Military Base "South"

Military Base "South" (Serbian: Војна база "Југ", romanized: Vojna baza "Jug") is a major Serbian military installation home to the 4th Army Brigade of the Serbian Army, located on the Cepotina Hill, 5 kilometers southeast of Bujanovac, Serbia.^[1]

Military Base "South"
near Bujanovac in Serbia
Site information
Type	Military base
Owner	Ministry of Defence of Serbia
Controlled by	Serbian Army
Location
Military Base "South" Location in Serbia
Coordinates	42.4208°N 21.7519°E / 42.4208; 21.7519
Area	22,000 square meters
Site history
Built	2003–2009
In use	2009–present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Slobodan Stopa
Garrison	4th Army Brigade

Details

The base covers 35 hectares, with 44 buildings covering an area of 22,000 square meters and is able to accommodate on permanent basis around 1,000 soldiers.^[1] It provides training, logistics, recreation, and sport facilities for the members of the 4th Army Brigade. It also houses a service for maintenance of vehicles, shooting ranges, and a heliport. The complex includes heliport, ambulance, and a dental clinic.

The construction works of the base took seven years, and the base opened in 2009.^[1] The total investment size amounted to some 1.7 billion Serbian dinars (around 20.5 million US dollars) and is the largest military facility built in Serbia since the breakup of Yugoslavia. During the 2010s, the base expanded on 96 hectares of land in its vicinity, used for training of Serbian contingents in the UN peacekeeping operations.

See also

• 4th Army Brigade