April 2007 Activation was between 06-24 April 2007 with Russian Federation in command.

The April 2007 Activation of BLACKSEAFOR included serialized training program during sea transits and port visits to following ports: Constanta (Romania), Burgas (Bulgaria) and Istanbul (Turkey).

The focus of the April 2007 Activation was to further improve interoperability among naval forces, to review and experiment of the Sub-Concepts for Peace Support Operations (BSN-08), CBRN Defense at Black Sea and Harbors (BSN-12), BSF Rules of Engagement (BSN-13) and BSF Seamanship Procedures Draft (BSN–14), to continue PC to PC communication system experimentations. Nevertheless, the scope of the training was encompassed further exercising of the adopted BSN Sub Concepts in order to improve the level of training and interoperability within the force.

The BLACKSEAFOR April 2007 Activation lasted for 19 days, of which 6 days was scheduled training at sea and 13 days in port.

APRIL 2007 ACTIVATION (06-24 APRIL 2007)

Commanding Navy	:	Russian Federation Navy
OPBLACKSEAFOR	:	Radm.(Lh) Vitaliy MIKHAILOV (RF)
COMBLACKSEAFOR	:	Capt. Mikhail SUKHVAL (RF)
Participating Units	:

Nation	Ship	Type
Bulgaria	BGS BODRI	Corvette
Georgia	-	-
Romania	ROS RADM.E. SEBASTIAN	Corvette
Russian Federation	RFS TSEZAR KUNIKOV	Amphibious
Turkey	TCG KEMALREIS	Frigate
Ukraine	UPS SLAVUTICH	Command and Control Ship