How Long Will US Planes Stay at Sofia Airport?

The US military planes currently stationed at Sofia’s civil airport “Vasil Levski” are not assigned to participate in any ongoing or planned combat operations, officials clarified during a parliamentary hearing. Acting Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov, Acting Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynski, and the airport’s executive director Ivan Dimitriev provided the assurances following questions from the “Revival” party. Angel Georgiev of “Revival” asked whether the United States had requested the airport for potential operations against Iran, questioned the use of a civil airport for military purposes, and sought information on the government’s authorization and the scope of activities performed....