Bulgaria Risks Delays if Firefighting Aircraft Aren’t Assigned to Air Force, Warns President Radev

President Rumen Radev has called for aerial firefighting equipment to be purchased for the Air Force rather than the Ministry of Interior. According to him, the Air Force already possesses the structure, trained crews, and operational capacity needed to deploy such resources effectively and without delay. He warned that starting from scratch within Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior would result in a lengthy, expensive, and risk-prone process - likely taking six to seven years to develop meaningful capabilities.

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