Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic | |
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Ozbrojené sily Slovenskej Republiky | |
Motto | "Česť a sláva" (Honour and Glory) |
Founded | 1 January 1993 |
Service branches | |
Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Website | Official website |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | Zuzana Čaputová |
Minister of defense | Robert Kaliňák |
Chief of the General Staff | General Daniel Zmeko |
Personnel | |
Conscription | Abolished in 2006 |
Active personnel | 19,500 [1] |
Expenditures | |
Budget | €2,63 billion ($2.83 billion) (2024) [2] |
Percent of GDP | 2.0% (2024) [3] |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | United States Czech Republic [4] Austria Bulgaria France Germany Poland |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Slovakia |
The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic were divided from the Czechoslovak Army after dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004. [5] From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished. [6] [7] [8] Slovak armed forces numbered 19,500 uniformed personnel and 4,208 civilians in 2022. [1]
Joint Operational Command in Banská Bystrica [9] (Commander: 2 Star General)
The Slovak Air Force, officially the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, has been defending Slovak airspace since independence in 1993. The Slovak Air Force currently comprises one wing of fighters, one wing of utility helicopters, one wing of transport aircraft, and one SAM brigade. It operates around 20 combat aircraft, as well as 10 helicopters from 3 air bases: Malacky/Kuchyňa Air Base, Sliač Air Base, Prešov Air Base. The Air Force is currently part of the NATO Integrated Air and Missiles Defense System – NATINADS.
Military Medical Command in Ružomberok [32]
As of 2021, Slovakia has 169 military personnel deployed in Cyprus for UNFICYP United Nations led peace support operations [45] [46] and 41 troops deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina for EUFOR Althea. [47]
The country has been an active participant in US- and NATO-led military actions and involved in many United Nations peacekeeping military missions: UNPROFOR in the Yugoslavia (1992–1995), UNOMUR in Uganda and Rwanda (1993-1994), UNAMIR in Rwanda (1993-1996), UNTAES in Croatia (1996-1998), UNOMIL in Liberia (1993-1997), MONUA in Angola (1997-1999), SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999-2003), OSCE mission in Moldova (1998-2002), OSCE mission in Albania (1999), KFOR in Kosovo (1999-2002), UNGCI in Iraq (2000-2003), UNMEE in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2000-2004), UNMISET in East Timor (2001), EUFOR Concordia in Macedonia (2003), UNAMSIL in Sierra Leone (1999-2005), EU supporting action to African Union in Darfur (2006), Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan (2002-2005), Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq (2003-2007) and UNDOF at the borders of Israel and Syria (1998-2008). [48]
Since the independence of Slovakia in 1993, there have been 60 uniformed personnel deaths in the line of service to the United Nations and NATO (as of 30 April 2018). [49] [50] [51]
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Commissioned officers' rank comparison chart of all land forces of NATO member states.
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The following table lists the ranks and insignia of officers in NATO air forces.
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The Slovak Ground Forces, also known as the Slovak Army, are the land forces of the Slovak Armed Forces.
The Slovak Air Force, known since 2002 as the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, is the aviation and air defense branch of the Slovak Armed Forces. Operating 15 aircraft and 18 helicopters from three air bases : Malacky–Kuchyňa, Sliač, Prešov. It succeeded the Czechoslovak Air Force together with the Czech Air Force in 1993. The Slovak Air Force is part of NATO Integrated Air Defense System – NATINADS.
The Estonian Land Forces, unofficially referred to as the Estonian Army, is the name of the unified ground forces among the Estonian Defense Forces where it has an offensive military formation role. It is currently the largest Estonian military branch, with an average size of approximately 6,000 soldiers, conscripts, and officers during peacetime.
The Latvian Land Forces together with the Latvian National Guard form the land warfare branch of the Latvian National Armed Forces. Since 2007, land forces are organized as a fully professional standing army.
United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) /Theater Army responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility.
The 2013–14 Slovak First Football League was the 21st season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 12 July 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014.
Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) is a NATO-allied forward-deployed defense and deterrence military force in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. This posture in Northern Europe through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and in Central Europe through Poland, Slovakia and Hungary and in Eastern Europe through Romania and Bulgaria, is in place to protect and reassure the security of NATO's Northern, Central and Eastern European member states on NATO's eastern flank.
Rank comparison chart of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and enlisted personnel for all armies and land forces of the European Union member states.