Krasimir Karakachanov

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Bulgaria will expect its first F-16 fighters after 36 months, according to the words of Krasimir Karakachanov, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. According to the minister, the contract between…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The focus of the North Atlantic Council's morning session, which took place yesterday (14th February), within the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, was the ongoing operations and missions in…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) -The regular meeting of the Defence Ministers of NATO member states began yesterday (13th February), at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov takes part in it,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence suspended the procedure for awarding a public procurement contract for the repair of the only An-30 for aerial cartography in service with the Bulgarian Air Force.…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The results of the Bulgarian armed forced shown in 2018 are positive and the past year can be considered as successful. This was announced by the Chief of Defence General Andrey Botsev before…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The most important project for the modernization of the Bulgarian armed forces, the one for the purchase of new armored vehicles, continues to be delayed after the latest MoD plans to send request…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Bulgaria has never been pressured to choose the F-16. “This is a Bulgarian sovereign decision. Bulgaria is our partner, a member of NATO and the EU." This, the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Eric…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The purchase of the F-16 fighters has provoked a new wave of verbal attacks between Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev and the government. This happened yesterday (28th January) after the Bulgarian…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Sweden remains ready to negotiate on the Gripen fighters in the procedure of selecting a new type of combat aircraft for the Bulgarian Air Forces, according to the official position of the…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Тoday, after holding a heated debates, Bulgaria’s Parliament, in the end, approved the government's proposal to start negotiations with the U.S. on the purchase of new F-16V Block 70 fighters as…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – At today's regular meeting, the Cabinet took a decision to propose to the National Assembly to consider and accept the report of the Council of Ministers as well as to request it to give a mandate…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Amid the heated debates over the purchase of a new type of combat aircraft, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry continues with its serious large-scale program for the maintenance of the old equipment in…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov and the Chief of Defence General Andrey Botsev took part in the traditional videoconference with the national commanders of the Bulgarian military…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Bulgarian Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov outlined a possible scenario for increasing the budget of the new type combat aircraft project, although he excluded such an option a month…

SOFIA, Bulgaria, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The repair of the Su-25 aircraft that Bulgaria’s MoD decided to be done for nearly BGN 100 million, by the Belarusian company 558 Aircraft Repair Plant, was likely to be carried out in Bulgaria by…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State expressed hope that the Bulgarian Air Force will operate the F-16 to protect the Bulgarian people, stressing that this concerns the national security. This, John…