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Fire Blade in Top Gear
10:20 May 28, 2025
The multinational helicopter tactical Exercise Fire Blade 2025 is going on in top gear at the HDF 47th Air Base in Pápa, Hungary.
Day of the Hungarian Defence Forces in Sarajevo
11:54 May 27, 2025
The 21 May program for Hungarian soldiers serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina included a ceremonial staff meeting and a tasting of Hungarian dishes at Camp Butmir.
Hungarian Reserve Company in Bosnia Again
10:12 May 27, 2025
The reserve company of the Hungarian Defence Forces serves in Sarajevo again with EUFOR Operation ALTHEA, the European Union’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These soldiers form a separate unit that is not involved in everyday tasks in peacetime, but is deployable, if necessary, for example on large-scale exercises or if the security situation requires reinforcement.
Hungarian Hussars at the CISM 25th World Military Equestrian Championship
15:29 May 22, 2025
Four soldiers of the Count Ferenc Nádasdy Hussar Division, HDF “vitéz Szurmay Sándor Budapest” Garrison Brigade, also participated in the CISM 25th World Military Equestrian Championship in Cairo. In the high-ranking event, 60 competitors from 20 countries matched their skills.
Praying for Peace in Lourdes
14:37 May 22, 2025
The 65th International Military Pilgrimage was closed with a Holy Mass in the underground Basilica of St. Pius X in Lourdes, Southwest France on Sunday, 18 May. According to Catholic Military Bishop Brigadier General Tibor Berta, participants of the pilgrimage in Lourdes convey the message of the Gospel.
EUFOR has Hungarian Chief of Staff again after Command Year
14:34 May 22, 2025
After a successful Hungarian Command Year in 2024, the Hungarian Defence Forces took back the Chief of Staff position of the European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina: on 15 May in Sarajevo, Austrian Brigadier General Herbert Sailer relinquished the post to Brigadier General Tibor Szabó in a ceremony, following which a Hungarian general fills the chief of staff position of the mission again.
We are building the military of the future drawing on our heroes
13:48 May 22, 2025
We, who are building new and combat-ready armed forces in the 21st century, must learn about the performance of Richard Olaf Wulff, this excellent soldier and outstanding military leader, and understand his fate – said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the reburial of a towering figure of Hungarian riverine warship service in plot 52 of Fiume Road cemetery on Wednesday, 21 May.
From Bridge Construction to MEDEVAC – full-scale readiness evaluation of combat engineers
19:36 May 21, 2025
Within the framework of Exercise Recent Challenge, the personnel of the Engineer Battalion declared to NATO underwent the Combat Readiness Evaluation (CREVAL) process after intensive, weekslong preparations. The nominated personnel of six units not only demonstrated their own professional skills and knowledge but also the interoperability among subordinate subunits of the brigade – in the field, under realistic circumstances.
Fire Blade 2025 – Cooperation has outstanding importance
12:20 May 21, 2025
The international tactical helicopter exercise Fire Blade 2025 has started in Pápa. Already for the third time, the HDF 47th Air Base is hosting this large-scale training event, which is taking place with the participation of rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft of five nations as well as supporting equipment of three nations.
The moment of shattering joy
12:09 May 21, 2025
The Falcon 7X aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force with registration 607 landed at 09:00 on 19 May 2025, carrying aboard the mortal remains of the organizer and General Captain of the Royal Hungarian River Guard Richard Wulff Olaf and his wife, Edina Losonczy, which had formerly been buried in Costa Rica.