisions/statemattersdec/default.asp?content_id=33873|website=Office of the High Representative|access-date=18 June 2002}}</ref>

As the joint AFBiH began to develop, troops began to be sent abroad. Bosnia and Herzegovina deployed a unit of 37 men to destroy munitions and clear mines, in addition to 6 command personnel as part of the [[Multinational force in Iraq]]. The unit was first deployed to [[Fallujah]], then [[Talil Air Base]], and is now located at [[Camp Echo (Iraq)|Camp Echo]].{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} In December 2006, the Bosnian government formally extended its mandate through June 2007. Bosnia and Herzegovina planned to send another 49 soldiers from the 6th Infantry Division to Iraq in August 2008, their mission being to protect/guard [[Camp Victory]] in [[Baghdad]].{{Update inline|reason=More than 10 years have passed, so the mentioned missions could have been cancelled have ended.|date=July 2021}}

== Structure ==
[[File:ISAFBHTF.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[ISAF]] Bosnian-Herzegovinian troops display their national flag.]]
The Military units are commanded by the '''Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina Joint Staff''' in Sarajevo. There are two major commands under the Joint Staff: Operational Command and Support Command.

There are three regiments that are each formed by soldiers from the three ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs and trace their roots to the armies that were created during the war in BiH. These regiments have their distinct ethnic insignias and consist of three active battalions each. Headquarters of [[regiment]]s have no operational authority. On the basis of the Law on Service in the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the regimental headquarters have the following tasks: to manage the regimental museum, monitor financial fund, prepare, investigate and cherish the history of the regiment, the regiment publish newsletters, maintain cultural and historical heritage, give guidance on holding special ceremonies, give guidance on customs, dress and deportment Regiment, conduct officer, NCO and military clubs. Each regiments' three battalions are divided evenly between the three active brigades of the Army.

===Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col" style="width:150px"|Name !! Headquarters !! Information !! Chief
|-
|'''Operational Command'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mod.gov.ba/OS_BIH/struktura/Zajednicki_stab_OS_BiH/Archive.aspx?template_id=144&pageIndex=1 |title=Joint Staff of the AF BiH |access-date=2015-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316084235/http://www.mod.gov.ba/OS_BIH/struktura/Zajednicki_stab_OS_BiH/Archive.aspx?template_id=144&pageIndex=1 |archive-date=2016-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Sarajevo]]
|The main command center of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
|Gojko Knežević
|}

=== Operational Command ===
[[File:Armed Forces Bosnia Herzegovina - Operational Command.png|thumb|right|400px|Operational Command organization 2020]]
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[[File:BHAFPC 005 AFBiH.jpg|thumbnail|280px|right|Members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina's BHAFPC 005, deployed to [[Bagram]] AFB.]]
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|caption1= [[Bosnian Ground Forces]] during Immediate Response 16 exercise.
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|caption2= A [[Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Air Force]] Bell Huey II (TH-1H) at [[Sarajevo International Airport|Rajlovac Air Force Base]].
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Overall the brigades are multinational with over 50% Bosniaks, 30% Serbs, 15% Croats and about 4% of other ethnic groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/cekalo-se-25-godine-na-objavu-rezultata-popisa-stanovnistva-u-bih-ovo-su-prvi-sluzbeni-podaci-nakon-25-godina-1095916|title=Rezultati popisa stanovništva: U BiH živi 50,11% Bošnjaka, 15,43% Hrvata te Srba 30,78%|website=www.vecernji.hr|language=hr|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref>

* '''Operational Command''', in [[Sarajevo]]
** '''4th Infantry Brigade''', in [[Čapljina]]
*** 1st Infantry Battalion, in [[Livno]] (Croat troops)
*** 2nd Infantry Battalion, in [[Bileća]] (Serb troops)
*** 3rd Infantry Battalion, in [[Goražde]] (Bosniak troops)
*** Artillery Battalion, in [[Mostar]]
*** Reconnaissance Company, in Čapljina
*** Signals Platoon, in Čapljina
*** Military Police Platoon, in Čapljina
** '''5th Infantry Brigade''', in [[Tuzla]]
*** 1st Infantry Battalion, in [[Zenica]] (Bosniak troops)
*** 2nd Infantry Battalion, in [[Kiseljak]] (Croat troops)
*** 3rd Infantry Battalion, in [[Bijeljina]] (Serb troops)
*** Artillery Battalion, in [[Žepče]]
*** Reconnaissance Company, in Tuzla
*** Signals Platoon, in Tuzla
*** Military Police Platoon, in Tuzla
** '''6th Infantry Brigade''', in [[Banja Luka]]
*** 1st Infantry Battalion, in Banja Luka (Serb troops)
*** 2nd Infantry Battalion, in [[Bihać]] (Bosniak troops)
*** 3rd Infantry Battalion, in [[Orašje]] (Croat troops)
*** Artillery Battalion, in [[Doboj]]
*** Reconnaissance Company, in Banja Luka
*** Signals Platoon, in Banja Luka
*** Military Police Platoon, in Banja Luka
** '''Tactical Support Brigade''', in Sarajevo
*** Armored Battalion, in Tuzla
*** Engineer Battalion, in [[Derventa]]
*** Military Intelligence Battalion, in Sarajevo
*** Military Police Battalion, in Sarajevo
*** Demining Battalion, in Sarajevo
*** Signal Battalion, in [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]]
*** CBRN Defense Company, in Tuzla
** '''[[Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Air Force and Air Defense Brigade]]''', at [[Sarajevo Airport|Sarajevo Air Base]] and [[Banja Luka Airport|Banja Luka Air Base]]
*** 1st Helicopter Squadron, at Banja Luka Airport
*** [[File:2nd Helicopter Squadron.png|27px]] 2nd Helicopter Squadron, at [[Sarajevo International Airport|Sarajevo Airport]]
*** Air Defense Battalion, at Sarajevo Airport
*** Surveillance and Early Warning Battalion, at Banja Luka Airport
*** Flight Support Battalion, at Sarajevo Airport and Banja Luka Airport

