Graf

The pilots Major Petko Dimitrov and Senior Lieutenant Ventsislav Dunkin, who tragically lost their lives in the "Graf Ignatievo" plane crash on September 13, have been posthumously promoted to higher military ranks. The promotions were made by order of Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov.

Two Bulgarian pilots from the "Graf Ignatievo" Air Base lost their lives in a crash involving a training-combat aircraft. The crew, from the Dolna Mitropolia base, were identified as Major Petko Dimitrov Dimitrov, born in 1973, and Senior Lieutenant Ventsislav Atanasov Dunkin, born in 1996.