The Air Force's inventory numbers around 61 aircraft.Destruction and survival under the peace treaty (1919–1936)Destruction and survival under the peace treaty (1919–1936)Nedialkov, D. "Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria. 11, 1999, "Air Group 2000" Publishing, Sofia, BulgariaDugan and Stewart, 2002, pp. In 1945 in Vrazhdebna, near Sofia, the National Air-force School was created, which was later moved in Dolna Mitropolia. The cost of the contract was estimated at $1.67 billion.
According to the plan the following structure had to be achieved: Updated: Bulgaria Air with changes of its flight schedule. In 2016 Sofia issued a request for proposals for the purchase of eight multirole fighters, to be delivered by 2020.In October 2018, potential suppliers responded to a renewed tender for aircraft, consisting of new On 16 January 2019, the Bulgarian parliament approved the government's proposal to start negotiations with the US to purchase F-16V Block 70 aircraft. In 1933 the Bulgarian Council of Ministers approved the following wartime order of battle of the aviation: There were about 2,000 casualties, and about 4700 wounded, 12,000 damaged or ruined buildings and the total losses were estimated at nearly 24 billion dollars. Seven DFW C.V, Albatros C.III and a single Fokker D.VII were among the survivors. The deal would eventually bring the number of active service MiG-29 aircraft from 9 to 14, as Bulgaria also announced it was looking to overhaul the fleet and buy eight new or second-hand fighter jets during the coming year.In 2016, Bulgaria's government announced the Saab JAS 39 Gripen as the preferred candidate in the country's new combat aircraft competition. They were most active on the On 4 October 1918 the Bulgarian Tsar issued a Royal Act of Demobilization. From that moment on its air vehicles would carry a registration in the form B-B??? In 1931 Bulgaria signed the Warsaw Treaty, concerning international civil air activities and the country was assigned the new civil registration – LZ-??? A further 11 were outdated PZL.24B fighters, and the remainder were Avia B.534 biplanes.The first air strike against Bulgarian targets was carried out by 4 The war declared by the Kingdom of Bulgaria against the US and Great Britain was a tragedy for the little country. The city of Sofia and Bulgarian towns and villages were hit by air strikes in late 1943 and in 1944. Since the Gendarmery was at that time a service under the Ministry of War, the creation of the unit was met by fierce opposition by the Allied commission.
The Air Force order of battle comprised the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Army Aviation Orlyaks (Army Air Groups or air regiments), each attached to the correspondingly-numbered field army. The air arm also flew 19 Messerschmitt 109E fighters.
By 1943, the massive U.S. 9th Air Force had massed hundreds of four-engine heavy bombers in the Mediterranean. Bulgarian Air Force page - information, airshows, showdates and airbases in Bulgaria.
This resulted in military aviation being converted to its peacetime structure.The Chaika Naval Seaplane station at Varna was under Naval command. (the latter three signs being a combination of capital letters). The city of Plovdiv used to house the headquarters of the Tactical Aviation Command and is still a place of significance as it houses a number of logistical and operational support units of the Bulgarian Air Force. Bulgaria Air continues operating in most of its direct destinations. In all, 187 inhabited places were attacked, 45,000 destructive and incendiary bombs were dropped. In addition, at least ten aviation engines (The Bulgarian government tried to get around the ban for military flight activity by establishing a Gendarmery Aeroplane Section in 1919.
The town of The 1927 structure of the Directorate was the following: The 2nd Missile Air Defence Brigade is also based in the vicinities of the city and is responsible for the air defence of the central part of the country. Later, being inspired by the flight, they succeeded to convince the General Staff that the Bulgarian Army should build a balloon force.
In 2015 the last of MiG-21s were put out of service and the attack and defence branches of the Bulgarian air force relied solely on MiG-29s.In 2006 the Bulgarian government signed a contract with On 11 November 2016, the Bulgarian government signed a 21.8-million euro contract for 10 MiG-29 engines (four new and six repaired), with the first pair scheduled to arrive by April 2017. In 1923 the first group of cadets, called "student-flyers" entered the Flying school at Vrazhdebna AF.
Those were machines of the During the course of 1926 the Airplane School was moved to the geographical center of the country. Bulgarian pilots fought an enemy outnumbering them by 10 to 50 times. In 1912 The Bulgarian balloon observers also took part in the war. Dobroslavtsi Air Base used to house a fighter squadron (flying Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23) of the 18th Fighter Air Regiment - an integral part of the 1st Air Defence Division. Each orlyak had a fighter, a line bomber and two reconnaissance yatos (Squadrons). Dobroslavtsi has been the main air defence asset of the capital Sofia right until its deactivation in 2002