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NATO Military Missions

by Željko Heimer

International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan
Kosovo Force - KFOR
NATO Response Force

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International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan

by Sean McKinniss, 19 April 2003

At the official website for NATO, there is a picture of various national flags. With these national flags is a flag of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, is a multinational peacekeeping force supervised by NATO. The flag of this force is incredibly simplistic. It has a black field with the white letters "ISAF" on it.

SeanMcKinniss, 19 April 2003

[International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan]

by Jens Pattke

Yahoo News reported the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, Gen. James Jones handing over the ISAF flag he received from Commander of ISAF-III Lt. Gen. Norbert Van Heyst of Germany to Lt. Gen. Gotz F.E. Gliemeroth during a handover ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 11, 2003. NATO took command of the 5,000-strong international peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital, a historic move that marks the alliance's first operation outside Europe since it was created 54 years ago. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Mark Sensen, 11 August 2003

by Eugene Ipavec, 11 March 2009

I saw a new flag in photos of the recent transfer of command to Turkey. The Arabic inscription appears higher up on shoulder patches and some logos--like the smile in a smiley face--but on the flag it is shifted downward, nestled parallel to the line of the white circle. There are apparently yet further variants: http://www.state.gov/cms_images/b030811f_600.jpg shows one that has a much smaller logo, different font and a thicker circle.
Eugene Ipavec, 17 February 2005

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ISAF webpage

Kosovo Force - KFOR

Flag of KFOR - Image by Jens Pattke, 27 March 2004

A TV report from a press conference organized on 22 March 2004 by different international organizations shows that the international military forces in Kosovo (KFOR) use a distinctive flag. The flag is similar to the flags used by SFOR and previously IFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovine, but this one is inscribed KFOR (bothin Cyrillic and Latin, as on all of these). The flag is dark (NATO) blue with a shield divided vertically in white and blue, each half inscribed counterchanged in vertical line, dexter in Latin (KFOR) and sinister in Cyrillic (КФОР). The shield is set between two NATO emblems.

Željko Heimer, 23 March 2004

NATO Response Force

by Santiago Tazón

The new NATO Response Force (NRF) was formally inaugurated at Brunssum (the Netherlands) on 15 October 2003. The NRF is a tri-service rapid response force with contributions of Spain, France, Germany and U.S.A. For the first time in its history, NATO will have a combined air, land, sea and special operations force under a single commander. The NRF colours were also presented. Purple field with the NRF logo in the center and a gold fringe all around except hoist. The NRF logo consist in NRF letters and the NATO star over a blue background and a black diagonal stripe.

Santiago Tazón, 7 November 2003