MiG-23BN
The first BVVS MiG-23BNs were delivered in November 1976 to the 25 IBAP (Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) at Cheshnegirovo AvioBasa near Plovdiv. They were used to equip two squadrons who flew MiG-17 and Lim-5 aircraft. The last public appearance of a BVVS MiG-23BN was at the October 2000 Krumovo airshow. Nowadays most Bulgarian MiG-23BNs are stored at their homebase facing an uncertain future. In their 25-year career six MiG-23BNs were lost killing one pilot.
Picture: Bord 48 on Cheshnegirovo's flightline.
Bulgarian MiG-23BN numbers
As soon as I will be cleared to publish details of the three other MiG-23BNs that have crashed you'll find it here!
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linenumber
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serialnumber
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bord
|
delivered
|
remarks
|
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5644
|
08370
|
70
|
1976
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
5645
|
08375
|
75
|
1976
|
Dobrich
|
|
5646
|
08379
|
79
|
1976
|
Krumovo Museum
|
|
5647
|
08391
|
91
|
1976
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
5649
|
08400
|
90
|
1976
|
Dolna Mitropolia
|
|
5650
|
08751
|
51
|
1976
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6344
|
09355
|
55
|
1977
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6345
|
09356
|
56
|
1977
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6346
|
09357
|
57
|
1977
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6347
|
09358
|
58
|
1977
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6348
|
09365
|
65
|
1977
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6349
|
09366
|
66
|
1977
|
Cheshnegirovo town
|
|
6350
|
09367
|
67
|
1977
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6542
|
09520
|
20
|
1978
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6543
|
09521
|
21
|
1978
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6545
|
09523
|
23
|
1978
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6546
|
09530
|
30
|
1978
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6547
|
09531
|
31
|
1978
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6548
|
09536
|
36
|
1978
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6549
|
09537
|
37
|
1978
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
6641
|
09539
|
39
|
1978
|
crashed 07 August 1984
|
|
7843
|
15748
|
48
|
1981
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
7844
|
15749
|
49
|
1981
|
crashed 03 August 1994
|
|
7845
|
15750
|
50
|
1981
|
Krumovo Museum
|
|
7846
|
15752
|
52
|
1981
|
crashed 16 September 1986
|
|
7847
|
15753
|
53
|
1981
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
7848
|
15754
|
54
|
1981
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
7849
|
15760
|
60
|
1981
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
7850
|
15761
|
61
|
1981
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
7941
|
15763
|
63
|
1981
|
Graf Ignatievo
|
|
7942
|
15766
|
06
|
1981
|
Rakovski
|
|
7943
|
15777
|
77
|
1981
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
7944
|
15780
|
80
|
1981
|
Cheshnegirovo
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