List of former Bulgarian military aircraft

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

class="wikitable sortable" width=96% ! style="text-align: left;"\|Aircraft ! style="text-align: left;"\|Local name ! style="text-align: left;"\|Origin ! style="text-align: left;"\|Type ! style="text-align: left;"\|{{abbr\|TOS\|Year Taken on strength}} ! style="text-align: left;"\|{{abbr\|WFU\|Year Withdrawn from use}} ! style="text-align: left;"\|#
Aero A.304	Pelikan	Czechoslovakia	Bomber	1939	1943	{{nts\|1}}
Aero L-29\|
\|Czechoslovakia	Trainer	1965	2002	{{nts\|150}}
Aero MB.200Bloch MB.200 built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Aero and Avia	Buhal (Owl)	France/Czechoslovakia	Bomber	1939	1941	{{nts\|6}}
Albatros B.I\|
\|Germany	Reconnaissance	1914	1916	{{nts\|2}}
Albatros C.IIIAlso built in Bulgaria as DAR-2 \|
\|Germany	Reconnaissance	1916	1934+	{{nts\|38}}+
Albatros D.III\|
\|Germany	Fighter	1918	1918	few
Albatros F.2\|
\|Germany	Utility	1912	1914	{{nts\|3}}
Albatros L 73\|
\|Germany	Transport	1929	?	{{nts\|2}}
Antonov An-2\|
\|USSR	Transport	1956	2001	{{nts\|87}}
Antonov An-14\|
\|USSR	Transport	1966	1993	{{nts\|8}}
Antonov An-24\|
\|USSR	Transport	1967	2001	{{nts\|12}}+
Arado Ar 65	Orel (Eagle)	Germany	Fighter	1937	1940	{{nts\|12}}
Arado Ar 96	Soyka (Jay)	Germany	Trainer	1940	1953	{{nts\|34}}
Arado Ar 196	Akula (Shark)	Germany	Recon floatplane	1943	1945	{{nts\|12}}
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3\|
\|United Kingdom	Reconnaissance	1917	?	{{nts\|1}}Captured
Avia B-71Tupolev SB built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Avia	Jerav (Crane)	USSR/Czechoslovakia	Bomber	1939	1945	{{nts\|42}}
Avia B-122	Osa (Wasp)	Czechoslovakia	Trainer	1939	1951	{{nts\|28}}
Avia B-135	Lyastovitsa (Swallow)	Czechoslovakia	Fighter	1943	1944	{{nts\|12}}
Avia B.534-IV	Dogan (Hunting Hawk)	Czechoslovakia	Fighter	1939	1945	{{nts\|78}}
Bleriot XI, XIbis and XI-2\|
\|France	Trainer/reconnaissance	1912	1916	{{nts\|16}}
Blériot XXI\|
\|France	Reconnaissance	1912	1913	{{nts\|1}}
Bristol Boxkite\|
\|United Kingdom	Trainer	1912	1912	{{nts\|1}}
Bristol Prier monoplane\|
\|United Kingdom	Trainer	1912	1913	{{nts\|6}}
Bristol Primary Trainer/Lucifer\|
\|United Kingdom	Trainer	1926	?	{{nts\|1}}
Bristol Type 88 Tourer\|
\|United Kingdom	Utility	1924	1926	{{nts\|5}}
Bücker Bü 131	Ljastovica (Swallow)	Germany	Trainer	1938	1949+	{{nts\|12}}-15
Bücker Bü 181\|
\|Germany	Trainer	1943	1944	{{nts\|15}}-24
Caudron C.59\|
\|France	Trainer	1924	?	{{nts\|3}}
Caudron C.440 Goéland\|
\|France	Transport	1936	1936	{{nts\|1}}
DAR 1 & 1A	Peperuda (Butterfly)	Bulgaria	Trainer	1926	1940+	{{nts\|20}}
DAR 3/Lazarov Laz-3	Garvan (Raven)	Bulgaria	Reconnaissance	1929	1940	{{nts\|31}}
DAR 5	Brambar (Beetle)	Bulgaria	Bomber	1930	?	{{nts\|1}}
DAR 6\|
\|Bulgaria	Trainer	1932	?	{{nts\|3}}
DAR 7\|
\|Bulgaria	?	1935	?	{{nts\|1}}
DAR 8	Slavei (Nightingale)	Bulgaria	Trainer	1940	1941	{{nts\|12}}
DAR 10	Bekas (Snipe)	Bulgaria	Reconnaissance	1941	1949	{{nts\|2}}
Dewoitine D.520\|
\|France	Fighter	1943	1947	{{nts\|120}}
DFW C.VaAlso built in Bulgaria as DAR U-1\|
\|Germany	Reconnaissance	1917	?	{{nts\|19}}
Dornier Do 11D	Prilep (Bat)	Germany	Bomber	1937	1941	{{nts\|12}}
Dornier Do 17	Uragan (Hurricane)	Germany	Bomber	1940	1945	{{nts\|44}}-51Some captured from Yugoslavia
