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KC-390: from Brazil to Kecskemét
12:56 November 24, 2025
Our readers can get to know the latest giant aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force in just about a minute.
American-Hungarian Relations Have Never Been This Strong
12:08 November 21, 2025
“Under six months, bilateral relations have gained new momentum and the unsuccessful, failure-stricken period can be followed by a new American-Hungarian gilded age”, wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page after meeting with Robert J. Palladino, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the United States to Hungary.
In the service of peace every day
11:45 November 12, 2025
Hungary is committed to supporting the stability of the Middle East, since the security of the region serves our security, too – wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.
Stronger Lebanese-Hungarian Partnership
14:26 November 11, 2025
Lebanon’s security has crucial significance from the perspective of the security of the Middle East as a whole. The security of the Middle East is essential to the Hungarians, too, because through illegal migration and terrorism, such threats are posed to both Hungary and Europe that must be dealt with by all means, emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky after the first day of his visit to Lebanon in a video uploaded to his social media page.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: Hungary Rejects Steps Attacking Israel
16:04 October 29, 2025
Hungary rejects every unilateral step attacking Israel. We do not support anything that weakens democracy, while terrorist organisations are threatening innocents, said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the III. International Pro-Israel Summit in Budapest on Tuesday.
Knowledge and Innovation are the Most Important Weapons of Modern Armed Forces
11:55 October 21, 2025
“Croatia is our key partner. Our discussions will centre around deepening the defence cooperation and strengthening the Eastern Flank”, wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page related to his trip to Croatia. At the first stage of his visit, the defence minister met with his Croatian counterpart, Defence Minister Ivan Anušić, in Osijek on 20 October, where they visited together the Orqa drone factory.
They are capable of the most complex operations
11:39 October 10, 2025
The Hungarian Defence Forces have presented another set of capabilities at Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 – writes Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page. The minister recently observed how the personnel of the HDF Special Operations Command recaptured an airport in cooperation with Bulgarian, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian Special Operations Forces.
They Finished Second Place
11:28 September 25, 2025
The national parachute team of the Hungarian Defence Forces came in second at the 2025 Skydive World Cup Series in total. The sixth, and closing, competition was held in Locarno, Switzerland, with the participation of more than 200 parachutists from 22 countries.
Joint Hungarian–North Macedonian SOF exercise
13:30 September 22, 2025
As part of the defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 organized within the framework of NATO, Hungarian Special Operations Forces (SOF) soldiers held a joint training program with the allied North Macedonian forces. The main objective of the one-week Cold Peak 2025 was to develop their rapid reaction capabilities – with regrouping in a foreign environment. Together with his counterpart, North Macedonian Chief of Defence Major General Saško Lafčiski, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff also observed the training in North Macedonia, which was conducted with the aim of assisting cooperation within NATO.
Guardians of the Sky
16:08 August 6, 2025
“You can rarely see them like this – the guardians of the sky are in the air. We are proud of the Hungarian Gripen pilots’ professional performance” – wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page. As of early August, the Hungarian Defence Forces are performing air policing duties in seven countries altogether, including the Baltic states and Hungary.