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Hungarian An-26 Wins Trophy in Fairford
Ministry of Defence, July 12, 2012 4:26 PM
The organizers of the Fairford Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) 2012 had another busy day on Friday, July 6 as well. While the pilots were practicing flying under a low cloud base, the panel of judges in the “Concours d’Elegance’ competition went round on the ground to see the aircraft on display.
„The Hungarian Defence Forces Always Need Excellent NCOs”
Ministry of Defence, July 12, 2012 4:13 PM
The armed forces rely on the NCOs and are held together by the NCOs who carry them on their back, Defence Minister Csaba Hende said at the NCO swearing-in ceremony which was held in Budapest on Saturday, July 7.
Saving Lives in Afghanistan
Ministry of Defence, July 9, 2012 11:13 AM
On July 7 at 18:30 the deputy police chief of Baghlan Province informed the commander of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) stationed in Afghanistan that a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) had been emplaced on a tanker truck on the main road in the town of Pol-e Khumri, 2.5 kilometers from Camp Pannonia. Press release.
Preparing for the CREVAL
Ministry of Defence, July 9, 2012 9:39 AM
On June 26 a conference was organized on the readiness level of the battalion-sized HDF Infantry Battle Group (IBG) – a unit preparing for a NATO CREVAL process due this year – in the Hódmezővásárhely garrison of the HDF 5th ‘Bocskai István’ Infantry Brigade. The core of the IBG is drawn from the 62nd infantry battalion of the brigade.
NATO is More Than a Political and Military Alliance
Ministry of Defence, July 9, 2012 8:45 AM
The Chief of Staff at NATO HQ Sarajevo (NHQ Sa) recently paid an official visit to the Institute for Protection of Female Children and Youth – Višegrad, which is a unique social and health care residential institution for females in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
With Remembrance Against Oblivion
Ministry of Defence, July 5, 2012 10:34 AM
The representatives of the Hungarian Defence Forces, a military delegation from the US Embassy in Budapest and the World War II American and British Military Heritage Association held a joint wreath-laying ceremony in Szigliget on Saturday, June 30. On the hill of the settlement near Lake Balaton, US and Hungarian war memorials keep alive the memory of the soldiers who fell in World War II.
Farewell to Military Attachés
Ministry of Defence, July 3, 2012 9:59 AM
„We are saying goodbye to our excellent comrades who have done very much in the field of military diplomacy to enable the armed forces of their countries and the Hungarian Defence Forces to fulfill their mission and be able to protect their homelands against all kinds of challenges to security”, Defence Minister Csaba Hende said in the evening of Thursday, June 28 at the farewell ceremony of the Croatian, Serbian, French and US military attachés accredited to Budapest.
Firefighting
Ministry of Defence, July 3, 2012 9:47 AM
On June 28 in the late afternoon hours, one local resident was killed and five were injured when a magnetic bomb emplaced on an oil tanker went off in the busiest hub of Pol-e Khomri, Afghanistan. It was sheer luck that the explosion did not cause a mass disaster in the always crowded downtown area.
WHITE KNIGHT in Tuzla
Ministry of Defence, July 2, 2012 7:51 PM
The superior ordered in June the companies of the Multinational Battalion (MNBN), the maneuver element of EUFOR to practice Crowd Disturbance Operations (CDO) using crowd riot control (CRC) techniques.
Montenegrin Chief of Defence Pays Courtesy Call
Ministry of Defence, June 27, 2012 3:35 PM
In the morning of Tuesday, June 26 Dr. István Simicskó, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence received Vice-Admiral Dragan Samardzic, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Montenegro on an office call.