Bulgaria Air Force

Bulgarski Voenno Vzdushni Sili

Bezmer (LBIA) 22 Air Base
RWY 11/29 POS 42°27'18"N 026°21'08"E ELEV 509 ft Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
22 Shturmova Aviacionna Basa (22.ShtAB)	1/22 Shturmova Avio Eskadrila	Su-25K Su-25UBK

Only a handful of Su-25s are servicable like this SU-25UBK 017.

Boyan Georgiev

L-39ZA 203 is coming in for landing at its home-base.

Boyan Georgiev

Dolna Mitropolia (LBPL) 12 Air Base
RWY 10L/28R, 10R/28L POS 43°27'06"N 024°30'11"E ELEV 330 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
UAGr.	Utchebna Avio Eskadrila L-39	L-39ZA

	Utchebna Avio Eskadrila PC9	PC-9M

	Utchebna Avio Eskadrilla Zlin 242	Z242

	Technical School	various GI airframes

Graf Ignatievo (LBPG) 3 Air Base
RWY 08/26 POS 42°17'27"N 024°42'51"E ELEV 643 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
3 Iztrebitelna Aviacionna Basa (3.IAB)		F-16C/D (o/o)

Plovdiv (LBPD) Krumovo, 24 Air Base
RWY 13/31 POS 42°04'04"N 024°51'03"E ELEV 597 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
24 Vertoletna Aviacionna Basa (24.VAB)	1/3 Iztrebitelna Avio Eskadrila	MiG-29A MiG-29UB

	1/24 Vertoletna Avio Eskadrila	Mi-24V

	2/24 Vertoletna Avio Eskadrila	AS532UL Mi-17

	Otdelna Uchebno Aviozveno	Bell 206B-3

The Mig 29's are temp. based ad the civil side of the airport due to WIP at Graf Ignatievo.

A total of four Mi-24s should be operational again within the BVVS.

René Sleegers

Twelve AS532ULs are in use with 2/24 Vertoletna Avio Eskadrila next to the Mi-17.

Boyan Georgiev

Sofia (LBSF) Vrazhdebna, 16 Transport Air Base
RWY 09/27 POS 42°41'43"N 023°24'22"E ELEV 1742 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
16 Transportna Aviacionna Basa (16.TrAB)	1/16 Transportna Avio Eskadrila	An-30 (awaiting overhaul) C-27J L-410UVP-E PC-12M

Ministerstvo na Vatreshnite Raboty	Praviteltven Aviootryad 28	A319-112 Falcon 2000 Mi-8PS

Aviootyad28 is the government flying agency.

Three C-27Js have replaced the older Russian transport types.

Boyan Georgiev

An-2 027 was the sole example of this venerable type in service but has stopped flying,

Boyan Georgiev

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