Hungarian Air Force

Hungarian Air Force Magyar Légierő
Lineup	1918
Country	Hungary
Armed forces	Hungarian armed forces
Type	Armed forces ( air forces )
Strength	approx. 5,000
insignia
Aircraft cockade
Aircraft
Fighter aircraft / helicopter	JAS 39
education	Z-242, JAS 39
Transport aircraft / helicopter	An-26, C-17 ( SAC ), Mi-8/17, AS 350

The Hungarian Air Force (Hungarian: Magyar Légierő ) is a part of the Hungarian Armed Forces .

history

See also : Royal Hungarian Air Force

The first Hungarian air forces were set up after the fall of Austria-Hungary and the associated Hungarian independence in 1918 and existed until the end of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919.

Although the Treaty of Trianon forbade the formation of air forces from 1920, a secret air force, disguised as civil aviation clubs, continued to be operated, analogous to the German Reich . Only in 1938 the existence of the Royal Hungarian Air Force (was Magyar Királyi Légierő ) announced that in World War II u. a. was used on the Eastern Front and existed until the Battle of Budapest in 1945.

After the end of the Second World War , the Hungarian Air Force was then rebuilt under the influence of the Soviet Union and incorporated into the structures of the Warsaw Pact . After the end of the Cold War, the Hungarian armed forces were reorganized and a large part of the fleet (e.g. MiG-23 and Su-22 ) decommissioned due to excessive costs. In 1994 the Hungarian Air Force received 20 Mil Mi-24 and 20 L-39 Albatros from the Federal Republic of Germany from the holdings of the disbanded National People's Army .

In 2001, the Swedish and Hungarian governments signed a lease-purchase agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft , which, following a change in 2003, comprises 14 Gripen C / D aircraft (12 single-seaters and 2 two-seaters). All 14 aircraft were operational by the end of 2008. The lease purchase agreement was extended in 2012 to 2026.

The training of Hungarian fighter pilots has been taking place at NATO Flying Training in Canada since 2002 . The training, which was initially planned in Hungary, started in 1997, but was discontinued after one course due to excessive costs. From 1956 until the end of the Cold War, the pilots were trained in the Soviet Union.

organization

structure

The Hungarian Air Force is divided into two flying squadrons , a regiment for combating air targets and a regiment for air surveillance :
Command of Joint Forces ( MH Összhaderőnemi Parancsnokság ) ( Székesfehérvár ) - leads all army, air, special and logistics forces.

• 59th Szentgyörgyi Dezső Air Base ( MH 59th Szentgyörgyi Dezső repülőbázis ) ( Kecskemét )
  • 1. "Puma" tactical squadron ( 1. "Puma" Harcászati ​​repülőszázad ) - JAS 39 C / D EBS.HU
  • "Camel" transport flight squadron ( "Teve" Szállító repülő század ) - An-26
• 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base ( MH 86th Szolnok Helikopter Bázis ) ( Szolnok )
  • Transport helicopter battalion ( Szállítóhelikopter zászlóalj ) - Wed-8 / Wed-17
  • Mixed flight training squadron ( Vegyes kiképző repülőszázad ) - Zlín Z-242 L, Zlín Z-143 LSi, Eurocopter AS 350
• Papa Air Base ( MH Pápa Bázisrepülőtér ) (Pápa)
  • NATO Heavy Airlift Wing ( Nehéz Légiszállító Ezred ( NATO Heavy Airlift Wing )) - C-17 A
• 12th Arrabo anti-aircraft missile regiment ( MH 12th Arrabona Légvédelmi Rakétaezred ) ( Győr )
  • Command Battalion ( Vezetési zászlóalj )
  • 1. Anti- aircraft guided missile division ( 1. Légvédelmi rakétaosztály ) - 2K12 Kub
  • 2. Anti- aircraft missile department ( 2. Légvédelmi rakétaosztály ) - Mistral
  • Logistics Battalion ( Logisztikai zászlóalj )
• 54th Veszpremes Radar Regiment ( MH 54th Veszprém Radarezred ) ( Veszprém )
  • 1. Knotten Radar Data Center ( 1. Gerinc Radar Mérőpont ) (Békéscsaba)
  • 3. Knotten Radar Data Center ( 3. Gerinc Radar Mérőpont ) (Bánkút)
  • 11th Radar Squadron ( 11th Radarszázad ) (Kup)
  • 12th Radar Squadron ( 12th Radarszázad ) (Juta)
  • 21st Radar Squadron ( 21st Radarszázad ) ( Debrecen )
  • 22nd Radar Squadron ( 22nd Radarszázad ) (Békéscsaba)
  • Mobile radar relay ( Réskitöltő Radarszázad ) (Medina)
• Air Force Command Center ( MH Légi Vezetési és Irányítási Központ ) (Veszprém)
  • Air Operations Center ( Légi Hadműveleti Központ )
  • Military Aviation Center ( Katonai Légiforgalom Szervezési Központ )
  • Air traffic control center ( Légi Irányító Központ )
  • Meteorological Center ( Meteorológiai Központ )
  • Command Center for Reservist Training ( Kiképző Tartalék Irányító Központ ) ( Kecskemét )
• Aviation workshop ( MH Légijármű Javítóüzem ) ( Kecskemét )

