A new EU Force Commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(B2) General Anton Waldner assumed command of the EU Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR Atlhea) on 28 March
Anton Waldner joined the Austrian Armed Forces in 1980.
An infantryman
Graduated from infantry officer school in 1984, he served for three years as deputy commander and four years as unit leader in a unit specializing in the training of cadets. From 1991 to 1994 he attended the Austrian Armed Forces War College. In 1994, he was deputy chief of staff, responsible for logistics within the 4th mechanized brigade, then command of the military district of Upper Austria as G3 in 1995 for a year. From 1996 to 2000, he was deputy of the G3 of the 2nd corps in Salzburg then passed in 2000, as G6 of the same corps. From 2001 to 2002, he commanded the 15th Infantry Battalion.
From disaster planning to mountain troops
Promoted to the rank of Colonel in 2002, he served as G3 of the Land Forces Command for four years, including responsibility for planning and executing the first disaster relief exercise. In the fall of 2005, he was promoted to brigadier general. From September 2006, he was Director of the Inspection and Control Division of the Austrian Joint Force Command, notably responsible for inspections of all Austrian missions abroad (including EUFOR Althea on two occasions). In 2010, he was commander of the 6th brigade (mountain troops) for seven months.
Deputy Commander of KFOR in 2014
He served in operations in Kosovo, within KFOR, NATO's stabilization force, on several occasions: in 2001, as head of the G3 plans of the Multinational Brigade (MNB) South in Prizren. And again, thirteen years later, this time as Deputy Commander from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Multinational Brigade Commander during Operation COOPERATIVE in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) at the fall of 2005.
cyber commander
In July 2016, he was appointed director of the J6 division within the Joint Forces Command and then, in 2017, he assumed the function of G3 / 5 (operations and planning) in the new CIS and Cyber Command Austrian. In March 2017, he was promoted to the rank of Major General before taking command of EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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A Hungarian Airman as Deputy and Chief of Staff
A graduate of the Kilián György aviation college from which he graduated as second lieutenant, Brigadier General Albert SÁFÁR joined the Hungarian Air Force in 1984 as a pilot on the MiG-23MF of the 47th air wing at the base of Pope until 1992. After various pilot positions, he attended the Zrínyi Miklós Defense University from which he graduated in 1995. He then served in the 47th Air Wing of Pope as fighter squadron leader and deputy wing commander. In 2001, he was appointed to a new position in the Air Force Command of the Hungarian Defense Forces (HDF) as a Senior Fighter Officer A3. In 2003, he assumed the position of deputy head of the A3 until 2004. In 2006, he followed the Air War College in the USA. After returning to Hungary, he was appointed to HDF Joint Force Command as Senior Air Force Advisor. In 2010, he was promoted to Chief of Air Operations and Training Department of Joint Force Command HDF and in 2011 was appointed Chief of Air of Joint Force Command and Deputy Commander of JFC. He has a total of 1600 flight hours and has flown L-39, MiG-21, MiG-23 and L-159 aircraft. He is married to Anna and has one daughter and two sons.
