This is a list of aircraft formerly used by the Bulgarian Air Force and Bulgarian Navy. For aircraft currently in service, see List of active Bulgarian military aircraft.
| Aircraft | Local name | Origin | Type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero A.304 | Pelikan | Czechoslovakia | Bomber | 1939 | 1943 | |||||
| Aero L-29 | - | Czechoslovakia | Trainer | 1965 | 2002 | |||||
| Aero MB.200[1] | Buhal (Owl) | France/Czechoslovakia | Bomber | 1939 | 1941 | - not used, misidentified Otto C.I | Ago C.I--> | |||
| Albatros B.I | - | Germany | Reconnaissance | 1914 | 1916 | - Confused for Albatros B.I | Albatros C.I--> | |||
| Albatros C.III[2] | - | Germany | Reconnaissance | 1916 | 1934+ | + | ||||
| Albatros D.III | - | Germany | Fighter | 1918 | 1918 | few | ||||
| Albatros F.2 | - | Germany | Utility | 1912 | 1914 | |||||
| Albatros L 73 | - | Germany | Transport | 1929 | ? | |||||
| Antonov An-2 | - | USSR | Transport | 1956 | 2001 | - Used by civil operators only | Antonov An-12--> | |||
| Antonov An-14 | - | USSR | Transport | 1966 | 1993 | |||||
| Antonov An-24 | - | USSR | Transport | 1967 | 2001 | + | ||||
| Arado Ar 65 | Orel (Eagle) | Germany | Fighter | 1937 | 1940 | |||||
| Arado Ar 96 | Soyka (Jay) | Germany | Trainer | 1940 | 1953 | |||||
| Arado Ar 196 | Akula (Shark) | Germany | Recon floatplane | 1943 | 1945 | |||||
| Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3 | - | United Kingdom | Reconnaissance | 1917 | ? | [3] | ||||
| Avia B-71[4] | Jerav (Crane) | USSR/Czechoslovakia | Bomber | 1939 | 1945 | |||||
| Avia B-122 | Osa (Wasp) | Czechoslovakia | Trainer | 1939 | 1951 | |||||
| Avia B-135 | Lyastovitsa (Swallow) | Czechoslovakia | Fighter | 1943 | 1944 | |||||
| Avia B.534-IV | Dogan (Hunting Hawk) | Czechoslovakia | Fighter | 1939 | 1945 | |||||
| Bleriot XI, XIbis and XI-2 | - | France | Trainer/reconnaissance | 1912 | 1916 | |||||
| Blériot XXI | - | France | Reconnaissance | 1912 | 1913 | |||||
| Bristol Boxkite | - | United Kingdom | Trainer | 1912 | 1912 | |||||
| Bristol Prier monoplane | - | United Kingdom | Trainer | 1912 | 1913 | |||||
| Bristol Primary Trainer/Lucifer | - | United Kingdom | Trainer | 1926 | ? | |||||
| Bristol Type 88 Tourer | - | United Kingdom | Utility | 1924 | 1926 | |||||
| Bücker Bü 131 | Ljastovica (Swallow) | Germany | Trainer | 1938 | 1949+ | -15 | ||||
| Bücker Bü 181 | - | Germany | Trainer | 1943 | 1944 | -24 | ||||
| Caudron C.59 | - | France | Trainer | 1924 | ? | |||||
| Caudron C.440 Goéland | - | France | Transport | 1936 | 1936 | |||||
| DAR 1 & 1A | Peperuda (Butterfly) | Bulgaria | Trainer | 1926 | 1940+ | |||||
| DAR 3/Lazarov Laz-3 | Garvan (Raven) | Bulgaria | Reconnaissance | 1929 | 1940 | |||||
| DAR 5 | Brambar (Beetle) | Bulgaria | Bomber | 1930 | ? | |||||
| DAR 6 | - | Bulgaria | Trainer | 1932 | ? | |||||
| DAR 7 | - | Bulgaria | ? | 1935 | ? | |||||
| DAR 8 | Slavei (Nightingale) | Bulgaria | Trainer | 1940 | 1941 | |||||
| DAR 10 | Bekas (Snipe) | Bulgaria | Reconnaissance | 1941 | 1949 | |||||
| Dewoitine D.520 | - | France | Fighter | 1943 | 1947 | |||||
| DFW C.Va[5] | - | Germany | Reconnaissance | 1917 | ? | |||||
