The Hungarian Defense Forces are using military helicopters to help extinguish drought fires in several parts of the country. On Thursday, the so-called Bambi Bucket was also deployed in the Táborfalva and Pécs areas, the Ministry of Defense said on Thursday. Due to the high heat, undergrowth caught fire in the training area of Táborfalva […]

As part of an international effort to help containing fires in Slovenia, Hungarian Defense Forces soldiers were helping to extinguish forest fires in Hungary’s southwestern neighbor. Air force units from Austria, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia were assisting Slovenian firefighters in the effort to contain and put out fires. It was on July 20th that […]