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The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) (Romanian: Forțele Aeriene Române) is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces. It has an air force headquarters, an operational command, five air bases, a logistics base, an air defense brigade, an air defense regiment and an ISR brigade. Reserve forces include one air base and two airfields.
The Romanian Air Force 95th Air Base "Captain Alexandru Șerbănescu" (Romanian: Baza 95 Aeriană "Căpitan Aviator Alexandru Șerbănescu") is an air force base adjacent to George Enescu International Airport, Romania, south of Bacău, Bacău County.
Air base IATA airport code Headquarters County 49th Air Base – Ianca: Brăila: 58th (Helicopter) Air Base SBZ Sibiu: Sibiu: 59th (Helicopter) Air Base – Tuzla: Constanța: 60th (Helicopter) Air Base – Tecuci: Galați: 61st (Helicopter) Air Base – Titu-Boteni: Dâmbovița: 67th Air Base: CRA Craiova: Dolj: 73rd (Helicopter) Air Base CSB ...
The Romanian Grupul 6 Vânătoare also used the airport between June and August 1941. The base was further expanded in 1943, being outfitted with fighter control equipment. From July 1943 until 1944, it functioned as the headquarters of Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien commanding the day and night fighters which were defending Romania from Allied ...
The Romanian Air Force 57th Air Base "Captain Aviator Constantin Cantacuzino" (Romanian: Baza 57 Aeriană "Căpitan Aviator Constantin Cantacuzino"), also known as Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, is an air base located near Constanța, at the Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport. It is home to the 572nd Helicopter Squadron. [1]
Since 2016, it is the home base of the 53rd Fighter Squadron, the first Romanian Air Force squadron equipped with F-16s. [6] The MiG-21 LanceR was officially retired on 15 May 2023. Ceremonies were held at the 71st Air Base and at the 86th Air Base. The MiGs were then flown to the 95th Air Base in Bacău for storage. [7]
F-15E Strike Eagles lined up at the base in 2008. Twelve United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle fighters and more than 150 aviators of the 492nd Fighter Squadron were deployed from 27 March to 6 April 2008, in order to provide air policing together with the Romanian Air Force fighters during the NATO 2008 Bucharest Summit ...
The construction of the Romanian Air Force base at Deveselu started in 1952, with assistance from the Soviet Union. The first supersonic flight with a MiG-19 happened at the base. [ 6 ] It was also the first air base to receive MiG-21F-13 fighters in 1962, these aircraft equipping a squadron from the 91st Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Regimentul ...