Tuzla Air Base was a military airport near
Tuzla
Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants.
Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
Tuzla International was once the largest military airport of the
former Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
. The
350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron was active there for a time. It was placed under the control of the
United Nations Protection Force
The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR; also known by its French acronym FORPRONU: ''Force de Protection des Nations Unies'') was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav War ...
in 1992, and from 1996 onwards it became the main hub for the
Implementation Force
The Implementation Force (IFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peace enforcement force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one-year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename ''Operation Joint Endeavour''.
Background
NATO ...
(IFOR), which was charged with supervising the implementation of the
. In 1998, the canton of Tuzla turned Tuzla International to a civil airport.
Tuzla International Airport
Tuzla International Airport ( bs, Međunarodni aerodrom Tuzla/Међународни аеродром Тузла); is an airport near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tuzla International Airport is the second largest airport in Bosnia and Herzegov ...
opened on 10 October 1998 as a civilian airport and military airfield.
U.S. First Lady
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
visited the airport on March 25, 1996, and later claimed that she landed under sniper fire and had to skip the welcoming ceremony, which later proved untrue.
Washington Post, May 23, 2016
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References
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Buildings and structures in Tuzla
Defunct airports
Airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslav Air Force bases
Military installations closed in the 1990s