Air Services

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

Formed in 1906, the Bulgarian Air Force is the aviation branch of the Military of Bulgaria

(Type inventory last updated 31st July 2023)

Combat

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 'Fulcrum'

MiG-29A

'23' @ Sofia Airshow 2014

'26' @ Sofia Airshow 2014

MiG-29UB

 '33' @ Sofia 2014 

 '33' @ Sofia 2014 

Sukhoi Su-25 'Frogfoot' 

Su-25UBK

'095' @ Sofia 2014

'095' @ Kecskemet 2013

Su-25K 

'240' @ Sofia 2014

'246' @ Sofia 2014

Trainers

Aero L-39 Albatros L-39ZA 

'202' and '205' @ Sofia 2014

'202' @ Sofia 2014

Pilatus PC-9M 

'668' @ Sofia 2014

'666' @ Sofia 2014

also

Zlin 242L

Transport

Pilatus PC-12M 

'020' @ Sofia 2014

'020' @ Sofia 2014

Alenia C-27J Spartan 

'073' and '072' @ Sofia 2014

'020' @ Kecskemet 2013

Let L-410 Turbolet 

L-410UVP-E3 '069' @ Sofia 

L-410UVP-E3 '069' @ Sofia 

Antonov An-26 

'070' @ Sofia 2014

'080' @ Sofia 2014

Antonov An-30 

'055' @ Sofia 2014

'055' @ Sofia 2014

Helicopters

Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar 

'706' @ Sofia 2014

'704' @ Sofia 2014

Mil Mi-17 

'419' @ Sofia 2014

'418' @ Sofia 2014

Bell 206B JetRanger 

'03' @ Sofia 2014

'01' @ Sofia 2014

Mil Mi-24

(currently thought to be in storage only)

'101' preserved @ Bulgarian Museum of Aviation, Plovdiv 2014 

'101' preserved @ Bulgarian Museum of Aviation, Plovdiv 2014

Recently retired

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 'Fishbed'

(Retired 31st December 2015)

MiG-21bis (SAU) 

 '243' @ Sofia 2014

 '114' @ Sofia 2014

MiG-21UM 

'28' @ Sofia 2014

'28' @ Sofia 2014

Antonov An-2

(Retired 23rd July 2023)

'027' @ Sofia 2014

'027' @ Sofia 2014

VIP Transport 

(Used by the 28th Air Detachment, based at Vrazhdebna Air Base, Sofia)

Airbus A319-112 CFM

LZ-AOB - Sofia 2014 

LZ-AOB - Farnborough 2023 

Dassault Falcon 2000

LZ-OOl - Sofia 2014

Mil Mi-8PS 

LZ-CAT - Sofia 2014 

Agusta A-109 

LZ-BMB - Sofia 2014  

Border Police 

Agusta A-109

520 - Sofia 2014