NATO holds anti-aircraft drill in Bulgaria, Greece

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SOFIA, Oct. 10 -- NATO is conducting an air defense drill in Bulgaria and Greece to to test responses in conditions of radio interference, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Thursday.

Flight crews, anti-aircraft missile divisions and radar stations were involved during the five-day exercise that will end on Friday, the ministry said.

During the drill, an electronic warfare aircraft Dassault Falcon 20 of the 717th Squadron of the Norwegian Air Force would be based at the Graf Ignatievo Airport in Bulgaria, supported by an interferer aircraft from Greece, the ministry said.

Trainings of this type were conducted for the third year in Bulgaria. But it was the first time that the Balkan country itself participated with its military transport aircraft C-27J Spartan, the ministry added.

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