Bulgaria will continue operating its MiG-29 fighter jets to protect its airspace and meet its NATO obligations until the new F-16 Block 70 aircraft become fully operational, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said in a written response to a parliamentary question. The response, published on the National Assembly website, came after Democratic Bulgaria MP Ivaylo Mirchev asked whether the Defense Ministry had contacted Poland about a possible purchase of MiG-29 aircraft.

Bulgaria's Air Force spent this week at the center of an unusually candid public admission: the country's Soviet-era MiG-29s are running out of spare parts, the American F-16s…

Bulgaria will continue operating its MiG-29 fighter jets to protect its airspace and meet its NATO obligations until the new F-16 Block 70 aircraft become fully operational,…

Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry has launched a public procurement procedure worth 17 million euros, including VAT, for the repair of up to 10 engines for the country’s MiG-29 fighter…