Bulgarian MiG‑29 and Romanian F‑16 force Romanian C‑27J to land during Blue Bridge 2026

During the joint Blue Bridge 2026 training exercise, a Bulgarian MiG‑29 and a Romanian F‑16 intercepted a Romanian C‑27J Spartan that had deviated from its route and escorted it to a forced landing at Graf Ignatievo airport.
In the exercise’s second phase, another C‑27J Spartan was forced to land at a designated airport in Romania.