BIAF ( bg, БИАФ) stands for Bulgarian International Air Festival; (''Български Международен Авиационен Фестивал / Balgarski Meschdunaroden Awiazionen Festiwal / Bulgarisches Internationales Luftfahrt Festival'').
It is an international airshow held on
Krumovo Airbase, the military part of
Plovdiv International Airport
Plovdiv Airport ( bg, Летище Пловдив, Letishte Plovdiv) is the airport of the second largest city in Bulgaria, Plovdiv and is the country's 4th busiest behind Sofia, Burgas and Varna. It may be referred to as Plovdiv Krumovo Airport, ...
. It has been held every 2 years since 2007. The latest event was the 20th, 22nd, 27th, 28th, 29 September and the 2nd, 4th, 5th & 6 October 2013.
BIAF 2011
The theme of this year's show was 100 Years of the Bulgarian Airforce
The show was divided into 3 section :
* The Past : Albatros, Kaproni, Dar-1, Laz-7 and Ме-109.
* The Present : Galeb, Swiss Air Force PC 7 Team, BGR AF heute
* The Future : JAS 39 Grippen, Eurofighter Typhoon and MiG-29OVT.
As usual several neighbouring and coalition countries took part in the show with their Airforces.
Dynamic display from:
*
Bulgarian Air Force
The Bulgarian Air Force ( bg, Военновъздушни сили, Voennovazdushni sili) is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the other two being the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian land forces. Its mission is to guard and p ...
– G 21, MiG 29A, PC9M, C 27J, Mi 17, Mi 24, Bell 206, AS 532AL, SU 25K
* Swiss Air Force – PC 7 Team
* Bulgarian Air Sport Ltd : Pitts – S2B LZ–AIR, Piper Dakota Turbo PA-28-201T
* Bulgarian organization for flight education Ratan LZ-TSA – Sting 2000 RG; LZ-RSS – Sting 2000; LZ-HPM – Sting 2000
* Romanian Air Force – IAR 99 SOIM
*
German Air Force
The German Air Force (german: Luftwaffe, lit=air weapon or air arm, ) is the aerial warfare branch of the , the armed forces of Germany. The German Air Force (as part of the ''Bundeswehr'') was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War a ...
– EF Typhoon
* Russia, RSK MiG – MiG 29M ОVT
Static display from:
* Bulgarian Air Force – Mi 17, C-27J, PC 9M, SU 25 UBK, AS 532AL, MiG 21, MiG 29 UB
* Bulgarian Association of Light Aviation
* Bulgarian Aeromodeling Federation
* АК Galeb, Serbia – Galeb
* Flying club "Hawks",
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
* Swedish Air Force - Gripen JAS 39
* Romanian Air Force – C 27J
*
Italian Air Force
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– EF Typhoon
* Greek Air Force – Т 6
* German Air Force – С160 Transall
Gold Sponsors
with their own pavilion
* SAAB – Sweden
* EADS / CASSIDIAN – Germany
* Lockheed Martin – USA
* Diehl Defence- Germany
External links
{{Commons category, BIAF Airshow
BIAF 2011 Offizielle Webseite
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