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This is a list of aircraft formerly used by the Bulgarian Air Force and Bulgarian Navy. For aircraft currently in service, see List of active Bulgarian military aircraft.

Aircraft

Aircraft Local name Origin Type TOS WFU #
Aero A.304 - Czechoslovakia Bomber 1939 1943 1
Aero L-29 - Czechoslovakia Trainer 1965 2002 150
Aero MB.200[note 1] Buhal (Owl) France/Czechoslovakia Bomber 1939 1941 6
Albatros B.I - Germany Reconnaissance 1914 1916 2
Albatros C.III[note 2] - Germany Reconnaissance 1916 1934+ 38+
Albatros D.III - Germany Fighter 1918 1918 few
Albatros F.2 - Germany Utility 1912 1914 3
Albatros L 73 - Germany Transport 1929 ? 2
Antonov An-2 - USSR Transport 1956 2001 87
Antonov An-14 - USSR Transport 1966 1993 8
Antonov An-24 - USSR Transport 1967 2001 12+
Arado Ar 65 Orel (Eagle) Germany Fighter 1937 1940 12
Arado Ar 96 Soyka (Jay) Germany Trainer 1940 1953 34
Arado Ar 196 Akula (Shark) Germany Recon floatplane 1943 1945 12
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3 - United Kingdom Reconnaissance 1917 ? 1[note 3]
Avia B-71[note 4] Jerav (Crane) USSR/Czechoslovakia Bomber 1939 1945 42
Avia B-122 Osa (Wasp) Czechoslovakia Trainer 1939 1951 28
Avia B-135 Lyastovitsa (Swallow) Czechoslovakia Fighter 1943 1944 12
Avia B.534-IV Dogan (Hunting Hawk) Czechoslovakia Fighter 1939 1945 78
Bleriot XI, XIbis and XI-2 - France Trainer/reconnaissance 1912 1916 16
Blériot XXI - France Reconnaissance 1912 1913 1
Bristol Boxkite - United Kingdom Trainer 1912 1912 1
Bristol Prier monoplane - United Kingdom Trainer 1912 1913 6
Bristol Primary Trainer/Lucifer - United Kingdom Trainer 1926 ? 1
Bristol Type 88 Tourer - United Kingdom Utility 1924 1926 5
Bücker Bü 131 Ljastovica (Swallow) Germany Trainer 1938 1949+ 12-15
Bücker Bü 181 - Germany Trainer 1943 1944 15-24
Caudron C.59 - France Trainer 1924 ? 3
Caudron C.440 Goéland - France Transport 1936 1936 1
DAR 1 & 1A Peperuda (Butterfly) Bulgaria Trainer 1926 1940+ 20
DAR 3/Lazarov Laz-3 Garvan (Raven) Bulgaria Reconnaissance 1929 1940 31
DAR 5 Brambar (Beetle) Bulgaria Bomber 1930 ? 1
DAR 6 - Bulgaria Trainer 1932 ? 3
DAR 7 - Bulgaria ? 1935 ? 1
DAR 8 Slavei (Nightingale) Bulgaria Trainer 1940 1941 12
DAR 10 Bekas (Snipe) Bulgaria Reconnaissance 1941 1949 2
Dewoitine D.520 - France Fighter 1943 1947 120
DFW C.Va[note 5] - Germany Reconnaissance 1917 ? 19
Dornier Do 11D Prilep (Bat) Germany Bomber 1937 1941 12
Dornier Do 17 Uragan (Hurricane) Germany Bomber 1940 1945 44-51[note 6]
Farman VII (via Russia) - France Utility 1912 1915 5
Fieseler Fi 156C-3 Drozd (Thrush) Germany Reconnaissance/Liaison 1940 1953 19
Focke-Wulf A 20 - Germany Transport 1930 1934+ 1
Focke-Wulf Fw 43 - Germany Trainer 1939 ? 1
Focke-Wulf Fw 44[note 7] Sinijert/Vrabche
(Chickadee/Sparrow)		 Germany Trainer 1936 1957 109
Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Komar (Mosquito) Germany Trainer 1936 1940 6
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Gulub (Dove) Germany Trainer/transport 1937 1950 c. 34
Focke-Wulf Fw 189A Nebesno Oko (Eye of the Sky/ Sky eye) Germany Reconnaissance 1943 1950 c. 19
Fokker D.VII - Germany Fighter 1918 1927+ 8
Fokker E.III - Germany Fighter 1915 1916 3
Friedrichshafen FF.33L - Germany Recon floatplane 1916 1917 8
Grigorov-1 - Bulgaria Recon floatplane ? ? 1
Hanriot HD-14 - France Trainer 1924 ? 1+
Heinkel He 42 Patica (Duck) Germany Recon floatplane 1942 ? 2
Heinkel He 45B Starkel (Stark?) Germany Bomber 1936 1942 12
Heinkel He 51B Sokol (Falcon) Germany Fighter 1936 1940 12
Heinkel He 60 Tulen (Seal) Germany Reconnaissance 1942 1944 5
Heinkel He 72 Kanarche (Canary) Germany Trainer 1936 1940 6
Heinkel He 111H-16 - Germany Transport/Bomber 1943 1944 1
Ilyushin Il-2 - USSR Attack 1945 1958 130
Ilyushin Il-10/Avia B.33 - USSR Attack 1951 1958 100 c.
Ilyushin Il-14 - USSR Transport 1958 1982 20+
Ilyushin Il-28 - USSR Bomber/reconnaissance 1955 1974 15
Jordanov-1 - Bulgaria Reconnaissance 1915 ? 1
Junkers A 20 - Germany Bomber 1932 ? 1
Junkers F 13 - Germany Transport 1927 1928 2
Junkers W 34 - Germany Transport 1944 1949 c. 1
Junkers Ju 52/3m Sowa (Owl) Germany Transport 1938 1960 12
Junkers Ju 87 Sztuka (Stuka) Germany Bomber 1943 1945 52
Kamov Ka-25Tz - USSR Anti-Submarine Helicopter 1984 1991 1
Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-1[note 8] Peperuda (Butterfly) Italy Trainer 1932 ? 7
Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-2, 3, 4 & 5[note 9] Chuchuliga (Lark) Italy Trainer 1933 1949 107
Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-6/KB-309[note 10] Papagal (Parrot) Italy/Bulgaria Bomber 1940 1946 12
Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan (Pheasant) Bulgaria Liaison 1940 1947 50
Lazarov Laz-7 - Bulgaria Trainer 1948 1967? 313
Lazarov Laz-8 - Bulgaria Transport 1949 1958 1
Let L-200 - Czechoslovakia Transport 1960 1964 4
Letov Š-18 - Czechoslovakia Trainer 1925 1926 10
Letov Š-328 Vrana (Crow or Raven) Czechoslovakia Reconnaissance 1939 1946 62
Lisunov Li-2 - USSR Transport 1946? 1979 12
LVG B.II[note 11] - Germany Reconnaissance 1915 1917? 12
Messerschmitt Bf 108B Lebed (Swan) Germany Liaison 1940 1944 6
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Strela (Arrow) Germany Fighter 1939 1947 168
MiG-15 - USSR fighter 1951 1981 272 c.
MiG-17 - USSR Fighter 1955 1990 94+
Lim-6 - Poland Fighter ? ? 31
MiG-19 - USSR Fighter 1958 1986 70+
MiG-21 - USSR Fighter/Attack/Reconnaissance 1963 2015 226
MiG-23 - USSR Fighter/Attack 1973 2004? 180
MiG-25[note 12] - USSR Reconnaissance 1982 1991 4
Mil Mi-1 - USSR Utility helicopter 1957 1993 4
Mil Mi-2 - USSR Transport helicopter 1957 ? 42+
Mil Mi-4 - USSR Transport Helicopter 1957 1991 60
Mil Mi-6 - USSR Heavy Transport Helicopter 1972 1989 6
Mil Mi-8 - USSR Transport Helicopter 1970 ? 36
Nieuport IV - France Utility 1912 1913 2
Nieuport 24 - France Fighter 1917 1918 2[note 3]
Otto C.I - Germany Reconnaissance 1915 1917 13
Petlyakov Pe-2 - USSR Bomber 1945 1958 98
Polikarpov Po-2 - USSR Utility 1946 1969 1+
Potez VIII - France Trainer ? ? 2
Potez XVII - France Reconnaissance 1925 ? 30
PZL P.24 Yastreb (Hawk) Poland Fighter 1937 1942 82
PZL.43 Chaika (Gull) Poland Bomber 1937 1944 47
PWS-26 Yunak (Hero) Poland Trainer ? ? 1
Roland D.II - Germany Fighter 1917 1918 6
Roland D.III - Germany Fighter 1918 1920 6
Sukhoi Su-22 - USSR Fighter-bomber 1984 2004 18 Su-22M4, 3 Suу-22UM
Sukhoi Su-25[note 13][1] - USSR Attack 1986 2012 42
Tupolev Tu-2 - USSR Bomber 1946 1954 36
Tupolev Tu-154M - USSR Transport 1991 1999 1
Yakovlev Yak-9 - USSR Fighter/Trainer 1944 1955 180+
Yakovlev Yak-11 - USSR Trainer 1948 1991 50
Yakovlev Yak-12 - USSR Transport 1947 1948 2
Yakovlev Yak-18 - USSR Trainer 1958 1996 16+
Yakovlev Yak-23 - USSR Fighter 1949 1958 c. 24
Yakovlev Yak-40 - USSR Transport 1975 2001 1
Zlín Z 142 - Czechoslovakia Trainer 1995 1996 4

