2nd Fighter Air Base (Gabrovnitsa)
Gabrovnitsa Air Base used to house a fighter squadron (flying MiG-23s) of the 18th Fighter Air Regiment - an integral part of the 1st Air Defence Division. Later, as 2nd Fighter Air Base it was put under the newly established Air Defence Corps and its squadron was named "Wild Cat". Gabrovnitsa has been the main air defence asset of the sole Bulgarian nuclear power plant right until its deactivation.
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