| Dornier Do 11D | Prilep (Bat) | Germany | Bomber | 1937 | 1941 | |||||
| Dornier Do 17 | Uragan (Hurricane) | Germany | Bomber | 1940 | 1945 | -51[6] | ||||
| Farman VII (via Russia) | - | France | Utility | 1912 | 1915 | |||||
| Fieseler Fi 156C-3 | Drozd (Thrush) | Germany | Reconnaissance/Liaison | 1940 | 1953 | |||||
| Focke-Wulf A 20 | - | Germany | Transport | 1930 | 1934+ | |||||
| Focke-Wulf Fw 43 | - | Germany | Trainer | 1939 | ? | |||||
| Focke-Wulf Fw 44[7] | Sinijert/Vrabche (Chickadee/Sparrow) | Germany | Trainer | 1936 | 1957 | |||||
| Focke-Wulf Fw 56 | Komar (Mosquito) | Germany | Trainer | 1936 | 1940 | |||||
| Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | Gulub (Dove) | Germany | Trainer/transport | 1937 | 1950 c. | |||||
| Focke-Wulf Fw 189A | Nebesno Oko (Eye of the Sky/ Sky eye) | Germany | Reconnaissance | 1943 | 1950 c. | |||||
| Fokker D.VII | - | Germany | Fighter | 1918 | 1927+ | |||||
| Fokker E.III | - | Germany | Fighter | 1915 | 1916 | |||||
| Friedrichshafen FF.33L | - | Germany | Recon floatplane | 1916 | 1917 | |||||
| Grigorov-1 | - | Bulgaria | Recon floatplane | ? | ? | - not used | Hansa-Brandenburg C.I--> | |||
| Hanriot HD-14 | - | France | Trainer | 1924 | ? | + | ||||
| Heinkel He 42 | Patica (Duck) | Germany | Recon floatplane | 1942 | ? | |||||
| Heinkel He 45B | Starkel (Stark?) | Germany | Bomber | 1936 | 1942 | - not used, confused for He 45 | Heinkel He 46--> | |||
| Heinkel He 51B | Sokol (Falcon) | Germany | Fighter | 1936 | 1940 | |||||
| Heinkel He 60 | Tulen (Seal) | Germany | Reconnaissance | 1942 | 1944 | |||||
| Heinkel He 72 | Kanarche (Canary) | Germany | Trainer | 1936 | 1940 | |||||
| Heinkel He 111H-16 | - | Germany | Transport/Bomber | 1943 | 1944 | |||||
| Ilyushin Il-2 | - | USSR | Attack | 1945 | 1958 | |||||
| Ilyushin Il-10/Avia B.33 | - | USSR | Attack | 1951 | 1958 | c. | ||||
| Ilyushin Il-14 | - | USSR | Transport | 1958 | 1982 | + | ||||
| Ilyushin Il-28 | - | USSR | Bomber/reconnaissance | 1955 | 1974 | |||||
| Jordanov-1 | - | Bulgaria | Reconnaissance | 1915 | ? | |||||
| Junkers A 20 | - | Germany | Bomber | 1932 | ? | |||||
| Junkers F 13 | - | Germany | Transport | 1927 | 1928 | |||||
| Junkers W 34 | - | Germany | Transport | 1944 | 1949 c. | |||||
| Junkers Ju 52/3m | Sowa (Owl) | Germany | Transport | 1938 | 1960 | - confused for Hungarian 86Ds | Junkers Ju 86--> | |||
| Junkers Ju 87 | Sztuka (Stuka) | Germany | Bomber | 1943 | 1945 | |||||
| Kamov Ka-25Tz | - | USSR | Anti-Submarine Helicopter | 1984 | 1991 | - used by civil gov't agency, not military | Kamov Ka-26--> | |||
| Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-1[8] | Peperuda (Butterfly) | Italy | Trainer | 1932 | ? | |||||
| Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-2, 3, 4 & 5[9] | Chuchuliga (Lark) | Italy | Trainer | 1933 | 1949 | |||||
| Kaproni-Bulgarski KB-6/KB-309[10] | Papagal (Parrot) | Italy/Bulgaria | Bomber | 1940 | 1946 | |||||
| Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 | Fazan (Pheasant) | Bulgaria | Liaison | 1940 | 1947 | |||||
| Lazarov Laz-7 | - | Bulgaria | Trainer | 1948 | 1967? | |||||
| Lazarov Laz-8 | - | Bulgaria | Transport | 1949 | 1958 | |||||
