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 AircraftLocal nameOriginType#Aero A.304PelikanCzechoslovakiaBomber19391943Aero L-29-CzechoslovakiaTrainer19652002Aero MB.200Bloch MB.200 built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Aero and AviaBuhal (Owl)France/CzechoslovakiaBomber19391941Albatros B.I-GermanyReconnaissance19141916Albatros C.IIIAlso built in Bulgaria as DAR-2 -GermanyReconnaissance19161934++Albatros D.III-GermanyFighter19181918fewAlbatros F.2-GermanyUtility19121914Albatros L 73-GermanyTransport1929?Antonov An-2-USSRTransport19562001Antonov An-14-USSRTransport19661993Antonov An-24-USSRTransport19672001+Arado Ar 65Orel (Eagle)GermanyFighter19371940Arado Ar 96Soyka (Jay)GermanyTrainer19401953Arado Ar 196Akula (Shark)GermanyRecon floatplane19431945Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3-United KingdomReconnaissance1917?CapturedAvia B-71Tupolev SB built under licence in Czechoslovakia by AviaJerav (Crane)USSR/CzechoslovakiaBomber19391945Avia B-122Osa (Wasp)CzechoslovakiaTrainer19391951Avia B-135Lyastovitsa (Swallow)CzechoslovakiaFighter19431944Avia B.534-IVDogan (Hunting Hawk)CzechoslovakiaFighter19391945Bleriot XI, XIbis and XI-2-FranceTrainer/reconnaissance19121916Blériot XXI-FranceReconnaissance19121913Bristol Boxkite-United KingdomTrainer19121912 Bristol Prier monoplane-United KingdomTrainer19121913Bristol Primary Trainer/Lucifer-United KingdomTrainer1926?Bristol Type 88 Tourer-United KingdomUtility19241926Bücker Bü 131Ljastovica (Swallow)GermanyTrainer19381949+-15Bücker Bü 181-GermanyTrainer19431944-24Caudron C.59-FranceTrainer1924?Caudron C.440 Goéland-FranceTransport19361936DAR 1 & 1APeperuda (Butterfly)BulgariaTrainer19261940+DAR 3/Lazarov Laz-3Garvan (Raven)BulgariaReconnaissance19291940DAR 5Brambar (Beetle)BulgariaBomber1930?DAR 6-BulgariaTrainer1932?DAR 7-Bulgaria?1935?DAR 8Slavei (Nightingale)BulgariaTrainer19401941DAR 10Bekas (Snipe)BulgariaReconnaissance19411949Dewoitine D.520-FranceFighter19431947DFW C.VaAlso built in Bulgaria as DAR U-1-GermanyReconnaissance1917?Dornier Do 11DPrilep (Bat)GermanyBomber19371941 Dornier Do 17Uragan (Hurricane)GermanyBomber19401945-51Some captured from YugoslaviaFarman VII (via Russia)-FranceUtility19121915Fieseler Fi 156C-3Drozd (Thrush)GermanyReconnaissance/Liaison19401953Focke-Wulf A 20-GermanyTransport19301934+Focke-Wulf Fw 43-GermanyTrainer1939?Focke-Wulf Fw 44Also built in Bulgaria as DAR-6 and DAR-9Sinijert/Vrabche (Chickadee/Sparrow)GermanyTrainer19361957Focke-Wulf Fw 56Komar (Mosquito)GermanyTrainer19361940Focke-Wulf Fw 58Gulub (Dove)GermanyTrainer/transport19371950 c.Focke-Wulf Fw 189ANebesno Oko (Eye of the Sky/ Sky eye)GermanyReconnaissance19431950 c.Fokker D.VII-GermanyFighter19181927+Fokker E.III-GermanyFighter19151916Friedrichshafen FF.33L-GermanyRecon floatplane19161917 Grigorov-1-BulgariaRecon floatplane??Hanriot HD-14-FranceTrainer1924?