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The Air Force branch of the Royal Romanian forces in World War II was officially named the Aeronautica Regală Română (ARR, lit. ' Romanian Royal Aeronautics '), though it is more commonly referred to in English histories as the Forțele Aeriene Regale ale României (Royal Romanian Air Force, FARR), or simply Forțele Aeriene Române (Romanian Air Force).
The Army-subordinated Air Corps was reorganized as the independent Royal Romanian Air Force on 1 January 1924, then converted to the present-day Air Force in 1949. The Air Force went through a modernization plan in the 1990s and early 2000s, dropping the communist-era organization system in 1995 and adopting a NATO -compatible one instead as ...
Romania: Trainer 10 Retired in 1938 1930 SET 31: Romania: Trainer 20 Retired in 1943 1930 SET 7: Romania: Trainer 50 Retired in 1943 1931 SET 4: Romania: Trainer 30 Retired in 1943 1931 Fokker D.XVI: Netherlands: Fighter 1 Retired in 1938 1932 de Havilland DH.60 Moth: UK: Trainer 3 Retired in 1938 1932 SET 41: Romania: Trainer 10 Retired in ...
The Romanian Armed Forces (Romanian: Forțele Armate Române or Armata Română) are the military forces of Romania. It comprises the Land Forces , the Naval Forces and the Air Force . The current Commander-in-chief is Lieutenant General Gheorghiță Vlad who is managed by the Minister of National Defence while the president is the Supreme ...
Due to the nature of the air combat missions, the Romanian Air Force staff determined that a further two Air Corps should be established. However, due to the lack of time and resources, only one Corps was established. [10] The so called Corpul 3 Aerian (3rd Air Corps) was formed and replaced the exhausted Corpul 1 on the frontline in the summer ...
The Romanian Air Corps or Aviation Corps (RAC) (Romanian: Corpul de Aviație) was the air arm of the Romanian army until the formation of the Romanian Air Force.It was established on 1 April 1913 as the Military Aeronautics Service (Serviciul de Aeronautică Militară) [2] and subordinated to the Engineer Inspectorate, being organized in two branches – the aviation and the balloon branch.
The IAR 80 was a Romanian World War II low-wing monoplane, all-metal monocoque fighter and ground-attack aircraft.When it first flew, in 1939, it was comparable to contemporary designs being deployed by the airforces of the most advanced military powers such as the Hawker Hurricane and Bf 109E. [2]
The Romanian Air Force has retired the last of its MiG-21 LanceR on 15 May 2023. The aircraft are stored at the 95th Air Base. According to Jane's World Air Forces, there were 17 single-seat LanceR C and 8 twin-seat LanceR B in service at the time of retirement. [267]