NATO Kosovo

Eligibility criteria for the medal are:

This is awarded for participation in NATO operations related to Kosovo (Oct. 13, 1998 to a date to be determined) for 30 days (continuous or accumulated) in the area of eligibility (AOE).

• The AOE is the land, at seas, or in the air space of Kosovo; other territories of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY: Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia); Albania, Macedonia, and the Adriatic and Ionian seas.

• Aircrews participating in Operation Allied Force between March 24, 1999-June 10, 1999 with 15 sorties into Kosovo and FRY.

• Aircrews who didn't participate in OAF, accumulate one day of qualifying service for the first sortie flown on any day.

• Wounded or injured and requiring subsequent evacuation from the defined AOE, regardless of time in the area.

• 90 days (continuous or accumulated) within the territories of Italy, Greece, and Hungary in direct support of NATO operations conducted in the AOE.