Editing Luxembourg (section)

=== Military ===
{{Main|Luxembourg Armed Forces}}
[[File:Soldats luxembourgeois.jpg|thumb|Luxembourgish soldiers on parade during National Day, ''Grand Duke Day'', 23 June]]
The Luxembourgish army is mostly based in its casern, the ''Centre militaire Caserne Grand-Duc Jean'' on the ''Härebierg'' in Diekirch. The general staff is based in the capital, the ''État-Major''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=SA|first=Interact|title=Accueil|url=http://www.armee.lu/|access-date=13 September 2017|website=www.armee.lu|language=fr-FR|archive-date=10 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310120638/http://www.armee.lu/|url-status=live}}</ref> The army is under [[civilian control of the military|civilian control]], with the grand duke as [[Commander-in-Chief]]. The [[Minister for Defence of Luxembourg|Minister for Defense]], [[Yuriko Backes]], oversees army operations. The professional head of the army is the [[Chief of Defence (Luxembourg)|Chief of Defense]], who answers to the minister and holds the rank of general.

Being landlocked, Luxembourg has no navy. Seventeen NATO [[Airborne Warning And Control System|AWACS]] aeroplanes are registered as aircraft of Luxembourg.<ref name="Aeroflight">{{cite web |url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/lux/luxaf1.htm |title=Luxembourg |access-date=23 July 2006 |date=8 September 2005 |publisher=Aeroflight.co.uk |archive-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529201100/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/lux/luxaf1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In accordance with a joint agreement with Belgium, both countries have put forth funding for one [[Airbus A400M|A400M]] military cargo plane.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/No%20Volume/58216/Part/I-58216-0800000280648423.pdf |title=No. 58216 Luxembourg and Belgium |publisher=United Nations |access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref>

Luxembourg has participated in the [[Eurocorps]], has contributed troops to the [[United Nations Protection Force|UNPROFOR]] and [[IFOR]] missions in former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], and has participated with a small contingent in the [[NATO]] [[SFOR]] mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Luxembourg troops have also deployed to Afghanistan, to support [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]]. The army has also participated in humanitarian relief missions such as setting up refugee camps for [[Kurdish people|Kurds]] and providing emergency supplies to Albania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mnhm.lu/pageshtml/luxembourgarmy.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702110138/http://www.mnhm.lu/pageshtml/luxembourgarmy.php|archive-date=2 July 2010|title=Luxembourg Army History|date=2 July 2010|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref>