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Joop de Groot's Photo Gallery

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261 @ LBPG - Co-operative Key 2005 participant.
261 @ LBPG		 358 @ LBPG - Participant during Co-operative Key 2005
358 @ LBPG		 515 @ LBPG - This aircraft hasn't been flying for quite a while: it has a birds nest in the intake.
515 @ LBPG
017 @ LBPG - Although slowly disappearing from the skies, the Bulgarian air force still operates the Su-25.
017 @ LBPG		 21 @ LBPD - Krumovo Museum
21 @ LBPD		 209 @ LBPD - A recent arrival to the museum is this Mi-2.
209 @ LBPD
030 @ LBPD - preserved in the Bulgarian AF museum
030 @ LBPD		 030 @ LZSL - Nowadays the Bulgarian air force has no An-24's on strength anymore. This aircraft was sold in 2000 as LZ-CBB.
030 @ LZSL		 20 @ LBPD - This MiG-21 was probably used by some demonstration team. Now it's resting in the Krumovo museum.
20 @ LBPD
3 @ LBPD - One of only two preserved Ar-196 world wide.
3 @ LBPD		 7 @ LBPD - Ex 326 of the Bulgarian AF
7 @ LBPD		 03 @ LBPG - The Co-operative Key 2001 exercise brought lots of Bulgarian planes to Graf Ignatievo. A great first impression on this air force.
03 @ LBPG
04 @ LBPG - In 2001 this was one of just a few operation MiG-29's. After an update more came available in latter years.
04 @ LBPG		 066 @ LBPG - One of the shelters at Graf Ignatievo proved to be the place to take pictures.
066 @ LBPG		 27 @ LBPD - This is one of the few remaing Tu-2's in the world.
27 @ LBPD
54 @ LBPD - This helo is in a very bad shape. It's on a dump behind the museum.
54 @ LBPD		 002 @ LBPG - CK01 participant
002 @ LBPG		 138 @ LBPG - The Mi-24D has now been withdrawn in the Bulgarian AF.
138 @ LBPG
362 @ LZSL - This bright coloured MiG-21 was a participant of the 1998 Co-operative Change exercise.
362 @ LZSL		 30 @ LBPG - In 2001 this was one of the few active MiG-29s. After recent upgrades the Fulcrums are back in the air.
30 @ LBPG		 503 @ LBPG - The Bulgarian Su-22 was last used in the recce role. This one has the KKR recce pod underneath the fuselage.
503 @ LBPG
29 @ LBPG - In Bulgaria the MiG-21 is still going strong.
29 @ LBPG		 139 @ GRAF IGNAT - The Albatros is still the jet trainer of the Bulgarian AF. It is also used for weapons training.
139 @ GRAF IGNAT		 246 @ LBPG - This impressive fighter taxies in after landing. Bulgaria is one of the last air forces to operate the Su-25.
246 @ LBPG
516 @ LBPG - This MiG-21 is one of the oldest in the Bulgarian inventory. In 2005 it was stored in a dispersal area and will probably be scrapped.
516 @ LBPG		 202 @ LBPG - This L-39 played the role of light attack aircraft during Co-operative Key 2005
202 @ LBPG		 75 @ LBPG - Many MiG-21's are stored at graf Ignatievo. This MiG-21 is among these and has been stripped of its rear fuselage.
75 @ LBPG
22 @ LBPG - During Co-operative Key 2001 the MiG-21 and MiG-29 of the Bulgarian AF flew a great number of missions.
22 @ LBPG		 903 @ LBPG - Now in storage at Graf Ignatievo air base.
903 @ LBPG		 04 @ LBPG - This MiG-29 received a major overhaul and returned to service in 2007.
04 @ LBPG
345 @ LBPG - This storage area shows the great many different color schemes the MiG-21 has had in Bulgarian service.
345 @ LBPG		 850 @ LBPG - In 2001 this MiG-21 was still active; not long afterwards it was put into storage.
850 @ LBPG		 664 @ LBPG - The Bulgarian PC-9 looks fabulous in its black and gold colors scheme.
664 @ LBPG
503 @ GRAF IGNAT - One of the last times the Bulgarian Su-22 was seen in an exercise was during the 2001 Cooperative Key. The Su-22 was withdrawn afterwards.
503 @ GRAF IGNAT		   

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