Kusintha kwa Bulgarian Air Force
Mu 1989-1990, Bulgarian ndege asilikali analandira 22 omenyana MiG-29, kuphatikizapo 18 mpando umodzi kumenyana ndi 4 mipando iwiri ophunzitsa nkhondo.
Pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria Air Force idachepetsedwa kwambiri ndikukonzedwanso. Zomwe zidasintha pakusintha ndege zankhondo zaku Bulgaria kukhala zaku Western zinali Bulgaria kulowa NATO, zomwe zidachitika mu 2004. Pakalipano, pulogalamu yofunika kwambiri yamakono a Bulgaria Air Force ndi kugula omenyera maudindo osiyanasiyana.
Sukulu ya Air Force
Maphunziro ongopeka a oyendetsa ndege aku Bulgaria amachitika ku dipatimenti ya ndege ya National Military University, ndipo maphunziro othandizira ndege amachitidwa ndi gawo la 12 la maphunziro oyendetsa ndege. Onse a National Military University ndi eyapoti yomwe ili ndi 12th Air Base ili m'mudzi wa Dolna Mitropoli.
Chigamulo choti ndi ndani mwa ma cadet omwe adzaphunzitsidwa pa ndege komanso omwe ali pa helikopita amapangidwa pamodzi ndi Air Force Command ndi dipatimenti ya ndege ya National Military University. Ophunzira omwe amasankhidwa kuti aphunzire ndege amatumizidwa ku gulu loyenerera ndege lomwe lili ku Dolna Mitropoli Airport, komwe amaphunzitsidwa pa ndege za Pilatus PC-9M, ndipo omwe amasankhidwa kuti aphunzire za helikopita amatumizidwa ku Plodiv-Krumovo Airport, komwe kuli malo ophunzirira ndege odziyimira pawokha. ndi ma helikoputala a Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III.
Ophunzitsa a Pilatus PC-9M turboprop amagwiritsidwa ntchito pophunzitsa zoyambira komanso zapamwamba zoyendetsa ndege. Panopa pali ophunzira pafupifupi khumi pachaka. Pazaka ziwiri, ndege za PK-9M zimafika maola 200 othawa. Kenako ma cadet amaphunzitsidwa mwaukadaulo komanso kumenya nkhondo pa ndege ya Aero Vodochody L-39ZA Albatros yophunzitsira nkhondo.
Poyamba, Bulgaria ankafuna kugula 12 RS-9M turboprop ophunzitsa, koma pamapeto pake, chiwerengero cha anagula ndege za mtundu umenewu yafupika asanu. Mgwirizano wogula makina asanu ndi limodzi amtundu uwu ndi kupereka kwa ndege imodzi yamitundu yambiri ya Pilatus PC-12M, yokonzedwa kuti iyendetse ma VIP, idasainidwa pa December 5, 2003 (mtengo wamtengo wapatali: 32 miliyoni mayuro). Ndege za PK-9M zokhala ndi zowonetsera zamakristalo amadzimadzi ambiri zidaperekedwa mu Novembala-December 2004.
Ndege zophunzitsira za Aero Vodochody L-39ZA Albatros zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Air Training Squadron. Mwa ndege 36 zogulidwa zamtunduwu (kuphatikiza 18 mu 1986 ndi 18 mu 1991), khumi ndi awiri okha omwe akugwira ntchito ndi Bulgaria Air Force. Zina zonse zidagulitsidwa kumayiko ena kapenanso ogwiritsa ntchito payekha. Mu 2004, ndege zisanu za L-39ZA Albatros zidasinthidwa ndi kampani ya Israeli Radom ndi kampani yaku Bulgarian Bulgarian Avionics Services (BAS) kuchokera ku Sofia. Ntchitoyi idachitikira pamalo okonzera ndege ku Bezmer. Monga gawo la kukweza, VOR (VHF Omnidirectional), ILS (Instrument Landing System), DME (Distance Measuring Equipment), GPS (Global Positioning System) ndi TACAN (Tactical Navigation Assistance) olandila anaikidwa.
