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MiG-29s Escorted Three Aircraft After Bomb Threats

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Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jets were scrambled after three bomb threats were received against passenger planes heading to Bulgaria. The planes were intercepted and escorted to airports in Sofia and Plovdiv, bTV reported. The fighters were on combat duty at the 3rd Graf Ignatievo Air Base and took off at 10:11 a.m. One of the civilian planes landed at Plovdiv Airport, and the other two at Vasil Levski Airport in Sofia. “The Air Force’s on-duty forc…

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Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jets were scrambled after three bomb threats were received against passenger planes heading to Bulgaria. The planes were intercepted and escorted to airports in Sofia and Plovdiv, bTV reported. The fighters were on combat duty at the 3rd Graf Ignatievo Air Base and took off at 10:11 a.m. One of the civilian planes landed at Plovdiv Airport, and the other two at Vasil Levski Airport in Sofia. “The Air Force’s on-duty forc…

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Air Force crews have been activated in response to bomb threats against three passenger planes, the Ministry of Defense announced. ...

Three bomb threat alerts for passenger planes traveling to Bulgaria were raised by crews of Bulgarian MiG-29 fighters on combat duty at the 3rd Air Base - Graf Ignatievo.

The Air Force (Air Force) on duty and assets successfully completed an “Air Policing” mission today. Three signals of bomb threats from passenger planes traveling to Bulgaria were picked up by crews of Bulgarian MiG-29 fighters carrying combat duty at the 3rd aviation base - Graf Ignatievo. They took off at 10.11 a.m. with the task of intercepting and escorting the three civil aviation aircraft. One landed at Plovdiv Airport and the other two at…

The Bulgarian Air Force's on-duty forces and assets successfully completed an "Air Policing" mission today, November 5, 2026, the institution announced.

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plovdiv24.bg broke the news on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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