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People's Republic of Bulgaria
in the Cold War

The People's Republic of Bulgaria became a member of the Warsaw Pact in 1955. During the Cold War Bulgaria was a direct neighbor of NATO. NATO member Turkey and Greece were the southern neighbors.

During the Cold War Bulgaria received military technology from the Soviet Union cheaply or freely. In case of war, the Soviet Odessa Military District and Black Sea Fleet would support them.

The District became subordinate to the South-Western Strategic Direction in the early 80s.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bulgarian Armies were stationed in the country. The 10th Composite Air Corps supported these forces.
 

 

Tactical air units of the Bulgarian Air Force

Bulgarian Air Force’s tactical air units in 1968

 

Soviet troops in Bulgaria in 1967

 

Bulgarian Air Force’s tactical air units in 1973

 

The Bulgarian Air Force’s tactical fighter units in the early seventies

 

Bulgarian Air Force’s 22nd Fighter Bomber Aviation Regiment MiG-17 Fresco at Bezmer

 

Bulgarian Air Force’s tactical air units in 1978

 

Bulgarian aviation crews retraining to MiG-23BN Flogger-H bomber at the Soviet Union

 

Bulgaria’s Cold War nuclear strike force

 

Bulgarian MiG-23BN Flogger-H History between seventies and eighties

 

Bulgarian Air Force’s tactical air units in 1983

 

Bulgarian MiG-21bis Fishbed-L/N type - Early years

 

Bulgarian nuclear bomber - MiG-23BN Flogger-H

 

Bulgarian Air Force’s tactical air units in 1988

 

Bulgarian advanced pilot training types in the second half of eighties

 

Bulgarian Su-22M4 Fitter-K Reconnaissance/bomber aircraft in the eighties

 

Bulgarian Air Force’s tactical air units - Sources