site.btaUPDATED Defence Minister: Bulgaria Will Receive 8 F-16 Block 70 Fighters by End of September, First 2 to Come by April

The first two F-16 Block 70 aircraft for Bulgaria will arrive at the end of March-April, the second three in the middle of the year and the next three at the end of September, that is eight aircraft should arrive this year, Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov told Nova TV on Sunday. He added that the first three fighter jets for Bulgaria have already come off the assembly line. One of the planes will stay in the US for training of Bulgarian technicians and the other two will come to Bulgaria, the minister said.