===Brigades under the Support Command control===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col" style="width:150px"|Name !! Headquarters !! Information
|-
|'''Personnel Command'''
|[[Banja Luka]]
|
** '''Training and Doctrine Command''' (Travnik)
*** Combat Training Center (Manjača)
**** Armored Mechanized Battalion
*** Combat Simulation Center (Manjača)
*** Professional Development Center (Hadžići)
**** Officers School
**** NCO School
**** Military Police School
**** Foreign Language Center
|-
|'''Logistics Command'''
|[[Travnik]] <br> [[Doboj]]
|
* Center for Movement Control
* Center for Material Management
* Main Logistics Base (Doboj and Sarajevo)
* 1st Logistics Support Battalion
* 2nd Logistics Support Battalion
* 3rd Logistics Support Battalion
* 4th Logistics Support Battalion
* 5th Logistics Support Battalion
|-
|}

Within the armed forces, there are a number of services. These include a Technical Service, Air Technology service, Military Police service, Communications service, Sanitary service, a Veterans service, Civilian service, Financial service, Information service, Legal service, Religious service, and a Musical service.
[[File:Combined Resolve XV AFBiH1.jpg|thumb|280px|right|[[Bosnian Ground Forces]] during Combined Resolve XV at Hohenfels Training Area.]]

== Uniform and insignia ==
{{Main|Military ranks and insignia of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina were unified in 2005 and at that time they needed a uniform for the newly founded Armed Forces. [[MARPAT]] was designated as the future camouflage pattern to be used on combat uniforms of the AFBiH.

Insignia is found on military hats or berets, on the right and left shoulder on the uniform of all soldiers of the Armed Forces. All, except for generals, wear badges on their hats or berets with either the land force badge or air force badge. Generals wear badges with the coat of arms of Bosnia surrounded with branches and two swords. All soldiers of the armed forces have on their right shoulder a flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All members of the three regiments wear their regiment insignia on the left shoulder. There are other insignias, brigades or other institution are worn under the regiment insignia. The name of the soldiers is worn on the left part of the chest while the name "Armed Forces of BiH" is worn on the right part of the chest.
[[File:Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina new uniforms.jpeg|thumb|291x291px|The new field uniform of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.]]
In 2023, members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina began to wear a new field uniform of high-quality cloth and original camouflage schemes with the characteristics of the Bosnian environment. 

==Equipment==
{{main|List of equipment of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[File:Batalionul 7 arpr 01.jpg|thumb|Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 36 Romanian [[BM-21 Grad|APR-40]] 40-round launchers.]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Dorschner, Jim (18 April 2007), "Endgame in Bosnia", ''[[Jane's Defence Weekly]]'', pp.&nbsp;24–29

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121201104307/http://www.mod.gov.ba/ Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101215024419/http://www.mfa.gov.ba/HTML/PDFDoc/Ekonomija/VOJNAINDUSTRIJA.pdf MILITARY INDUSTRY – Bosnia and Herzegovina]
* [http://www.euforbih.org/ European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina – EUFOR] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060219224837/http://www.oscebih.org/oscebih_eng.asp OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080110215133/http://www.afsouth.nato.int/NHQSA/DSSR/Factsheets/DSSR.htm NATO Headquarters Sarajevo Security Sector Reform information]
* [http://os.mod.gov.ba/vijesti/default.aspx?id=31539&pageIndex=1&langTag=en-US/ U.S Donation of Specialized Vehicles To AFBiH]
* [http://os.mod.gov.ba/vijesti/default.aspx?id=16372&pageIndex=1&langTag=bs-BA/ Communication-intelligence Support Norway]
* [https://radiosarajevo.ba/vijesti/bosna-i-hercegovina/vrijedna-donacija-vlada-njemacke-dodjeljuje-750000-eura-za-objekte-oruzanih-snaga-bih/503432/ Financial Support From Germany]
* [https://jajce-online.com/vrijedna-donacija-eu-deminerskom-bataljonu-os-bih/ European Union Donations For Demining Activities]

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