+Heinkel He 42Patica (Duck)GermanyRecon floatplane1942?Heinkel He 45BStarkel (Stark?)GermanyBomber19361942Heinkel He 51BSokol (Falcon)GermanyFighter19361940Heinkel He 60Tulen (Seal)GermanyReconnaissance19421944Heinkel He 72Kanarche (Canary)GermanyTrainer19361940Heinkel He 111H-16-GermanyTransport/Bomber19431944Ilyushin Il-2-USSRAttack19451958Ilyushin Il-10/Avia B.33-USSRAttack19511958 c.Ilyushin Il-14-USSRTransport19581982+Ilyushin Il-28-USSRBomber/reconnaissance19551974Jordanov-1-BulgariaReconnaissance1915?Junkers A 20-GermanyBomber1932?Junkers F 13-GermanyTransport19271928Junkers W 34-GermanyTransport19441949 c.Junkers Ju 52/3mSowa (Owl)GermanyTransport19381960Junkers Ju 87Sztuka (Stuka)GermanyBomber19431945Kamov Ka-25Tz-USSRAnti-Submarine Helicopter19841991Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-1Caproni Ca.100 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.Peperuda (Butterfly)ItalyTrainer1932?Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-2, 3, 4 & 5Caproni Ca.113 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.Chuchuliga (Lark)ItalyTrainer19331949Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-6/KB-309Caproni Ca.309 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.Papagal (Parrot)Italy/BulgariaBomber19401946Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11Fazan (Pheasant)BulgariaLiaison19401947Lazarov Laz-7-BulgariaTrainer19481967?Lazarov Laz-8-BulgariaTransport19491958Let L-200-CzechoslovakiaTransport19601964Letov Š-18-CzechoslovakiaTrainer19251926Letov Š-328Vrana (Crow or Raven)CzechoslovakiaReconnaissance19391946Lisunov Li-2-USSRTransport1946?1979LVG B.IIMisidentified in some sources as an LVG C.II as they were later armed.-GermanyReconnaissance19151917?Messerschmitt Bf 108BLebed (Swan)GermanyLiaison19401944Messerschmitt Bf 109Strela (Arrow)GermanyFighter19391947MiG-15-USSRfighter19511981 c.MiG-17-USSRFighter19551990+ Lim-6 -PolandFighter??MiG-19-USSRFighter19581986+MiG-21-USSRFighter/Attack/Reconnaissance19632015MiG-23-USSRFighter/Attack19732004?MiG-25Traded for MiG-23s-USSRReconnaissance19821991Mil Mi-1-USSRUtility helicopter19571993Mil Mi-2-USSRTransport helicopter1957?+Mil Mi-4-USSRTransport Helicopter19571991Mil Mi-6-USSRHeavy Transport Helicopter19721989Mil Mi-8-USSRTransport Helicopter1970?Nieuport IV-FranceUtility19121913Nieuport 24-FranceFighter19171918Otto C.I-GermanyReconnaissance19151917Petlyakov Pe-2-USSRBomber19451958Polikarpov Po-2-USSRUtility19461969+Potez VIII-FranceTrainer??Potez XVII-FranceReconnaissance1925?PZL P.24Yastreb (Hawk)PolandFighter19371942PZL.43Chaika (Gull)PolandBomber19371944PWS-26Yunak (Hero)PolandTrainer??Roland D.II-GermanyFighter19171918Roland D.III-GermanyFighter19181920Sukhoi Su-22-USSRFighter-bomber1984200418 Su-22M4, 3 Suу-22UMSukhoi Su-25Grounded 2012. 10 to Georgia 2013. "Bulgaria sells ten Su-25s to Georgia"-USSRAttack19862012Tupolev Tu-2-USSRBomber19461954 Tupolev Tu-154M-USSRTransport19911999 Yakovlev Yak-9-USSRFighter/Trainer19441955+Yakovlev Yak-11-USSRTrainer19481991Yakovlev Yak-12-USSRTransport19471948Yakovlev Yak-18-USSRTrainer19581996+Yakovlev Yak-23-USSRFighter19491958 c.Yakovlev Yak-40-USSRTransport19752001Zlín Z 142-CzechoslovakiaTrainer19951996

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Bibliography Bulgaria Air Force Aircraft Types Accessdate:August 2014 Bulgaria Air Force Aircraft Types NOT Used Accessdate:August 2014