Dolna Mitropoliya (Bulgarian: Долна Митрополия [ˈdɔɫnɐ mitropoˈlijɐ], "Lower Bishopric"; also transliterated as Dolna Mitropolia, Dolna Mitropolija) is a town in Pleven Province of northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Dolna Mitropoliya municipality.
[1] Adjacent to the town is Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base, home of the aviation faculty of the National Defence University.
The aviation school was created in 1945 and named after Georgi Benkovski.
The school moved to Dolna Mitropoliya in 1948, and in 2002 was incorporated as part of the National Defence University.
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