the air national guard returned to the balkans in the mid-1990s as part of the nato-led peacekeeping force in bosnia, operation joint guard, and its successor, operation joint forge. volunteers from 13 air national guard airlift units provided 71 c-130s to joint forge. on average, ang airlift deployment packages consisted of approximately 75 personnel and two c-130 aircraft. they were based at ramstein ab, germany, to provide the necessary airlift support for u.s. military forces in bosnia-herzegovina and other locations across europe.