Departing from the Lockheed Martin assembly plant in Greenville, South Carolina, on March 31, Bulgaria’s first F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcon fighter jet arrived at Graf Ignatievo (3rd Fighter Air… Continue reading "New Era for Bulgaria’s Air Force: First F-16 Block 70 Lands at Graf Ignatievo Base"
On January 31, 2025, Bulgaria’s Defense Minister, Atanas Zapryanov, attended a handover ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina, to receive the country’s first F-16 Block 70 fighter… Continue reading "Bulgaria Receives First F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet from Lockheed Martin"
AERO Vodochody Aerospace, the Czech Republic’s largest aircraft manufacturer, has finished work on the first of two L-39ZA Albatros trainer and light attack aircraft of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF), which… Continue reading "Bulgaria Receives Its First Modernized L-39ZA Albatros Training And Light Attack Aircraft"
The Bulgarian Air Force is struggling with the maintenance of its MiG-29 fleet amidst delayed deliveries of F-16Vs ordered back in the 2010s. In order to stabilize the situation and… Continue reading "Bulgaria Struggles With MiG-29 Fleet Maintenance, Asks Poland For Aid"
While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to pose a threat to European security, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on April 4, that the sale of eight F-16… Continue reading "The US Approves Sale of 8 F-16 Fighter Jets To Bulgaria"
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on 2nd April , that Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $512m firm-fixed-price contract for F-16 Block 70 production for the Republic of Bulgaria.… Continue reading "Bulgaria Orders F-16s"
President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, on 23 July, imposed his presidential veto on the $1.3 billion deal to procure 8 F-16Vs from the United States. Three days later, Bulgaria’s parliament… Continue reading "Bulgarian President Vetoes F-16V Procurement Only to be Overruled by Parliament"