AIR FORCE ORDER OF BATTLE (SCHOOLS, LOGISTICS ORGANIZATION)

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• Publication Date: August 29, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY B117.gaTia REPORT
SUBJECT Ai.r Force Order of Battle DATE DISTR. 29
August 1~j8
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and both are cormianded by Lte Gene Zakhariev
these headquarters are identical,
ace as headquarters of the T~Tilitary Air 'and Antiaircraft Forces
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headquarters of the Bulgarian Air Ar~{y is located in the sane
The fo1loT~i.ng is the organization of the Air Arrr{yy t~nich is outlined in
the sketch on page 6a
ao ...SP~ree Jet F`5,ghter Divisions at Yambol, Graf Ignatiev and ISumaritsae
. ~a 3nslsper~ Bomber 13att~Y;ion (EskadY?il.a) at Tolbulchisio
c? Air Trari~^port T'~egiment at Vrazhdebnae
STATE ~? ARMY X NAVY ~ AIR X FBI AEC
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Organization
The Bulgarian Air Force is the Voeno Vuzdushni i Protivovuzdushni
Si].i (T~ti.litary Air and Antiaircraft Forces) t?rhich is corm~anded by Lt m
Geno Zakhari Zakhariev and is directly subordinate to the T~i.iv.stry 'of
Defens~ The headquarters of the T~?ilitary .~i.x~ and llntia3.rcraft
Forces located i.n barracks formerly occupied by the railroad
regiment which are bounded by Stalisi9 Tolbuld1; n and Petko ICaravelov
Boulevards and I'rityov Plansen Street i.xi Sofia. All. Air force units9
as distinguished from the Antiaircraft; un:its9 are organized into one.
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llir i~ oa'ce wup;~l~ at Yrov,rw.
Attach 13o.itie?~ Dives s-~ o~~ a t ~'lovc~~ v.
a ~ h_`; ~kzter Divi sio~~ includes ?i,t~ce ai "i~tor rem f~etiits, one supJp~'
iktt;all a~ and ? C01.L"r~11C~^:.'G"~ o:{1S ?~;a t. taclr ~'~.gla?L? es? t~e~~ir;~ent cotis:ists o?
tree f`i ;Yatei? ~a:cialion: (~sirac~~?~ ~ a), one su~pl~ Sa:?^~ t ~d o~ae com~.uzi-
c4tions unlit. 1?acka ~ ~t~i;er ?.~tta? io:~? i ~icludes tree compatiios (Zvena )
and each eonl~~ l~.as t::o to .your jots.
the ~azdependect Jet Lo;:iher s3ut~ialion i S c=~r,~posed of three compaties,
each havan~; tree to tour jets, and -wae ~ttalion has supply services
o?" k~att~ -~ or strex~'cl:.
~'1?e Air i'raris~t-~oi?t nc~;i~:~e~at i.s cor.~~ose` off' tku~ee batta7.ions, one
amply battal on, one 1~?a~e repair sk:oj~, one ~~otoz vElucle chop and a
A:u llri; ile~?r.,~~az~?%ers
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:leudcua~:~tet~s ?i ai So~?la:.. personnel
oi: the f'ollotr~.i~; iieadquat?,ers sECt~.ons:
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c. Cr~ic~ o~ sta_? m Co3one'? I~ecliev (~'n~~).
d. ~'olitical os_'f~ces~s m Colonels uanek~o Stosibi^atov, ~la;r~~.ncllevsl~.
( *_~u), and 1'aaehev (r.~z) .
e. Co;~l~at t~~::?4:i_~~ ~ Colo~ze?s Si:~.co:~ Sir:coizov and ;?ok~rev (~iu) and'
Lieutenant Colonels 1'~?~:~ov (,gnu) y-?d l;o~ev (fl~iu).
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Petltalzsl~. is ixx tk~c o~fCE~1 sei~ri.cc.
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oh'~ain pewits ~5ro~ ~~o~~lrol?^ b?~,? c'~-~'-~ i:~a tlae ~ ca heiore they ca*3 enter
the heac?quartero ~u-? l~r~;. Oyz Ze~~r-i~~; tl~e ?~t~.~.lc~~~t; tl?e visitor e s
pei~z:~.t is sut~?eradered at i:P?e r~=~ e~~trance. izo civiliGns are ac~ra3.tted
to tl~e headciuas?ters za-~ld3,nt.
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