2017 Jul. – Shabla

From 16th to 18th July, on “Shabla” training area in the Republic of Bulgaria, the members of the Ministry of Defence of Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine and USA are conducting joint live firing against ...

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....