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Nearly a year on Mission over Kosovo
10:18 February 17, 2026
Aircrew and aircraft maintenance personnel serving in the Hungarian Defence Forces’ 86th Helicopter Wing have been deployed in Kosovo since March 2025. During this period, the brigade has already completed two rotations, and the third one is now approaching its conclusion.

Dialogue Among Cultures
14:00 February 13, 2026
The NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT, Norfolk, USA) organised the International Food Night already for the 11th time. The event again provided an outstanding opportunity this year for representatives from different countries to get richer with culinary experience and also build international relations.

To be housed in museum
12:29 February 13, 2026
On 8 February, the last piece of the Élthes-collection gifted to the Museum of Ethnography – a muzzle-loading rifle manufactured in Belgium in 1870 – arrived in Hungary aboard the Falcon 7X aircraft of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The special weapon was donated to institution by the widow of Fencing Master Dr. Csaba Élthes, who had graduated as a lawyer, served in World War II as a lieutenant of the Royal Hungarian Defence Forces, and managed the national fencing team of the USA successfully throughout four Olympics.

NATO Should Remain a Defence Alliance
11:41 February 13, 2026
NATO should remain, according to the original intentions, a defence alliance – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in his video statement posted on Facebook following the discussion at the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels on Thursday.

The goal is professional life-saving
11:04 February 13, 2026
This week, combat lifesaver (CLS) soldiers of the 33rd rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent (KFOR Tactical Reserve Battalion, KTRBN) tested their skills in the fields of marksmanship, stretcher-bearing, treating casualties and intravenous access. The competition imitated an active combat environment, and, of course, was preceded by lengthy academic training and practical instruction, during which the CLS soldiers of the subunits had opportunity to brush up and deepen the knowledge they had acquired earlier.

Czech-Hungarian Defence Policy Discussion in Budapest
12:43 February 12, 2026
A meeting of Czech and Hungarian defence policy directors was held in Budapest on 9 and 10 February 2026. MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy László Hajnik received Czech Defence Policy Director Martin Riegl. Military-to-military cooperation, current NATO and EU topics and the global security policy situation were at the centre of the meeting.

We must take joint action against terrorism
11:04 February 12, 2026
The Hungarian–Algerian joint military committee held its third session in Budapest on 4 February 2026. MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy László Hajnik received Major General Zerrouk Dahmani, Director of Social Service at the Algerian Ministry of National Defence.

A new level in strategic partnership
12:17 February 10, 2026
The Hungarian Defence Forces and the Ohio National Guard may expand its more than 30-year cooperation to the fields of air defence, cyber operations and drone warfare as well. This was what General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff said after attending the 2026 Joint Senior Leader Conference of the Ohio National Guard and held a discussion with ONG Adjutant General Brigadier General Matthew S. Woodruff on the development of bilateral relations.

I Came from America…
11:10 February 10, 2026
“Nine months in the United States, hours flown every day and real emergencies – Lieutenant Ádám Donáth studied where US military pilots start from. With the knowledge acquired there, he strengthens the Hungarian Defence Forces”, wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page on 9 February.

High-Level Qatari Military Delegation Visits the Hungarian-led KFOR KTRBN
08:36 February 10, 2026
A delegation of the Qatar Armed Forces paid a three-day official visit to Camp Novo Selo in Kosovo, including the Hungarian-led KFOR Tactical Reserve Battalion (KTRBN). The delegation was led by Brigadier General Ramzan Hamad Al-Naimi, Commander of the Qatar Armed Forces Joint Warfare Training Center. The delegation also included Prince Jassim Nasser Al-Thani, a captain in the Qatar Armed Forces.