By a decision of the caretaker cabinet, Bulgaria will purchase another eight F-16 fighter jets from the US. In this way the Bulgarian Air Force will have a full squadron of 16 new fighter aircraft, caretaker Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said, as..
“There is a risk of Bulgaria’s air force being incapable of carrying combat duty,” said caretaker Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov as he presented his team. “The MIG-29 aircraft will be fit for action until mid-2023. Negotiations are underway..
The Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jets will be overhauled in Poland again, as announced after a meeting between the interim military minister Dimitar Stoyanov and representatives of the Polish embassy. The agreement is for the exchange and repair of six..
The Ministry of Defence has ensured full possible transparency of the entire process for the purchase of the second batch of F-16 aircraft. On social media, outgoing Defence Minister Dragomir Zakov pointed out that Bulgaria’s request about..
The ministers of "BSP for Bulgaria" have left the meeting of the Council of Ministers, where the offer received from the USA for a second batch of eight F-16s and the progress of the negotiations were discussed. The news was reported to..
An offer for the new F-16 aircraft is expected to be received from the US soon, outgoing Minister of Defense Dragomir Zakov said for bTV. In his words, the first eight fighter jets ordered are already on the assembly line. "B y 2028 ,..
The United States has not exerted any pressure on Bulgaria with regard to the North Macedonia issue, the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United States Georgi Panayotov said hours after US President Joe Biden officially accepted his..
France is ready to support Bulgaria so the country does not lose any defence capabilities until the time it receives the F-16 fighter aircraft from USA, the presidency announced after a telephone conversation between the Presidents of Bulgaria..
The second batch of eight F-16 fighter jets could be delivered by 2027 . This was said by Defence Minister Dragomir Zakov to the Defence Committee in Parliament. "We are still in talks with the American side. We have not yet reached the stage of..
I expect the Bulgarian government to consider all possible options for the purchase of 8 more planes for our fighter aviation , President Rumen Radev commented on the US approval for Sofia to buy 8 more F-16s, adding them to the 8 already paid for...
