Air Support
The Hungarian Army Air Force had the following
aircraft deployed in the ground-attack role:
Su-17 – 2x Squadrons
MiG-17 – 1x Squadron
By 1987, one of the ground-attack squadrons had
converted to Su-25 and by 1989 the whole Hungarian
Attack Regiment had been converted.
In the air defence role (which could be pressed into
service as ground attack if necessary) they had the
following aircraft:
MiG-21 – 8x Squadrons
MiG-23 – 1x Squadron
(one source states that three of the nine Air Defence
Fighter Squadrons were MiG-23)