| Let L-200 | - | Czechoslovakia | Transport | 1960 | 1964 | |||||
| Letov Š-18 | - | Czechoslovakia | Trainer | 1925 | 1926 | |||||
| Letov Š-328 | Vrana (Crow or Raven) | Czechoslovakia | Reconnaissance | 1939 | 1946 | |||||
| Lisunov Li-2 | - | USSR | Transport | 1946? | 1979 | |||||
| LVG B.II[11] | - | Germany | Reconnaissance | 1915 | 1917? | - misidentified LVG B.II | LVG C.II--> | |||
| Messerschmitt Bf 108B | Lebed (Swan) | Germany | Liaison | 1940 | 1944 | |||||
| Messerschmitt Bf 109 | Strela (Arrow) | Germany | Fighter | 1939 | 1947 | |||||
| MiG-15 | - | USSR | fighter | 1951 | 1981 | c. | ||||
| MiG-17 | - | USSR | Fighter | 1955 | 1990 | + | ||||
| - | Poland | Fighter | ? | ? | ||||||
| MiG-19 | - | USSR | Fighter | 1958 | 1986 | + | ||||
| MiG-21 | - | USSR | Fighter/Attack/Reconnaissance | 1963 | 2015 | |||||
| MiG-23 | - | USSR | Fighter/Attack | 1973 | 2004? | |||||
| MiG-25[12] | - | USSR | Reconnaissance | 1982 | 1991 | |||||
| Mil Mi-1 | - | USSR | Utility helicopter | 1957 | 1993 | |||||
| Mil Mi-2 | - | USSR | Transport helicopter | 1957 | ? | + | ||||
| Mil Mi-4 | - | USSR | Transport Helicopter | 1957 | 1991 | |||||
| Mil Mi-6 | - | USSR | Heavy Transport Helicopter | 1972 | 1989 | |||||
| Mil Mi-8 | - | USSR | Transport Helicopter | 1970 | ? | - not used | Morane-Saulnier MS.406--> | |||
| Nieuport IV | - | France | Utility | 1912 | 1913 | |||||
| Nieuport 24 | - | France | Fighter | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
| Otto C.I | - | Germany | Reconnaissance | 1915 | 1917 | - NOT Used - confused for C.I | Otto C.II--> | |||
| Petlyakov Pe-2 | - | USSR | Bomber | 1945 | 1958 | |||||
| Polikarpov Po-2 | - | USSR | Utility | 1946 | 1969 | + | ||||
| Potez VIII | - | France | Trainer | ? | ? | |||||
| Potez XVII | - | France | Reconnaissance | 1925 | ? | |||||
| PZL P.24 | Yastreb (Hawk) | Poland | Fighter | 1937 | 1942 | |||||
| PZL.43 | Chaika (Gull) | Poland | Bomber | 1937 | 1944 | - operated by civil gov't agencies | PZL 104 Wilga--> | - operated by civil gov't agencies | PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader--> | |
| PWS-26 | Yunak (Hero) | Poland | Trainer | ? | ? | |||||
| Roland D.II | - | Germany | Fighter | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
| Roland D.III | - | Germany | Fighter | 1918 | 1920 | |||||
| Sukhoi Su-22 | - | USSR | Fighter-bomber | 1984 | 2004 | 18 Su-22M4, 3 Suу-22UM | ||||
| Sukhoi Su-25[13] [14] | - | USSR | Attack | 1986 | 2012 | |||||
| Tupolev Tu-2 | - | USSR | Bomber | 1946 | 1954 | |||||
| Tupolev Tu-154M | - | USSR | Transport | 1991 | 1999 | |||||
| Yakovlev Yak-9 | - | USSR | Fighter/Trainer | 1944 | 1955 | + | ||||
| Yakovlev Yak-11 | - | USSR | Trainer | 1948 | 1991 | |||||
| Yakovlev Yak-12 | - | USSR | Transport | 1947 | 1948 | |||||
| Yakovlev Yak-18 | - | USSR | Trainer | 1958 | 1996 | + | ||||
| Yakovlev Yak-23 | - | USSR | Fighter | 1949 | 1958 c. | |||||
| Yakovlev Yak-40 | - | USSR | Transport | 1975 | 2001 | - operated by civil gov't agencies | Zlín Z 37--> | - operated by civil gov't agencies | Zlín Z 42--> | |
| Zlín Z 142 | - | Czechoslovakia | Trainer | 1995 | 1996 |