U.S. Air Force F-16 and Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum Fighter Jets, NATO Air Policing

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets and Italian Air Force Eurofighter fly training missions and patrols alongside Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets in Black Sea region. Allied fighters first deployed to Bulgaria in 2016, when the US Air Force sent F-15 Eagle fighters to Graf Ignatievo Air Base, near Plovdiv. In 2017, the Italian Air Force deployed Eurofighters to fly alongside the Bulgarian MiGs. Footage includes shots of Bulgarian and US fighters prepping for missions, taking o