Regiment, based at Szentkirályszabadja Air Base, where he qualified as both a pilot and gunner on the Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters. After the closure of Szentkirályszabadja Air Base, Szili was reassigned to the HDF 86th Szolnok Helicopter Wing where he served in several leadership positions. In 2023, while serving in the Training Section of the HDF Air Force Command, he was appointed deputy commander of the MHTC. Over the course of his career, Szili has logged more than 1,500 flight hours on various helicopter types.


“We fully embrace the crew concept. When you walk into the preparation building, you won’t see just pilots working on the route plan, communication plan, or target plan. What you’ll see are full crews: pilots, pilots in command, copilots, door gunners, and crew chiefs all actively engaged. Every crew member is involved in the planning, execution, and debriefing phases, and when we talk about our instructors, we don’t just mean pilot instructors. We have door gunners serving as tactics instructors. We have crew chiefs serving as tactics instructors. In many cases, it’s the crew chief who teaches the pilot in command about tactical procedures — because the crew chief is the gold standard, the true master of the craft.


“That’s what we mean by the crew concept. We train, plan and operate as full crews — together, as one team,” adds Szili.


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