Bulgarian Air Force pilot Major Valentin Terziev died on June 9 when his MiG-29 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise, the Defence Ministry confirmed in a statement on June 10. Terziev had been taking part in a night exercise involving shooting at an airborne target. The ministry said that Read more…
The life jacket of the pilot of the lost fighter was found in the sea today at about 10 o’clock, BNT reported. The search for him continues. It involves forces and assets from the Navy, the Joint Special Operations Command, the Border Police and the Air Force. The Minister of Defense Georgi Panayotov is Read more…
A Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 crashed into the Black Sea in the early hours of June 9 while taking part in the Shabla 21 training exercise. A Ministry of Defence statement said that radio communication was lost and the aircraft disappeared from radar at 0.45am A search and rescue operation Read more…
The US Embassy said in a statement received by BTA on Saturday that it learned on May 28 of an incident that occurred during a military training exercise in Cheshnegirovo (South Central Bulgaria). “As part of Exercise Swift Response 21, between May 10-14, U.S. soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Read more…
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says the United States should deploy more troops along the Black Sea in Bulgaria and Romania to deter potential aggression from Russia as tensions between Moscow and Washington heat up. Esper, now a fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, said “I think we need Read more…
Bulgaria will host and share in a series of multinational military exercises in 2021 so as to enhance its armed forces’ operational capabilities, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry said in a press release on Monday. Between March and mid-June, over 30,000 troops of 26 NATO Member States will hone interoperability in simultaneous defence operations Read more…
Defense Minister Admiral Emil Eftimov will participate in the solemn ceremony dedicated to sending off the 42nd Bulgarian military contingent designated to participate in train, advise and assist Resolute Support NATO mission in Afghanistan. The ceremony will take place in Vasil Levski Square in Karlovo starting at 3:30 p.m. The contingent is made up of up Read more…
“This Friday is a good day for our aviation. At Bezmer Airport, we have eight Su-25 aircraft in full fighting trim and ready to perform combat flights. Two years ago we were faced with the prospect of not having any of them, and they are a major tool of our airfleet”, said Read more…
The Army is concentrating this year’s major European Defender exercise on training for high-end warfare in the Balkans and the Black Sea, the service’s top general there said last week. Speaking at an online forum of the Association of the United States Army, Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Read more…
Bulgaria’s ambassador in Moscow, Atanas Krastin, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on December 28 to be handed a note concerning the declaration of Bulgaria’s deputy military attache in the Russian capital as persona non grata, the Russian ministry said. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a media statement that Read more…