Aviation Photography
Tweet Between 21 and 23rd of October 2013 two Eurofighter Typhoon from 4º Stormo based in Grosseto, Italy were deployed at Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria. The deployment was part of the efforts to sell used Typhoons to the Bulgarian Air Force.
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
Tweet 30 October 2016 – the second day of my trip. This was the first really big event I visited. JASDF make sure the static exposition was perfect. They even showed us their new Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin. The event was huge with enormous amount of people and a lot of flying activity with really beautiful...
Tweet Right after I landed at Narita, Japan on October 29th, 2016 I drove to the near by Shimofusa Airshow. It was small airshow for Japanese standards but with some nice visitors.
Tweet On 7th October 2016 ceremony was held at Bezmer Airbase to celebrate its 65th anniversary and the 30th anniversary in service with the Bulgarian Air Force of Sukhoi Su-25. Gates were opened at 9am and the celebration started at 10am with speech of the Chief of Defence. On static display were two single-seaters Sukhoi...
Tweet In April 2015 bilateral exercise Thracian Eagle 2015-1 was held at Graf Ignatievo Airbase. The participants were BuAF MiG-29, Su-25, anti-aircraft missile complexes and F-15C/D Eagle from 159th Fighter Wing – Louisiana Air National Guard based in New Orleans, LA. During the missions, pilots have trained on air-to-air fighting and on the Balkan country’s anti-aircraft missile defence...
Tweet On 24th June 2015 at Graf Ignatievo airbase Textron presented its new light attack trainer Scorpion. The main goal was to demonstrate its capabilities to the Bulgarian Air Force. As part of demonstration two Bulgarian military pilots flew with Textron instructor pilots. As stated by Textron representatives Scorpion is offered to Bulgarian Air Force...
Tweet On 8th September 2015 I had the privilege to visit the airbase for my last night photosession of the veteran MiG-21. The gallery is below.
Tweet MiG-21 farewell ceremony took place at Graf Ignatievo Airbase on 18 December 2015. That day was the last day MiG-21 flew with the Bulgarian Air Force.
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