April 2010 Activation will be between 09-27 April 2010 with Bulgaria in command.

The April 2010 Activation of BLACKSEAFOR included serialized training program during sea transits and port visits to following ports: Karadeniz Ereğli (Turkey), Varna (Bulgaria), Constanta (Romania).

The focus of the April 2010 Activation were SAR activities and also improve interoperability among naval forces, to review and experiment Sub-Concepts and to continue FORESC communication system experimentations.

BLACKSEAFOR countries initiated a beneficial cooperation with SAR authorities of the countries. In this scope, COMBLACKSEAFOR has sent a message to related SAR authorities every 4 hours including the positions of the ships and readiness to support the SAR assets.

BLACKSEAFOR April 2010 Activation was conducted in 19 days, of which 6 days of scheduled training at sea and 13 days in port.

APRIL 2010 ACTIVATION (09-27 APRIL 2010)

Commanding Navy	:	Bulgarian Navy
OPBLACKSEAFOR	:	CMDR RUMEN NIKOLOV (Bulgaria)
COMBLACKSEAFOR	:	CMDR GEORGI MOTEV (Bulgaria)
Participating Units	:

Nation	Ship	Type	Hull Number
BULGARIA	BGS VERNI	E-71 CLASS	42
GEORGIA	PARTICIPATED WITH 2 STAFF OFFICERS.
ROMANIA	ROS HORIA MACELLARIU	TETAL II CLASS	265
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	RFS CEZAR KUNIKOV	ROPUCHA CLASS	158
TURKEY	TCG YILDIRIM WITH ORGANIC HELO	BARBAROS CLASS	F-243
UKRAINE	UPS SLAVUTICH	BAMBUK CLASS	U - 510