# Bezmer Air Base (JAM)

> Bezmer, BG · IATA: JAM · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `JAM` |
| City | Bezmer |
| Country | BG |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 155 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 42.45490, 26.35220 |

## Description

A 3,000-metre runway and hardstands rated for C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 Galaxy transports define Bezmer (IATA: JAM, ICAO: LBIA) as a military installation, not a freight facility. The base sits 20 km west of Yambol in south-eastern Bulgaria and hosts the Bulgarian Air Force's 22nd Assault Air Base with Su-25 ground-attack aircraft. There are no scheduled civil flights, no cargo terminal, no handling agents and no customs clearance for commercial goods; all airlift here is military, carried out under the 2006 US-Bulgaria Defence Cooperation Agreement. In July 2026 the Bulgarian parliament voted 136 to 13 to allow up to eight US Air Force KC-135 tankers and 250 personnel at Bezmer from 24 July to 1 October 2026 in support of Middle East operations. Commercial shippers instead use Burgas (BOJ), roughly 100 km east, or Sofia (SOF), the country's principal air cargo gateway. Surface links are solid: the A1 Trakia motorway runs past Yambol towards Burgas and Sofia, paralleled by the Sofia-Plovdiv-Burgas main railway line.

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