BIAF

BIAF (Bulgarian: БИАФ) stands for Bulgarian International Air Festival; (Български Международен Авиационен Фестивал / Balgarski Meschdunaroden Awiazionen Festiwal / Bulgarisches Internationales Luftfahrt Festival).

BIAF
Genre	Air show
Frequency	Biennial
Venue	Krumovo Airbase
Country	Bulgaria
Established	2007

It is an international airshow held on Krumovo Airbase, the military part of Plovdiv International 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 – 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 – 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
• Swedish Air Force - Gripen JAS 39
• Romanian Air Force – C 27J
• Italian Air Force – 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

• BIAF 2011 Offizielle Webseite