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Romania: Trainer 25 Retired in 1930 1924 Potez XV: France: Reconnaissance/bomber 120 Retired in 1939 1924 Morane-Saulnier 35: France/Romania: Trainer 42 Retired in 1935 1925 Blériot-SPAD S.61: France: Fighter 100 Retired in 1935 1926 Fokker D.XI: Netherlands: Fighter 49 Retired in 1938 1926 Rabo: Romania: Trainer 1 Retired in 1930 1927 Caudron ...
Anti-aircraft artillery ZU-2: 2×14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun Romania: 60: Romanian manufactured version. There is also a 4×14.5mm version called the MR-4, [117] essentially a ZPU-4, but with a two-wheel carriage designed locally. [118] M 1980/88 2 × 30 mm anti-aircraft gun Romania: 300 [32] Gepard: Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ...
Aerostar has been a major provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for all aircraft types used by the Romanian military. The company also developed the IAR-93 twin-engine, tactical ground-attack and reconnaissance aircraft, which was the first fighter aircraft produced in Romania following the end of the Second World War.
The Romanian Air Force was first formed as the Military Aeronautics Service on 1 April 1913, transformed into the Romanian Air Corps in 1915. 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.
Before 1989, Romania was among the top ten arms exporters in the world, however its arms industry declined considerably during the 1990s. Exports fell from roughly $1 billion before 1989 to about $43 million in 2006, [ 1 ] and the number of employees also fell from 220,000 in 1990 to 20,000 in 2009. [ 2 ]
Romanian military aircraft (12 C, 1 P) Armoured fighting vehicles of Romania (4 C, 4 P) N. Naval ships of Romania (12 C, 2 P) W. Weapons of Romania (4 C, 4 P)
Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR) (now IAR S.A. Brașov), or Romanian Aeronautic Industry in English, is a Romanian aerospace manufacturer. [2] It is based in Ghimbav , near Brașov , Romania. IAR was founded in 1925 with the aid of the Romanian government, which sought to reduce reliance on foreign companies to supply the Royal Romanian ...
Between 1920 and 1940, the Romanian military aviation saw a constant development, receiving new aircraft manufactured locally of either local design or under license. [3] The increasing number of aircraft and pilots determined the air force command to convert the four existing Aviation Groups to Air Flotillas ( Air Wings ) in 1929. [ 4 ]