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Gen. Rusev: By the End of the Year We Will Have 11 Pilots for F-16

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By the end of the year, Bulgaria will have 11 prepared pilots for the F-16 aircraft, and in April the number is expected to reach 15. This was stated by the commander of the Air Force Major General Nikolai Rusev in “The Day Begins” on BNT. According to him, Bulgaria already has eight F-16 aircraft, which are being actively absorbed by the Bulgarian Air Force. “Bulgaria has eight planes, everyone knows that. We master the plane, the planes fly ac…

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By the end of the year, Bulgaria will have 11 prepared pilots for the F-16 aircraft, and in April the number is expected to reach 15. This was stated by the commander of the Air Force Major General Nikolai Rusev in “The Day Begins” on BNT. According to him, Bulgaria already has eight F-16 aircraft, which are being actively absorbed by the Bulgarian Air Force. “Bulgaria has eight planes, everyone knows that. We master the plane, the planes fly ac…

A total of 32 pilots are being trained for the expected 16 F-16 fighter jets, with 11 pilots trained by the end of this year, and 15 next year. This was announced by the Commander of the Air Force (Air Force), Major General Nikolay Rusev...

The Bulgarian Air Force continues the training of pilots and the acquisition of the new F-16 fighters. By the end of this year, the country should...

By the end of the year, Bulgaria will have 11 prepared pilots for the F-16 aircraft, and in April the number is expected to reach 15, Air Force Commander Major General Nikolay Rusev told BNT.

The Bulgarian Air Force already has eight trained F-16 pilots, and by the end of the year their number should reach 11. Four more are expected in April, bringing the total number of trained pilots to 15, Air Force Commander Major General Nikolay Rusev told BNT. The eight F-16 Block 70 aircraft, which are already in Bulgaria, are flying actively and have accumulated a total of about 700 hours in the air. The big goal is to train a total of 32 pil…

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