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Bulgaria sells ten Su-25s to Georgia"

Notes

  1. ^ Bloch MB.200 built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Aero and Avia
  2. ^ Also built in Bulgaria as DAR-2
  3. ^ a b Captured
  4. ^ Tupolev SB built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Avia
  5. ^ Also built in Bulgaria as DAR U-1
  6. ^ Some captured from Yugoslavia
  7. ^ Also built in Bulgaria as DAR-6 and DAR-9
  8. ^ Caproni Ca.100 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.
  9. ^ Caproni Ca.113 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.
  10. ^ Caproni Ca.309 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.
  11. ^ Misidentified in some sources as an LVG C.II as they were later armed.
  12. ^ Traded for MiG-23s
  13. ^ Grounded 2012. 10 to Georgia 2013.

Bibliography

  • Bulgaria Air Force Aircraft Types Accessdate:August 2014
  • Bulgaria Air Force Aircraft Types NOT Used Accessdate:August 2014
  • Nedialkov, Dimitar (2001). Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part II. Sofia: Fark Ood/Air Sofia. ASIN B004LCRNEY.
  • Nedialkov, Dimitar (2001). Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part III. Sofia: Fark Ood/Air Sofia. ASIN B002M3RQS2.
  • Nedialkov, Dimitar (2001). Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part IV. Sofia: Fark Ood/Air Sofia. ASIN B002M3LX4A.
  • Rajlich, Jiri (2004). Slovakian and Bulgarian Aces of World War 2. Aircraft of the Aces 58. Osprey. ISBN 9781841766522.
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