Index – Domestic – NATO military exercise takes place over Hungary
According to information received from the local population, many people have heard planes roar over South Balaton County several days a week in recent days. Sonline Somogy County News Portal.
Because the aircraft were cruising without prior notice, the newspaper’s editorial team identified using the Flightradar app that
an aircraft with registration number FAF99 is circling continuously in the southern part of Hungary with rumbling noise.
Searching for the registration number reveals that the ID belongs to a Boeing CW135 aircraft of the French Army, which has flown there several times in the last few days.
The county newspaper then turned to the press department of the Hungarian Armed Forces with a question, but the ministry did not provide information on the presence of the tanker of the French army until the publication of their article.
But there were those in the county who saw that F18 fighters were also in the air,
then air refueling was practiced with the said Boeing.
As three European countries – the Finnish, Spanish and Swiss armies – currently have F18s, there is likely to be a NATO military exercise in Hungarian airspace.
Update: Really Super Hornets are flying in Hungarian airspace
The reason for the presence of “Horse Wasps” is Writing Honvédelem.hu gives an answer.
According to this, the main goal of the multinational exercise called “Neptune Strike 2022” is to strengthen cooperation between the forces of NATO member states. The F / A-18 Super Hornet fighter bombers supporting the training event are serving in the Mediterranean,
the CVN75 USS Harry S. Truman, part of the US Navy, takes off from the aircraft carrier and arrives in the airspace of our country.
After the relatively long-haul flight, air refueling is performed, and then the direct air support procedures are practiced with the Hungarian Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC). The “Neptune Strike 2022” is a great creation for the joint training of the JTAC staff of the 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base of the Hungarian Armed Forces and the Árpád Bertalan Special Purpose Brigade of the 2nd Hungarian Armed Forces with the rarely available type.
During the exercise, Hungarian JTACs will have the opportunity to plan across nations and forces, to conduct coordinated attacks, to coordinate targets with on-board radar (Synthetic Aperture Radar – SAR), and to coordinate air refills.
(Cover image: F / A 18 Hornet fighter jet. Photo: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)