Bulgarian Air Force
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The Bulgarian Air Force is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the other two being the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian land forces. Its mission is to guard and protect the sovereignty of Bulgarian airspace, and jointly with the other branches, to protect territorial integrity. The Bulgarian Air Force is one of the oldest air forces in Europe and the world. In recent times it has been actively taking part in numerous NATO missions and exercises in Europe.
Boris Maslennikov's airplane in flight, Sofia 1910
Simon Petrov in a Bleriot XI 1912
Bulgarian airmen in captured British Armstrong Whitworth FK.3
A Bulgarian-manufactured DAR-10 training plane was inspired by Polish PZL.43 light bomber. DAR produced small numbers of locally designed aircraft
Nieuport 24
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The Nieuport 24 was a World War I French sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed by Gustave Delage as a development of the successful Nieuport 17.
Nieuport 24bis trainers
Japanese Nakajima Ko-3, a licence built Nieuport 24
Nieuport 24 C.1 drawing