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Capital: Vienna
Area: 83,871 sq km
Comparative area: slightly smaller than Maine
Population (July 2011 estimate): 8,217,280
Official language(s): German
International Organizations and Agreements: United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO’s Partnership for Peace



Although neutral, Austria has a long tradition of engaging in UN-sanctioned peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. The all-volunteer Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit (AFDRU), a rapid-response SAR unit, are deployed on peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Kosovo, Cyprus, Sudan, Georgia, the Golan Heights, and Lebanon in support of UNIFIL.

Austria grants overflight rights for Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn as well as allowing numerous Military Ground Transits, and there is Partnership for Peace Status of Forces agreement.

Austria's political leaders and people recognize and appreciate the essential role the U.S. played in the country's reconstruction and in the Austrian State Treaty.  

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  • June 17, 2012

    This Week in EUCOM History: June 18, 1972

    During a summit meeting in Vienna, President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT-II agreement dealing with limitations and guidelines for nuclear weapons.
  • October 29, 2010

    EULEX, KFOR meet at Camp Bondsteel

    Soldiers from Multinational Battle Group East joined soldiers from Kosovo Forces Headquarters and members of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo for a seminar at Audie Murphy Medal of Honor Hall here, Oct. 22.
  • September 14, 2010

    KFOR assists KSF with factory inspections

    Multinational Battle Group East Soldiers joined their Kosovo Forces partners from Austria, Italy and Poland to assist members of the Kosovo Security Forces during an inspection of a battery factory in Gjilan/Gnjilane, Kosovo, recently.
  • September 8, 2010

    Largest communication exercise ever hosted at Grafenwoehr Training Area is a success

    About 1400 participants of more than 40 countries and organizations gathered at the Joint Multinational Simulations Center (JMSC) at Grafenwoehr Training Area for the U.S. European Command’s (EUCOM’s) exercise, Combined Endeavor 2010, the world’s largest military communications and information systems exercise, Sept. 2-16.
  • July 14, 2010

    Multinational divers take to the water during Sea Breeze 2010

    ODESSA, Ukraine – Danish, Ukrainian, and U.S. Navy divers took to the water for one of many dive evolutions during the multinational exercise Sea Breeze 2010 at the Ukrainian Western Naval Base, July 14.
  • July 12, 2010

    Sea Breeze 2010 kicks off in Odessa, Ukraine

    ODESSA, Ukraine – Sea Breeze 2010 officially kicked-off with an opening ceremony and combined press conference with senior Ukrainian and U.S. naval leadership at the Ukranian Southern Operational Command, July 12.

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  • September 10, 2009

    Excellence in Action: Combined Endeavor’s Regional Site in Denmark

    This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting the national delegations at Combined Endeavor 2009’s regional site at Bülows Kaserne, Fredericia, Denmark. Delegations at this site are from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Slovenia and Sweden with additional support personnel from the United States, Austria and Germany.

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