Szabó Miklós

I am a 1989 graduate of the Hungarian Defense Forces (HDF) Killián György College of Military Aviation, and hold a Master’s Degree from Hungary’s National Defense University. I am also a graduate of the US Army Aviation Officers Advanced Course. I held different positions as an Mi-8/17 helicopter pilot, flight instructor and test pilot. Further served as unit flight safety officer, squadron commander, and commander of a transport helicopter battalion. I was a senior helicopter SME at NATO's Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Germany and also at the HDF General Staff, where I was involved in developing operational requirements for helicopter procurement and strategic concepts for military aviator training. My operational experience includes domestic disaster relief operations as well as ISAF Mi-17 Air Advisor tour. Currently I serve for the Hungarian Defence Forces Command, Force Planning Branch as helicopter SME. Recently I joined a PhD program at the Doctoral School of Military Sciences of Hungarian National University of Public Service, where my general subject is air-land integration in military operations.