Eszter Bányász
Multinational Life-Saving
11:35 May 9, 2024
The Romanian MEDEVAC helicopter is taking off to transport simulated, moulaged German casualties. There is a presumption of infection, so the converted Black Hawk is yet to land, when the workstation of the British Casualty Decontamination Area (CDA) is already established – working intensely, its personnel have set up their tents in approximately ten minutes. After the screening, the casualties are transported in a Belgian ambulance to the tent of the US Role-2-Enhanced (R2E) medical treatment facility (MTF). This is Vigorous Warrior 2024, NATO’s only military medical exercise.
Freight unloaded
12:11 May 2, 2024
The German-Hungarian bilateral Exercise Safety Transport 2024 has successfully ended. The soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces and the Bundeswehr transported more than 20 containers from Grafenwöhr, Germany to the HDF 47th Air Base in Pápa, Hungary, where they were successfully unloaded on 29 April.
Doctrine: fixed point in a changing world
14:31 April 25, 2024
The NATO Allied Joint Doctrine Development Course is organized in Hungary for the sixth time, between 22 and 25 April. The significance of this course lies primarily in its being the only platform within the defensive Alliance for training doctrine custodians and developers.
Exemplary Commitment to Security and Defence Policy
17:10 April 15, 2024
Austrian General Robert Brieger, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC) recently paid a visit to Hungary. The high-ranking military diplomat held discussions with Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and General Gábor Böröndi PhD, Chief of HDF General Staff.
Rheinmetall: Production, Development and Testing
14:33 April 8, 2024
The personnel of the HDF 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade got a unique insight into the domestic production process of the Lynx infantry fighting vehicle while visiting the Rheinmetall plant in Zalaegerszeg on 3 April.
Choreography for saving lives
15:01 March 18, 2024
In 2024, as the lead nation providing the commander of EUFOR, Hungary stood up a team for the Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) capability of the mission. We talked with Lieutenant Colonel Attila Dajka, Commander, EUFOR Althea Aviation Detachment and Lieutenant (MD) Dr. Levente Forgács, a doctor of the detachment about the details of pre-deployment training for the mission and the circumstances of service abroad.
Ongoing Austro-Hungarian cooperation with joint training events
15:44 March 8, 2024
“Austria and Hungary are distinguished partners, with constant cooperation and exchange of experience since the change of regime” – underlined General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF General Staff, at the meeting of the Austrian and the Hungarian Chiefs of Defence in Tata on 7 March.
New Big Cats at the Hungarian Defence Forces
09:44 January 11, 2024
“The crown jewellery of the Hungarian armed forces development”, “the spine of deterrence” and “the king of the battlefield” – are examples of references to the state-of-the-art Leopard 2A7HU main battle tank, of which three more arrived at the HDF 1st Armoured Brigade in Tata on 10 January.
Firmness and Empathy – Characteristics of a NATO Ambassador
10:08 December 7, 2023
Besides his work in the world of security policy, Dr. István Balogh, Hungary’s Permanent Representative and Ambassador to NATO gave an insight into his extensive tasks. In his interview given to defence.hu, he also mentions how the experiences gained as Deputy State Secretary for Security Policy help his everyday work.
“We must prepare for the defence of Hungary!”
12:41 November 14, 2023
“We live in the age of threats, so we must do all we can in the interest of preparing for the defence of the homeland. The objective of this exercise is to test the readiness of the armed forces in a fictitious situation when Hungary’s security is at stake” – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the press conference of the countrywide multinational Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2023, on the Hajdúhadház shooting range on 13 November.