In February, during the Thracian Thunder 2016 exercise a small group of photographers had the unique chance to shoot the two tank busters in low level action near the city of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. 1. http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/50350b48bc9f42873619b311179ae43b/IMG_1201-2.jpg 2. http:...
Two days ago the first two Iraq Air Force L-159A aircraft made a refueling stop in Plovdiv during their delivery flight from Czech Republic to Iraq. 1 http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/7e9606e9c2711a4fa952e8648567fe22/IMG_8568-2.jpg 2 http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/78a69347356...
Two weeks ago I had the unique chance to be on board of Bulgarian AF C-27J during an epic flight over southern Bulgaria. The flight was part of the first joint training of Bulgarian and Polish Air Forces which took place in Graf Ignatievo air base between 28th September and 7th October. The particip...
Some photos that were taken last week during regular night flights in Graf Ignatievo Air Base. 1. http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/5ce396892d880c5753ff5e3c51a9c6f3/IMG_6890-2.jpg 2. http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/ccfbadd9596df074ac30ca9b7b24e1f7/IMG_6923-2.jpg 3. http://www.b...
The Textron AirLand Scorpion prototype was presented to Bulgarian Air Force officers in Graf Ignatievo last week. During the presentation two Bulgarian pilots were able to fly the aircraft and become familiar with its capabilities. 1 http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/1bc590ed701ad8778c7fb6...
The exercise through my lens: 1 http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/56e792e7325b584b8d2a9f867e03eac8/IMG_3418-2.jpg 2 http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/85409231b76aa76a887da036e4d4ca51/IMG_3437-2.jpg 3 http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/2875f1b5c0cf10f70af02c823a924421/IMG...
Important for all those guys who are planning to visit the airport for rehearsal on Friday. Today I spoke with the security service of Sofia Airport. Their advice is to stay (at least) on 5 meters distance from the fence. If you are at the fence or you are with a ladder it could cost a problems with...
The rehearsal is scheduled for Friday at 1245 local time.
The latest message is about security measures... I don't find it very important for the aviation enthusiast it's more about the common people which planning to visit the event.