Archive For The “from 2017” Category

Tweet Between 26th March and 6th April 2017 the first part of European Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Course was held at Plovdiv International Airport. The exercise was initiated by the European Defence Agency (EDA) and run together with the European Air Transport Command (EATC). Participating countries were five with five transport planes and more than 100…

Tweet On 22th April 2017 celebration of 75th anniversary of Dolna Mitropolia airbase was held. On static exposition were shown numerous of military machines – SAMs, aircraft and etc. On flying display 3 x L-39ZA and 2 x PC-9M entertained the public.  

Tweet Balkan Spartan 2017 took place at Sofia Airport (military side) between June 7th and 16th 2017. Participants were Bulgarian Air Force, Italian Air Force, Lithuanian Air Force and with crew only – Slovakia.

Tweet On April 28th, 2017 two USAF F-35 Lightning II arrived at Graf Ignatievo Airbase, Bulgaria. Both jets are part of group of 8 aircraft from 34th Fighter Squadron based in Hill AFB that are currently deployed at RAF Lakenheath, UK