Hungary is now part of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft family, helping to operate the alliance’s fleet of ground radar aircraft. Through 2006, Hungarian Air Force personnel will take up ground and flying positions at the force command headquarters in Mons, Belgium, the fleet’s home in Germany and at the program’s management agency in the Netherlands.
The Air Force's new Aircraft Readiness Unit will maintain and provide Collaborative Combat Aircraft for operations, but won’t serve as a “schoolhouse” teaching fighter pilots how to manage these escort drones.