Farman VII (via Russia)\|
\|France	Utility	1912	1915	{{nts\|5}}
Fieseler Fi 156C-3	Drozd (Thrush)	Germany	Reconnaissance/Liaison	1940	1953	{{nts\|19}}
Focke-Wulf A 20\|
\|Germany	Transport	1930	1934+	{{nts\|1}}
Focke-Wulf Fw 43\|
\|Germany	Trainer	1939	?	{{nts\|1}}
Focke-Wulf Fw 44Also built in Bulgaria as DAR-6 and DAR-9	Sinijert/Vrabche (Chickadee/Sparrow)	Germany	Trainer	1936	1957	{{nts\|109}}
Focke-Wulf Fw 56	Komar (Mosquito)	Germany	Trainer	1936	1940	{{nts\|6}}
Focke-Wulf Fw 58	Gulub (Dove)	Germany	Trainer/transport	1937	1950 c.	{{nts\|34}}
Focke-Wulf Fw 189A	Nebesno Oko (Eye of the Sky/ Sky eye)	Germany	Reconnaissance	1943	1950 c.	{{nts\|19}}
Fokker D.VII\|
\|Germany	Fighter	1918	1927+	{{nts\|8}}
Fokker E.III\|
\|Germany	Fighter	1915	1916	{{nts\|3}}
Friedrichshafen FF.33L\|
\|Germany	Recon floatplane	1916	1917	{{nts\|8}}
Grigorov-1\|
\|Bulgaria	Recon floatplane	?	?	{{nts\|1}}
Hanriot HD-14\|
\|France	Trainer	1924	?	{{nts\|1}}+
Heinkel He 42	Patica (Duck)	Germany	Recon floatplane	1942	?	{{nts\|2}}
Heinkel He 45B	Starkel (Stark?)	Germany	Bomber	1936	1942	{{nts\|12}}
Heinkel He 51B	Sokol (Falcon)	Germany	Fighter	1936	1940	{{nts\|12}}
Heinkel He 60	Tulen (Seal)	Germany	Reconnaissance	1942	1944	{{nts\|5}}
Heinkel He 72	Kanarche (Canary)	Germany	Trainer	1936	1940	{{nts\|6}}
Heinkel He 111H-16\|
\|Germany	Transport/Bomber	1943	1944	{{nts\|1}}
Ilyushin Il-2\|
\|USSR	Attack	1945	1958	{{nts\|130}}
Ilyushin Il-10/Avia B.33\|
\|USSR	Attack	1951	1958	{{nts\|100}} c.
Ilyushin Il-14\|
\|USSR	Transport	1958	1982	{{nts\|20}}+
Ilyushin Il-28\|
\|USSR	Bomber/reconnaissance	1955	1974	{{nts\|15}}
Jordanov-1\|
\|Bulgaria	Reconnaissance	1915	?	{{nts\|1}}
Junkers A 20
\|Germany	Bomber	1932	?	{{nts\|1}}
Junkers F 13\|
\|Germany	Transport	1927	1928	{{nts\|2}}
Junkers W 34\|
\|Germany	Transport	1944	1949 c.	{{nts\|1}}
Junkers Ju 52/3m	Sowa (Owl)	Germany	Transport	1938	1960	{{nts\|12}}
Junkers Ju 87	Sztuka (Stuka)	Germany	Bomber	1943	1945	{{nts\|52}}
Kamov Ka-25Tz\|
\|USSR	Anti-Submarine Helicopter	1984	1991	{{nts\|1}}
Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-1Caproni Ca.100 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.	Peperuda (Butterfly)	Italy	Trainer	1932	?	{{nts\|7}}
Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-2, 3, 4 & 5Caproni Ca.113 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.	Chuchuliga (Lark)	Italy	Trainer	1933	1949	{{nts\|107}}
Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-6/KB-309Caproni Ca.309 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.	Papagal (Parrot)	Italy/Bulgaria	Bomber	1940	1946	{{nts\|12}}
Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11	Fazan (Pheasant)	Bulgaria	Liaison	1940	1947	{{nts\|50}}
Lazarov Laz-7\|
\|Bulgaria	Trainer	1948	1967?	{{nts\|313}}
Lazarov Laz-8\|
\|Bulgaria	Transport	1949	1958	{{nts\|1}}
Let L-200\|
\|Czechoslovakia	Transport	1960	1964	{{nts\|4}}
Letov Š-18\|
\|Czechoslovakia	Trainer	1925	1926	{{nts\|10}}
Letov Š-328	Vrana (Crow or Raven)	Czechoslovakia	Reconnaissance	1939	1946	{{nts\|62}}
Lisunov Li-2\|
\|USSR	Transport	1946?	1979	{{nts\|12}}
LVG B.IIMisidentified in some sources as an LVG C.II as they were later armed.\|
\|Germany	Reconnaissance	1915	1917?	{{nts\|12}}
