Bulgaria is to be gifted surplus Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to help prepare the country for the arrival of its first F-16V Block 70s.

A surplus US Air Force F-16 at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Arizona. Bulgaria is to be gifted two such aircraft to help prepare the country’s air force for the latest F-16V Block 70 from 2023. (309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group)

The donation, announced by the US embassy in Sofia on 20 October, comprises a pair of decommissioned US Air Force (USAF) F-16s that will be used to train pilots and maintainers on the type ahead of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) receiving the first of its eight F-16Vs.

Bulgaria is to be gifted surplus Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to help prepare the country for the arrival of its first F-16V Block 70s.

A surplus US Air Force F-16 at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Arizona. Bulgaria is to be gifted two such aircraft to help prepare the country’s air force for the latest F-16V Block 70 from 2023. (309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group)

The donation, announced by the US embassy in Sofia on 20 October, comprises a pair of decommissioned US Air Force (USAF) F-16s that will be used to train pilots and maintainers on the type ahead of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) receiving the first of its eight F-16Vs.

Bulgaria is to be gifted surplus Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to help prepare the country for the arrival of its first F-16V Block 70s.

A surplus US Air Force F-16 at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Arizona. Bulgaria is to be gifted two such aircraft to help prepare the country’s air force for the latest F-16V Block 70 from 2023. (309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group)

The donation, announced by the US embassy in Sofia on 20 October, comprises a pair of decommissioned US Air Force (USAF) F-16s that will be used to train pilots and maintainers on the type ahead of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) receiving the first of its eight F-16Vs.

Bulgaria is to be gifted surplus Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to help prepare the country for the arrival of its first F-16V Block 70s.

A surplus US Air Force F-16 at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Arizona. Bulgaria is to be gifted two such aircraft to help prepare the country’s air force for the latest F-16V Block 70 from 2023. (309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group)

The donation, announced by the US embassy in Sofia on 20 October, comprises a pair of decommissioned US Air Force (USAF) F-16s that will be used to train pilots and maintainers on the type ahead of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) receiving the first of its eight F-16Vs.

Bulgaria is to be gifted surplus Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to help prepare the country for the arrival of its first F-16V Block 70s.

A surplus US Air Force F-16 at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Arizona. Bulgaria is to be gifted two such aircraft to help prepare the country’s air force for the latest F-16V Block 70 from 2023. (309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group)

The donation, announced by the US embassy in Sofia on 20 October, comprises a pair of decommissioned US Air Force (USAF) F-16s that will be used to train pilots and maintainers on the type ahead of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) receiving the first of its eight F-16Vs.

Bulgaria is to be gifted surplus Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to help prepare the country for the arrival of its first F-16V Block 70s.

A surplus US Air Force F-16 at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Arizona. Bulgaria is to be gifted two such aircraft to help prepare the country’s air force for the latest F-16V Block 70 from 2023. (309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group)

The donation, announced by the US embassy in Sofia on 20 October, comprises a pair of decommissioned US Air Force (USAF) F-16s that will be used to train pilots and maintainers on the type ahead of the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) receiving the first of its eight F-16Vs.