Serbian single-seat and Bulgarian twin-seat Fulcrums during a familiarisation sortie over Bulgaria prior to the live missile firings.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977МиГ МиГ-29УБ - РоссияRussia - 1981

MiG-29 18102 is one of the three single-seat Fulcrums serving with the Serbian air arm. Four surviving single-seat and one twin-seat were refurbished and upgraded in 2007 by RAC MiG, but one single-seat was lost in an accident at Batajnica in 2009.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977МиГ МиГ-29УБ - РоссияRussia - 1981

The live firing session in Bulgaria represented the first-ever foreign deployment of Serbian MiG-29s.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977

Bulgarian MiG-29 '24' seen again taking-off loaded with two R-27R1 beyond visual range missiles.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977

Lt Col Brane Knjajic, Commander of the 101 st Fighter Squadron 'Vitezovi', is one of the two Serbian pilots who practised live air-to-air missile firings at the Bulgarian Shabla Range.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977

Bulgarian Fulcrum '24' takes off for an experimental firing with the R-73 whose service life needs to be extended by another year.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977

Major Krasimir Nikolov, this year's designated Alamo shooter, is the Chief of Staff of 2nd Fighter Squadron at Graf Ignatievo and is posing here beside an R-27R1 missile.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-29 - РоссияRussia - 1977

A Bulgarian-developed Telesys RUM R-1 jet-powered drone was used for live firings of the Bulgarian MiG-29 using an R-27R1 BVR missile as well as a Bulgarian S-300 (SA-10) SAM system.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Telesys РУМ-Р-01 - БолгарияBulgaria - 2011