MiG-23UB
For trainingpurposes the BVVS took delivery of the twoseat MiG-23UB. A total of 15 dual seat Floggers were delivered, of which one was a secondhand example received from the Soviet Airforce. A MiG-23UB crashed on approach to Cheshnegirovo in the second half of the eighties. The last twoseaters flew from Dobroslavtsi airbase near Sofia until their withdrawal in November 2002.
Picture: Bord 32 on finals for Dobroslavtsi
Bulgarian MiG-23UB numbers
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serialnumber
|
bord
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delivered
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remarks
|
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A1037620
|
020
|
1976 to 25 IBAP
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
A1037621
|
021
|
1976 to 25 IBAP
|
Krumovo Museum
|
|
A1037622
|
022
|
1976 to 25 IBAP
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
A1037701
|
023
|
1977 to 25 IBAP
|
crashed
|
|
A1037702
|
024
|
1977 to 25 IBAP
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
A1037855
|
25
|
1978 to 18 IAP
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
A1037856
|
26
|
1978 to 18 IAP
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
A1037857
|
27
|
1978 to 18 IAP
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
A1038105
|
028
|
1981 to 25 IBAP
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
A1038318
|
29
|
1983
|
Sofia-Boyana Mus.
|
|
A1038320
|
30
|
1983
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
A1038330
|
31
|
1983
|
Cheshnegirovo
|
|
A1038404
|
32
|
1984 to 2/18 IAE
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
A1038406
|
33
|
1984 to 2/18 IAE
|
Dobroslavtsi
|
|
19015140
|
040
|
1984 to 25 IBAP
|
ex VVS, Cheshnegirovo
|
©Robin Polderman 2002
Updated (withdrawal info) 19 February 2003
