Helicopters Return Home after Successful Firefighting Operation in Albania After four days of firefighting and over 53 hours of flight time, two H225M helicopters of the Hungarian Defense Forces... 2025.07.29.
Defense Forces Helicopter Back in Action to Help Bulgaria Fight Wildfires Firefighting demonstration by H225M helicopters in Szolnok in June 2025 One of the H225M helicopters of the Hungarian Defense Forces has... 2025.07.28.
Hungary Sends Helicopters to Assist Albania in Wildfire Crisis Hungary is supporting Albania in its fight against the forest fires that have been raging for weeks. The Hungarian Defense... 2025.07.24.
Defense Forces’ Helicopter Fleet Now Complete The last two Airbus H225M helicopters have arrived, completing the Hungarian Defense Forces' medium-class, multi-role helicopter fleet, said the Minister... 2025.07.16.
Newest Helicopter of the Defense Forces Put to Test for the First Time In the second half of February, the rotary-wing aircraft of the Szolnok helicopter brigade will hold a capability maintenance shooting... 2025.02.22.
Defense Forces’ Fleet Expands with Further Airbus Helicopters Two more H225M multi-purpose helicopters has been delivered to the Hungarian Defense Forces from the Airbus Helicopters production center in... 2024.11.27.
Defense Forces to Support EUFOR with our State-of-the-art Helicopter The Hungarian Defense Forces will reinforce the air transport tasks of EUFOR with their new Airbus H225M helicopter from October,... 2024.08.07.
Expanding Airborne Capabilities with Two More H225M Helicopters Two new H225M aircraft will join the fleet of the Kiss József 86th Helicopter Brigade of the Hungarian Defense Forces... 2024.07.16.
More Military Helicopters Join the Defense Forces Fleet Two more H225M helicopters have been delivered to the Hungarian Defense Forces from the Airbus Helicopters manufacturing center in France,... 2024.05.14.
Spectacular Parachute Jump Exercise with the Defense Forces’ New Helicopter The Defense Forces' Kiss József 86th Helicopter Brigade reported "spectacular jumps" on their Facebook page. The paratroopers of the brigade... 2024.03.18.
Air Force Pilots and Technicians Receive Significant Pay Raise Pilots and technicians of the Hungarian Air Force have received a significant salary increase, Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky announced on... 2024.03.11.
New Pilots Complete the H225M Helicopter Retraining Program The retraining program for the H225M helicopter type at the Hungarian Defense Forces József Kiss 86th Helicopter Brigade is currently... 2024.02.29.
Defense Forces’ Helicopter Fleet Continues to Expand Colonel Dr. Tamás Bali, Commander of the Defense Forces' Kiss József 86th Helicopter Brigade, held an annual assessment and task-setting... 2024.02.26.
Defense Forces Flex Their Muscle in the Largest Military Exercise to Date The Minister of Defense Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky opened the Adaptive Hussars 23 multi-national exercise with NATO forces in the presence of... 2023.11.08.
New Airbus Military Helicopters Handed Over to the Defense Forces Two new H225M transport helicopters arrived at the Kiss József 86th Helicopter Brigade in Szolnok (central Hungary) from the Airbus... 2023.11.07.
The Air Force’s New State-of-the-art Helicopters Have Landed The first two Airbus H225M helicopters of the Hungarian Defense Forces arrived at the air base in Szolnok on Monday.... 2023.07.18.
Defense Forces Getting Helicopters Equipped with Unique Weapons The Hungarian Air Force's Airbus H225 helicopters will arrive this summer, Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky announced in a Facebook video... 2023.04.11.
New Milestone Reached with Air Force’s State-of-the-Art Helicopters The Hungarian military type certification of the Airbus H225M medium transport helicopters has been completed, reported Honvedelem.hu defense news website.... 2023.03.21.
Hungary’s New Military Helicopter Takes to the Skies The modernization of the Hungarian defense forces have taken another significant leap ahead when on 17 November, the first Airbus... 2022.11.21.
