to approach the airliner covertly and once the ladders are in place and the doors are opened to storm in, forcing their way from the pilot cabin to the back of the plane. Although the assault group is heavily armed with AK-74s, machine guns, sniper rifles, pistols, stun, tear gas, and smoke grenades an incredibly bold decision is taken that the assault group should leave all their firearms and combat knives behind and use only hand-to-hand combat to overwhelm the hijackers to not endanger the hostages. Of the five 3-men squads breach into the airliner, and the fifth stays out of it in reserve. The resistance of the Iranians is rapidly overwhelmed. The Bulgarian commandos are unharmed, and some of the Iranians suffer minor injuries. The plane is refueled and takes off back for Burgas. Shortly after it gets airborne the hijackers riot on board when they find out the destination. They are once again rapidly subdued but out of desperation some of them commit suicide, cutting their wrists with shattered glass from beverages. Once the airliner lands all the Iranians are transported to the border and turned over to the Turkish authorities. During the 1980s the Bulgarian Communist government started a process of forceful assimilation of the Turkish minority, known as the "Revival Process", which triggered a series of terror acts in the whole country. The SOMP was directly involved in countering them and apprehending the perpetrators. In May 1986 the unit was reorganized. The name was changed from Specialized Operational Militia Unit to Specialized Unit for Combating Terrorism (Bulgarian: Специално поделение за борба с тероризма (SPBT)). It was also taken out of the regional militia department of Sofia and subordinated to the Department "Terror", 6th Directorate of the Committee for State Security. The internal structure was also overhauled. The previous 3 assault companies, 1 signals platoon, and 1 support group were reshuffled into 4 identical operational combat detachments. Each detachment was made up of 3 sections and each section was made up of 12 operatives. This new internal organization enabled the continuous readiness of the unit. Under the new operational regimen, the detachments rotated in 24-hour shifts. A stand-by shift was followed by 48 hours of rest and recuperation and a training shift of 24 hours after which the detachment went into a 24-hour stand-by shift a so on. After the Communist regime came down the Committee for