MiG-23MLD
Bulgaria's most capable Floggers were without a doubt the export MiG-23MLD delivered in 1984 and 1985. The sixteen received were used to replace the veteran MiG-21PF/PFM at Gabrovnitsa airbase, located close to the Romanian and Yugoslav border. In 1992 the BVVS took delivery of five ex-Soviet AF MiG-23MLDs. They were exchanged for the three remaining BVVS MiG-25s. The MLD's were withdrawn in November 2002.
Picture: Bord 390 in the museum at Krumovo.
Bulgarian MiG-23MLD numbers
(serialnumbers are prefixed 03903 for ex-VVS examples and 29603 for the 1984/1985 deliveries)
|
linenumber
|
serialnumber
|
bord
|
delivery date
|
remarks
|
|
13727
|
19125
|
305
|
1992
|
ex-VVS, Dobroslavtsi
|
|
15322
|
20298
|
308
|
1992
|
ex-VVS, Dobroslavtsi
|
|
15324
|
20501
|
301
|
1992
|
ex-VVS, Dobroslavtsi
|
|
15722
|
20890
|
300
|
1992
|
ex-VVS, Dobroslavtsi
|
|
16528
|
23472
|
302
|
1992
|
ex-VVS, Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18022
|
25385
|
385
|
1984
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18023
|
25386
|
386
|
1984
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18024
|
25389
|
389
|
1984
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18025
|
25390
|
390
|
1984
|
Krumovo Museum
|
|
18026
|
25391
|
391
|
1984
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18027
|
25392
|
392
|
1984
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18028
|
25395
|
395
|
1984
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18029?
|
25396
|
396
|
1984
|
crashed 15 April 1988
|
|
18420
|
27203
|
203
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18421
|
27204
|
204
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18422
|
27205
|
205
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18423
|
27211
|
211
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18424
|
27212
|
212
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18425
|
27215
|
215
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18426
|
27217
|
217
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
18427
|
27219
|
219
|
1985
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
©Robin Polderman 2002
Updated (withdrawal info) 19 February 2003
