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Vrazhdebna Air Base, Sofia; Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Plovdiv region; Krumovo Air Base, Plovdiv region; Bezmer Air Base, Yambol region; Nebneb Air Base, Burgas region; Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base, Pleven region
Krumovo Air Base (military area of Plovdiv Airport) used to house the 44th Helicopter Air Regiment (flying Mil Mi-17s, Mil Mi-8s and Mil Mi-2s) of the 10th Combined Air Corps. According to the major restructuring plans, it became an air base and when 23rd AHAB disbanded, one of its squadrons became 2nd Attack Helicopter Squadron of the 24th HAB.
Pages in category "Military installations of Bulgaria" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... List of Bulgarian military bases; Bezmer Air ...
The modern Bulgarian military dates back to 1878. On 22 July 1878 (10 July O.S.) a total of 12 battalions of opalchentsi who participated in the Liberation war, formed the Bulgarian Armed Forces. [5] According to the Tarnovo Constitution, all men between 21 and 40 years of age were eligible for military service.
In 1937, during the traditional military parade of St. George's Day (National Day of Bravery and of the patron-saint of the Bulgarian Armed Forces), military aircraft officially debuted as a part of the armed forces after a nearly two-decade hiatus. A month later Boris III himself presented the Bulgarian air regiments with their new combat ...
List of Bulgarian military bases; E. ... List of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II This page was last edited on 9 October 2012, at 15:14 (UTC). ...
Bezmer Air Base (IATA: JAM, ICAO: LBIA) is an air base for the Bulgarian Air Force.The base is situated in the eastern part of the Upper Thracian Lowland, in Yambol Oblast (Region), 10 km west of the city of Yambol and 30 km southeast of the city of Sliven, between the villages of Bezmer and Bolyarsko, and near the Sofia-Burgas railway.
A seaplane base at Peinerdzhika (or Peynerdjik) was established by the Imperial German Navy Air Service and opened in early spring 1916 during World War I. It was handed over to the Bulgarian Navy in April 1918 and became its main air base. On 5 April 1941 it became the base for Luftwaffe floatplanes of 7 Seenotdienststaffel. It is home to the ...