In addition, the Magyar Légierő provides an association for the maintenance of the Pápa airfield, which was formed from the dissolved 47th Tactical Fighter Squadron as part of the NATO Infrastructural Development Program .

bases

Kecskemét Air Base Pápa Air Base Szolnok Air Base

Hungarian Air Force bases

The Hungarian armed forces currently operate three airfields:

• Airbase Kecskemét
• Air Base Szolnok
• Airbase Pápa

There is no purely Hungarian unit stationed at the Pápa air force base , it houses the C-17 Globemaster III of the Strategic Airlift Capability , whose machines have Hungarian badges, but fly with international crews.

equipment

The Hungarian Air Force operates the following fleet (as of January 19, 2018):

Type	photo	origin	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
Warplanes
Saab JAS 39		Sweden	JAS 39C	12		Single seater leased from Saab. Machine with registration 30 temporarily not airworthy after crash landing.
Transport and reconnaissance aircraft
Antonov An-26		Soviet Union		4th
Dassault Falcon 7X		France		2
Zlín Z-143		Czech Republic	Z-143LSi	2		Reconnaissance and multipurpose aircraft
Airbus A319		European Union		2		Transport, VIP, MEDEVAC
Boeing C-17		United States		3		Units of Strategic Airlift Capability
Training aircraft
Zlín Z-242		Czech Republic	Z-242L	2		Two-seater (basic trainer), will be added in March 2017
Saab JAS 39		Sweden	JAS 39D	2 (3)		Two-seater leased from Saab. In 2016, the machine with matriculation 44 replaced JAS 39D with matriculation 42.
helicopter
Mil Wed-8/17		Soviet Union		14th
Mil Wed-24		Soviet Union		12		12 (6 + 6) Mi-24 modernized in Russia
Airbus H125		France	H125M	2
Airbus H145		European Union	H145M	4th	16	Delivered 4 pieces in 12.2019.

See also

• Strategic Airlift Capability

literature

• World Air Forces 2017, Flight Global, 2016, p. 10 flightglobal.com (PDF)

Web links

• Hungarian Air Force website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SAAB: Hungary extends Gripen contract from January 30, 2012, accessed on August 17, 2020.
2. ^ Stewart Penney: Hungarian pilots to train with NFTC ahead of Gripen deliveries in 2004 . In: Flightglobal.com. April 2, 2002, accessed on November 6, 2013 (English): "The first Hungarian pilots went to Canada in February to improve their English ahead of joining the training program on April 2, says an NFTC source."
3. ↑ Beth Stevenson: Second Hungarian Gripen crashes at domestic air base. In: Flightglobal.com. June 11, 2015, accessed on June 11, 2015 (English): "Hungarian media claims one of the nation's Saab Gripens has crashed - the second in less than a month - leading to reports that Budapest has grounded its fleet until further notice." 
4. ↑ Business Jettel fokozta légiszállító képességét a Honvédség . August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
5. ↑ Hungary purchases light aircraft from Zlin ( Memento from May 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), online report on janes.com from January 17, 2017, accessed on January 21, 2017 (English)
6. ↑ Itt a bejelentés: két Airbust vesz a Magyar Honvédség , MNO. 20th December 2017. 
7. ↑ KORSZERŰBBEK LESZNEK A FEGYVEREK , Magyar Idok. January 3, 2018. 
8. ↑ Zlin gépek érkezése a Honvédséghez , online report on kameraaltal.blog.hu from March 24, 2016, accessed on July 23, 2017 (Hungarian)
9. ^ Hungarian Gripen crashes in Czech Republic
10. ↑ Saab has delivered a replacement JAS-39D to the Hungarian Air Force , online report on defense-blog.com from July 2, 2016, accessed on July 26, 2016 (English)