Camp Bondsteel

Camp Bondsteel
Ferizaj, Kosovo
Aerial photo of Camp Bondsteel
Camp Bondsteel is located in Kosovo
Camp Bondsteel
Camp Bondsteel
Location of the military base Camp Bondsteel within Kosovo
Camp Bondsteel is located in Serbia
Camp Bondsteel
Camp Bondsteel
Camp Bondsteel (Serbia)
Coordinates42°21.94′N 21°14.9′E / 42.36567°N 21.2483°E / 42.36567; 21.2483
TypeMilitary base
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army
Site history
In use1999–present
Airfield information
IdentifiersLID: BK12
Elevation1,944 feet (593 m) AMSL
Helipads
Number Length and surface
VIP 60 by 60 feet (18 m × 18 m) Asphalt
MED 50 by 50 feet (15 m × 15 m) Asphalt
MED 100 by 80 feet (30 m × 24 m) Asphalt
VFR 60 by 60 feet (18 m × 18 m) Asphalt
SLING 195 by 185 feet (59 m × 56 m) Asphalt
65 by 60 feet (20 m × 18 m) Asphalt
Sources: DoD FLIP[1][2]

Camp Bondsteel is the operation headquarters of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo. It is located near Ferizaj/Uroševac[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. The base is named after U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James L. Bondsteel, who is a Medal of Honor recipient.

The camp occupies 955 acres (1.492 sq mi) of land.[4] During the construction of the base, two hills were flattened and the valley between them was filled. In August 1999, 52 helipads were constructed on the facility's west perimeter to handle helicopter aviation. The camp is built mainly of wooden, semipermanent SEA (Southeast Asian) huts[5] and is surrounded by a 2.5 m (8.2 ft) high earthen wall.

  1. ^ DoD Flight Information Publication (Terminal) - High and Low Altitude Europe North Africa and Middle East. Vol. 6. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2020. p. 44.
  2. ^ DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2021. pp. B-111.
  3. ^ Philips, John (2004). Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans. I.B.Tauris. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-86064-841-0.
  4. ^ "Camp Bondsteel". Global Security. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  5. ^ Haugsboe, Haakon (27 September 1999). "'The biggest camp there is'". www.nato.int. NATO.