2017 May. – Larissa

On May 5, at Larissa airbase, Greece, was the final flight of the Hellenic Air Force RF-4E, the last “Recce” Phantoms in Europe.  The three RF-4s which took part in this final display included t...

2017 Apr. – F-35 in Bulgaria

On the 28 april 2017 two F-35A Lightning II aircraft and approximately 20 supporting Airmen arrived at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, today, from RAF Lakenheath, England. The F-35As are participat...

2017 Mar. – EAATTC-17

From 26 march was start the first European Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Course for 2017 (EAATTC 17-1), hosted by the Bulgarian Air force at Plovdiv Airbase. The exercise, initiated by the Europ...

Plovdiv Airport

A photo section from Plovdiv Airport showing interesting planes and helicopters I’ve taken during my visits there. Why do I make such attention to this airport – well, because I was ̶...

2016 Nov. – Heli Air

In almost all of November, the Heli-Air helicopter Mi-8 (LZ-CAV) replaced pylons on the 110 kV power line between the Asenovgrad substations and the North Rhodopes. Work was done in hard to reach plac...

2016 Oct. – A380 in Sofia

The world’s largest passenger aircraft Airbus A380, flown by a Bulgarian captain, made its first flight from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport on 16 October. Following a low pass over the Bulgarian capital...

2016 May. – Hemus

Anti terrorism demonstration from Bulgarian AF helicopters during the Hemus 2016 exhibition....