Start of Exercise Jolly Vihar 2025
Text: HDF 47th Air Base | Photo: Dr. Dániel Luka | 13:12 July 14, 2025Once again, the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters of the USAFE 56th Rescue Squadron and 57th Rescue Squadron landed on the tarmac of Pápa Air Base, Hungary.
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Within the framework of Host Nation Support, the three Hawks are conducting live firing and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training procedures on the training and shooting ranges of the HDF Joint Forces Training Center.
Like in earlier years, the HDF 47th Air Base is functioning as the logistic hub of the exercise, whose objective is to expand Hungarian–American cooperation and develop the defence capabilities of the two countries.
