Editing Bosnia and Herzegovina (section)

===Military===
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|+ '''Branches of the Bosnian-Herzegovian Armed Forces'''
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| style="width:200px;"|[[File:Combined Resolve XV AFBiH2 RPG Dismount.jpg|border|x120px]]<br><small>[[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Ground Forces]]<br>Combined Resolve XV</small>
| style="width:200px;"|[[File:Bell Huey II Bosnian Air Force.jpg|border|x120px]]<br><small>[[Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Air Force]]<br>[[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|TH-1H Huey]] [[Military transport aircraft|main transport aircraft]]</small>
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The [[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (OSBiH) were unified into a single entity in 2005, with the merger of the [[Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and the [[Army of Republika Srpska]], which had defended their respective regions.<ref name="Lobjakas 2005">{{cite web | last=Lobjakas | first=Ahto | title=Bosnia-Herzegovina: NATO Aims To Merge Rival Armies Into Single Bosnian Force | website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | date=2005-08-18 | url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1060755.html | access-date=2021-06-22 | archive-date=24 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204940/https://www.rferl.org/a/1060755.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Ministry of Defence (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Ministry of Defence]] was formed in 2004.<ref name="NATO 2004">{{cite web | title=Opinion: Nikola Radovanović: Bosnian Defence Minister, 01-Oct.-2004 | website=NATO | date=2004-03-15 | url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_21117.htm | access-date=2021-06-22 | archive-date=29 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629033915/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_21117.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

The Bosnian military consists of the [[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Ground Forces]] and [[Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Air Force and Air Defense]].<ref name="European Western Balkans 2017">{{cite web | title=The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Role of NATO | website=European Western Balkans | date=2017-01-20 | url=https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2017/01/20/the-armed-forces-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina-and-the-role-of-nato/ | access-date=2021-06-23 | archive-date=16 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816222528/https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2017/01/20/the-armed-forces-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina-and-the-role-of-nato/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The Ground Forces number 7,200 active and 5,000 reserve personnel.<ref name="mod.gov.ba 2016">{{cite web | title=MINISTARSTVO ODBRANE I ORUŽANE SNAGE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE MINISTARSTVO ODB | website=mod.gov.ba | date=2016-03-04 | url=http://www.mod.gov.ba/files/file/brosure/Brosura_MO_mart_2013_bs.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032832/http://www.mod.gov.ba/files/file/brosure/Brosura_MO_mart_2013_bs.pdf | archive-date=2016-03-04 | url-status=dead | access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref> They are armed with a mix of American, Yugoslav, Soviet, and European-made weaponry, vehicles, and military equipment. The Air Force and Air Defense Forces have 1,500 personnel and about 62 aircraft. The Air Defense Forces operate [[Man-portable air-defense system|MANPADS]] hand-held missiles, [[surface-to-air missile]] (SAM) batteries, anti-aircraft cannons, and radar. The Army has recently adopted remodeled [[MARPAT]] uniforms, used by Bosnian soldiers serving with the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF) in [[Afghanistan]]. A domestic production program is now underway to ensure that army units are equipped with the correct ammunition.<ref name="Global Firepower">{{cite web | title=2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina Military Strength | website=Global Firepower | url=https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=bosnia-and-herzegovina | access-date=2021-06-23 | archive-date=24 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624212133/https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=bosnia-and-herzegovina | url-status=live }}</ref>

Beginning in 2007, the Ministry of Defence undertook the army's first ever international assistance mission, enlisting the military to serve with ISAF peace missions to Afghanistan, [[Iraq]] and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] in 2007. Five officers, acting as officers/advisors, served in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 45 soldiers, mostly acting as base security and medical assistants, served in Afghanistan. 85 Bosnian soldiers served as base security in Iraq, occasionally conducting infantry patrols there as well. All three deployed groups have been commended by their respective international forces as well as the Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The international assistance operations are still ongoing.<ref name="NATO 2015">{{cite web | title=Topic: Relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina | website=NATO | date=2015-06-23 | url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49127.htm | access-date=2021-06-23 | archive-date=6 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706153434/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49127.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

The Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed when elements of the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the [[Republika Srpska Air Force]] were merged in 2006. The Air Force has seen improvements in the last few years with added funds for aircraft repairs and improved cooperation with the [[Army|Ground Forces]] as well as to the citizens of the country. The Ministry of Defence is pursuing the acquisition of new aircraft including helicopters and perhaps even fighter jets.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stripes.com/news/bosnia-breaks-through-ethnic-divide-by-merging-serb-muslim-croat-forces-1.43446|title=Bosnia breaks through ethnic divide by merging Serb, Muslim-Croat forces|newspaper=Stars and Stripes|date=11 January 2006|access-date=13 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064503/https://www.stripes.com/news/bosnia-breaks-through-ethnic-divide-by-merging-serb-muslim-croat-forces-1.43446|archive-date=2 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>