ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka pūʻali mokulele Bulgarian
I ka makahiki 1989-1990, ua loaʻa i ka mokulele Bulgarian pūʻali koa he 22 MiG-29 mau mea kaua, me 18 mau noho hoʻokahi a me 4 mau mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua pālua.
Ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Warsaw Pact, ua hōʻemi nui ʻia ka Air Force Bulgarian a hoʻonohonoho hou ʻia. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mokulele pūʻali Bulgarian i nā kūlana Komohana ʻo ia ke komo ʻana o Bulgaria i NATO, i hana ʻia ma 2004. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka papahana koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana o ka Bulgarian Air Force ʻo ia ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea hakakā multi-role.
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ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o nā mea hoʻokele o ka mokulele Bulgarian ma ke keʻena mokulele o ka National Military University, a ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nei ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa lele ʻana e ka 12th aviation training base. Aia ka National Military University a me ke kahua mokulele me ka 12th Air Base ma ke kauhale o Dolna Mitropoli.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo i ka mea o nā cadet e aʻo ʻia ma nā mokulele a ʻo wai ma luna o nā helikopa e hana pū ʻia e ka Air Force Command a me ke keʻena mokulele o ka National Military University. Hoʻouna ʻia nā haumāna i koho ʻia no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mokulele i ka squadron hōʻoia lele aia ma Dolna Mitropoli airport, kahi i aʻo ʻia ai lākou ma ka mokulele Pilatus PC-9M, a ʻo nā mea i koho ʻia no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa helikopter e hoʻouna ʻia i Plodiv-Krumovo airport, kahi i hoʻolako ʻia ai kahi kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa lele autonomous. me nā helikopter Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Pilatus PC-9M turboprop no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka mokulele maʻamau. Aia i kēia manawa ma kahi o ʻumi haumāna i kēlā me kēia makahiki. I loko o ʻelua makahiki, hiki i ka mokulele PK-9M i 200 mau hola lele. A laila, hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā cadets i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua ʻana ma ka mokulele hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua Aero Vodochody L-39ZA Albatros.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, manaʻo ʻo Bulgaria e kūʻai i 12 RS-9M turboprop trainers, akā i ka hopena, ua hoʻemi ʻia ka helu o nā mokulele i kūʻai ʻia o kēia ʻano i ʻeono. ʻO kaʻaelike no ke kūʻaiʻana i nā mīkiniʻeono o kēiaʻano a no ka hoʻolakoʻana i hoʻokahi mokulele mokulele Pilatus PC-12M, i hoʻolālāʻia no ka laweʻana i nā VIP, ua hoʻopaʻa inoaʻia ma ka lā 5 o Dekemaba, 2003 (ka waiwai o kaʻaelike: 32 miliona euros). ʻO ka mokulele PK-9M i hoʻolako ʻia me nā hōʻike aniani wai multifunctional i hāʻawi ʻia i Nowemapa-Dekemapa 2004.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā mokulele hoʻomaʻamaʻa Aero Vodochody L-39ZA Albatros e ka Air Training Squadron. ʻO nā mokulele 36 i kūʻai ʻia o kēia ʻano (me 18 i 1986 a me 18 i 1991), he ʻumikūmālua wale nō e lawelawe nei me ka Bulgarian Air Force. Ua kūʻai ʻia ke koena i nā ʻāina ʻē a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohana pilikino. Ma 2004, ʻelima mau mokulele L-39ZA Albatros i hoʻonui ʻia e ka hui Israeli Radom a me ka hui Bulgarian Bulgarian Avionics Services (BAS) mai Sofia. Ua hana ʻia ka hana ma ka kahua hoʻoponopono mokulele ʻo Bezmer. Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻonui ʻana, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea hoʻokipa VOR (VHF Omnidirectional), ILS (Instrument Landing System), DME (Distance Measuring Equipment), GPS (Global Positioning System) a me TACAN (Tactical Navigation Assistance).
