Professional Performance and Appreciation in Afghanistan

While the Hungarian pilots were mentoring the Afghan helicopter pilots, the aviation technicians kept working at a stepped-up pace with continuous coordination in the hangar to meet the new challenge. After the 8-10 hours of daily work in the hangar, they participated in professional discussions and read up on the technical special literature late into the night with untiring perseverance. The entire personnel of the Air Mentor Team-7 tirelessly devoted even its free time to carry out the work to full extent. Thanks to the self-sacrificing work done by the AVUM crews, the Afghan helicopters were declared airworthy for the operational flights several months before the deadline.

With their excellent professionalism exhibited in completing the additional tasks, the Hungarian mentors enabled the grounded helicopters to return as soon as possible to flying operational missions in accordance with their core purpose. All in all, it can be stated that although its task system significantly differed from the work done by the earlier rotations, the seventh rotation of the HDF Mi-35 Air Mentor Team has performed its core duties and met the unexpected challenges to full extent, thereby earning esteem from the Afghan and other allied mentor teams as well as further enhancing the good reputation built up by the helicopter pilots and AVUM crews of earlier rotations.