18th Fighter Aviation Regiment

18-ти изтребителен авиационен полк

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1.11.50 in Sofia-Vrajdebna, Bulgaria.

Bases:

• Sofia-Vrajdebna, Bulgaria, 11.50 - 4.52 [42 41 43N, 23 25 00E]
• Dobroslavtsi, Bulgaria, 20.4.52 - 1992 [42 48 50N, 23 17 59E] - from 4.64 only 1st squadron
• Gabrovnitsa, Bulgaria, 18.4.64 - 1992 [43 32 33N, 23 16 16E] - only 2nd squadron

Aircraft:

• Yak-9, 1950-1952
• Yak-11, 1950-1952
• Yak-17, 1952-1955
• Yak-23, 1952-1955
• MiG-15, 10.2.55-1960
• MiG-17, 1960-1964
• MiG-19P/S, 1963-1975 [only 1st squadron]
• MiG-21F, 18.4.64-1984 [only 2nd squadron]
• MiG-21MF/PF, 1975-1979 [only 1st squadron]
• MiG-23MF, 1978-1992 [only 1st squadron]
• MiG-23ML, 1983-1992 [only 1st squadron]
• MiG-23MLA, 1984-1992 [only 2nd squadron]

Inventory:

• May 1983: 12 MiG-21 (Gabrovnitsa) and 14 MiG-23 (Dobroslavtsi)

Subordination:

• 1st Air Defence Division, 1968 - 1992