Maintenance for the first time in Hungary
Text: defence.hu/HDF 47th Air Base | Photo: Dr. Dániel Luka, Sergeant Georgina Cser, Captain János Balla |  11:02 February 18, 2025Aircraft technicians of the Kecskemét-based HDF 101st Aviation Wing recently carried out annual maintenance work on the KC-390 Millennium transport aircraft of the Hungarian Defence Forces inside the unique C-17 hangar of the multinational Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Program at the HDF 47th Air Base, Pápa, Hungary.
During the technical check, the aircraft – a state-of-the-art transport plane of our age – was fully raised, its engines were inspected and its landing gears and ramp lubricated. This was the first time that the Hungarian specialists had carried out this kind of maintenance work on the aircraft type, for which they acquired the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in Brazil, the homeland of the manufacturing company.