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Some mo rare Mig-25 pix:
Some mo rare Mig-25 pix:
Hello, I am also from Bulgaria.
While I was there I went to the war museum and took some pictures.
^^^ Nice pix GeZe, 10x! This is the National Museum of History in Boyana, I go jogging there sometimes and it's really exciting seeing these old classic aircraft.
Nearly two weeks ago the fourth bulgarian Cougar arrived from France in Krumovo Airbase. Our pilots and army chiefs are really pleased with this heli, which seems to be really capable. Here is the Coughar doing some insane acrobatic performance:
Some static:
Ready for service:
*update*
some fresh pix from this summer:
Let L-410UVP-E3 Turbolet
MiG-29 Fulcrum
^ the last picture is awesome, havn't seen it before. Thanks for posting.
Some pictures from the ongoing joint training exercise between the United States and Bulgarian Airforce - Rodopi Javelin 2007:
F-16 and Mig-29 in flight after second wave of tasks. Leader is General Radev with bord 33:
Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Pone, commander of 510 squadron:
Colonel Dash Wilmot, F-16 pilot examines the ZSh-5 helmet as he prepares for a flight on Mig-29:
Bord 33 taxiing back after a finished task:
Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base central stand:
The F-16 are from 31-st fighter Wing based in Aviano air base in Italy.
Last edited by Boyko_Borisov; 10-23-2007 at 06:47 PM.
Today, the first Bulgarian C-27J Spartan arrived in Sofia Airport. Here is the first shots of it:
Good news:
Bulgaria's first refurbished MiG-29 fighter re-enters service
The Bulgarian air force's first of 16 refurbished RSK MiG-29 fighters re-entered service on 29 November, following a successful check flight conducted at Graf Ignatievo air base.
Bulgaria's 12 single-seat MiG-29s and four two-seat trainers will have their service lives extended to 4,000 flight hours or 40 years under a $48 million refurbishment and life-extension project awarded to prime contractor RSK MiG in March 2006.
Bulgaria's Terem also assists in the work, which is performed at Graf Ignatievo. Six more aircraft will enter service by March 2008, with the remainder to follow within a further 12 months.
source: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...re-enters.html
Some pictures:
Author: Airfan
Author: Anton Balakchiev
Author: Ognyan Stefanov
Does Bulgarian MiG-29 (and Su-25) received any avionics upgrades to make them compatible with NATO airspace (like on Polish and Slovak MiGs) - the NATO IFF, GPS, TACAN, VOR/ILS - that kind of stuff.
Can you post how Bulgarian Air Force is organized and I would love you for the s/n of Bulgarian MiGs.
As far as I know only Su-25 has gone through some upgrades with GPS, TACAN, ILS and VOR.
For Mig-29 there's nothing right now, since most of the planes have to go through major repairs but I guess upgrades will be done as soon as all planes are refurbished. Mig-29 has been very active in international training exercises in the rescent years (check out Rodopi Javelin), so it badly needs these upgrades.
About the serial numbers I have to do some research first but for now: 01, 04, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33.
What exactly do you want to know?Originally Posted by corran.pl
More good news:
Latest Eurocopter AS 532AL Coughar s/n 707 arrived at Krumovo Airbase:
Mig-29 s/n 04 (future 14) is back in the sky after being refurbished:
Author: Bayko
And the last news is good for the Air Force, but bad for the NAVY. Our MoD is delaying the purchase of new corvettes (probably french Gowind) in favor of the new multirole fighter. Favorites for now are F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Jas-39 Grippen. Also other candidates are F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, Eurofighter Typhoon and Rafale.
Why Super Hornet and Gripen (one "p") ?
Those are two aircrafts of two different classes ? Super Hornet is over two times more expensive then Gripen or F-16, and Super Hornet was designed to bee carrier based aircraft and you really can get something better for the money (like F-15E+ or two times more of F-16s or Gripens).
A lot of people like Gripen becouse of its lower price. Also Saab is offering really good offset with it. And there are some pilots (probably the one flying Mig-21) who like it becouse of its smaller size, being hard to detect.
The "Super Hornet" however offers the best solution for price/capabilities (including APG-79 AESA radar) and is the favorite choice amongst pilots and other military personal. Also McDonnell Douglas will provide 12 refurbished F-5 with the package for training and air policing .
In 2005 our goverment signed a deal with Eurocopter for 12 "Cougar" AS352 and 6 "Panther" AS323 for total 358 million euro. Cougars alone cost 230 mln. (~19.2 mln euro a piece). Seven Cougars arrived so far.
(source)
BuAF Winter Edition:
Author: Anton Balakchiev
Author: Chavdar Garchev
The newly refurbished 01, 04 and 32 back in action.
M e r r y . C h r i s t m a s !
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