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ADHU 25: Rotary-wing redeployment
10:11 September 3, 2025
The helicopters of the HDF 86th Helicopter Wing have taken off for Pipishegy airfield, Gyöngyös, Hungary to participate in the SAR Exercise Air Wolf Hunting, which is to be conducted within the framework of the large-scale international Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025.
We Help the Third of Our NATO Allies in Wildfire Control Within a Month
15:31 August 13, 2025
We help the third of our NATO allies in wildfire control within a month, informed Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky the Hungarian Telegraphic Office (MTI) in a statement on Wednesday, 13 August.
EUFOR: Successful Hungarian Command Year Comes to a Close
11:04 January 23, 2025
After one year, 21 January marked the end of Major General László Sticz PhD’s service as Commander EUFOR (COMEUFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the first Hungarian soldier to have been commander of EUFOR Operation Althea, the peacekeeping operation of the European Union. Last year’s service of the Hungarian commander and troops is meritorious, as they have demonstrated again their ability to carry out designated tasks on an international level. “This is a very important milestone in the history of the Hungarian Defence Forces” – said MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Deputy Defence Minister Tamás Vargha at the Change of Command Ceremony held in Camp Butmir, Sarajevo.
Military Engineers Return Home from Bosnia and Herzegovina
14:31 November 5, 2024
The Hungarian military engineer team offered to the Western Balkans country to help with the elimination of the damages caused by the flood and the landslides in the area recently finished its work. Hungary – besides other offers – provided military engineering support to Bosnia and Herzegovina via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Commemoration of 1956 in EUFOR
11:15 October 28, 2024
The Hungarian personnel of EUFOR recently commemorated the events of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence with a series of programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Restoration After Flood
15:19 October 21, 2024
The military machinery offered by Hungary to Bosnia and Herzegovina arrived at Camp Butmir, which hosts the EUFOR Operation Althea, on the evening of 17 October. In the following period, the Hungarian military engineers – meeting the demand of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian authorities and coordinated by the EUFOR – participated in the elimination of damages caused by the flood and landslides.
Goodbye, Mi-17! Welcome, H225M!
15:08 October 21, 2024
The new H225M helicopter of the EUFOR Operation Althea was handed over ceremonially in Camp Butmir, Sarajevo on 17 October. The new and modern rotorcraft is replacing the Mi-17 helicopter serving in the mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina since January.
EUFOR Reserve Company Activated
09:16 August 26, 2024
On 24 August, a company of Hungarian troops, an Over-the-Horizon Reserve Force of EUFOR arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join Exercise Quick Response 2024, the largest-scale training event of the European Union Force (EUFOR) Operation Althea. Force Commander (COMEUFOR) Major General László Sticz PhD received the company led by First Lieutenant Zoltán Ocsák at the Croatia–BiH border.
Hungarian Air Force Day in the Balkans
18:03 August 21, 2024
The Day of the Hungarian Air Force was celebrated in Sarajevo with the participation of the EUFOR Helicopter Unit and air force troops.
Chief of Defence Staff on a mission tour
17:56 August 21, 2024
General Gábor Böröndi, Chief of Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, Brigadier General Balázs Szloszjár, Commander of the Joint Operations Planning and Control Center of the Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, and Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces ensign Zoltán Kaszab paid a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo in the past few days.