Messerschmitt Bf 108B	Lebed (Swan)	Germany	Liaison	1940	1944	{{nts\|6}}
Messerschmitt Bf 109	Strela (Arrow)	Germany	Fighter	1939	1947	{{nts\|168}}
MiG-15\|
\|USSR	fighter	1951	1981	{{nts\|272}} c.
MiG-17\|
\|USSR	Fighter	1955	1990	{{nts\|94}}+
Lim-6 \|
\|Poland	Fighter	?	?	{{nts\|31}}
MiG-19\|
\|USSR	Fighter	1958	1986	{{nts\|70}}+
MiG-21\|
\|USSR	Fighter/Attack/Reconnaissance	1963	2015	{{nts\|226}}
MiG-23\|
\|USSR	Fighter/Attack	1973	2004?	{{nts\|180}}
MiG-25Traded for MiG-23s\|
\|USSR	Reconnaissance	1982	1991	{{nts\|4}}
Mil Mi-1\|
\|USSR	Utility helicopter	1957	1993	{{nts\|4}}
Mil Mi-2\|
\|USSR	Transport helicopter	1957	?	{{nts\|42}}+
Mil Mi-4\|
\|USSR	Transport Helicopter	1957	1991	{{nts\|60}}
Mil Mi-6\|
\|USSR	Heavy Transport Helicopter	1972	1989	{{nts\|6}}
Mil Mi-8\|
\|USSR	Transport Helicopter	1970	?	{{nts\|36}}
Nieuport IV\|
\|France	Utility	1912	1913	{{nts\|2}}
Nieuport 24\|
\|France	Fighter	1917	1918	{{nts\|2}}
Otto C.I\|
\|Germany	Reconnaissance	1915	1917	{{nts\|13}}
Petlyakov Pe-2\|
\|USSR	Bomber	1945	1958	{{nts\|98}}
Polikarpov Po-2\|
\|USSR	Utility	1946	1969	{{nts\|1}}+
Potez VIII\|
\|France	Trainer	?	?	{{nts\|2}}
Potez XVII\|
\|France	Reconnaissance	1925	?	{{nts\|30}}
PZL P.24	Yastreb (Hawk)	Poland	Fighter	1937	1942	{{nts\|82}}
PZL.43	Chaika (Gull)	Poland	Bomber	1937	1944	{{nts\|47}}
PWS-26	Yunak (Hero)	Poland	Trainer	?	?	{{nts\|1}}
Roland D.II\|
\|Germany	Fighter	1917	1918	{{nts\|6}}
Roland D.III\|
\|Germany	Fighter	1918	1920	{{nts\|6}}
Sukhoi Su-22\|
\|USSR	Fighter-bomber	1984	2004	18 Su-22M4, 3 Suу-22UM
Sukhoi Su-25Grounded 2012. 10 to Georgia 2013. [http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n309317 "Bulgaria sells ten Su-25s to Georgia"]\|
\|USSR	Attack	1986	2012	{{nts\|42}}
Tupolev Tu-2\|
\|USSR	Bomber	1946	1954	{{nts\|36}}
Tupolev Tu-154M\|
\|USSR	Transport	1991	1999	{{nts\|1}}
Yakovlev Yak-9\|
\|USSR	Fighter/Trainer	1944	1955	{{nts\|180}}+
Yakovlev Yak-11\|
\|USSR	Trainer	1948	1991	{{nts\|50}}
Yakovlev Yak-12\|
\|USSR	Transport	1947	1948	{{nts\|2}}
Yakovlev Yak-18\|
\|USSR	Trainer	1958	1996	{{nts\|16}}+
Yakovlev Yak-23\|
\|USSR	Fighter	1949	1958 c.	{{nts\|24}}
Yakovlev Yak-40\|
\|USSR	Transport	1975	2001	{{nts\|1}}
Zlín Z 142\|
\|Czechoslovakia	Trainer	1995	1996	{{nts\|4}}

References

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=Bibliography=

[http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/bulgaria/af/types/dar.htm Bulgaria Air Force Aircraft Types] Accessdate:August 2014
[http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/bulgaria/af/bulgaf-not-used.htm Bulgaria Air Force Aircraft Types NOT Used] Accessdate:August 2014
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{{cite book|last=Nedialkov|first=Dimitar|title=Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part III|publisher=Fark Ood/Air Sofia|location=Sofia|year=2001|asin=B002M3RQS2}}
{{cite book|last=Nedialkov|first=Dimitar|title=Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part IV|publisher=Fark Ood/Air Sofia|location=Sofia|year=2001|asin=B002M3LX4A}}
{{cite book|last=Rajlich|first=Jiri|title=Slovakian and Bulgarian Aces of World War 2|series=Aircraft of the Aces 58|publisher=Osprey|year=2004|isbn=9781841766522}}

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