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The Romanian Naval Aviation was the air arm of the Royal Romanian Navy. It was founded in 1920 as Escadrila de hydroplane ( Seaplane Squadron) and operated Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 floatplanes and Hansa-Brandenburg FB flying boats.
The naval war in the Black Sea commenced with the Raid on Constanța on 26 June 1941, the only encounter between major warships during the entire campaign. [1] The Romanian flotilla leader Mărăști and the destroyer Regina Maria together with the minelayer Amiral Murgescu defended the port against the Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and the Leningrad-class destroyer leaders Kharkov and Moskva.
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).
After previously stating the intent of joining the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program (ENJJPT) in 2015, Romania became a member of the program in 2017. [89] The first Romanian instructor was sent to the Sheppard Air Force Base in 2020. [90] As of 2023, Romania had 15 pilots at the American base, of which nine instructor pilots. The ...
Top scoring Romanian ace 11 unconfirmed Alexandru Șerbănescu: 52: 55: Top scoring Romanian ace before Romania left the Axis 8 unconfirmed Ion Milu 37 + 1 * 52: 4 unconfirmed Dan Vizanty 15 + 1 * 43: Constantin Rosariu: 20: 33: 2 unconfirmed Cristea Chirvăsuță 22: 31: 4 unconfirmed Ioan Maga 20: 29: 5 unconfirmed Ion Mucenica 23 + 1 * 27: 2 ...
The Romanian Naval Forces ordered three IAR 330 Puma Naval helicopters, with the last one being commissioned in December 2008. The helicopters are of a similar configuration to those of the Romanian Air Force , including the SOCAT upgrade package; the Navy Pumas also have flotation gear fitted under the nose and main undercarriage fairings.
Even though this was a comfortable job, he managed to get in the front line as a fighter pilot in the 53rd Fighter Squadron (equipped with Hurricane Mk. I). (from left to right) Cantacuzino with Mircea T. Bădulescu, Squadron Leader and Traian Burduloiu, commander of the 1st Romanian Air Corps on the Western Front, Lucenec (Slovakia) April 1945
The Romanian Army took an interest in aviation from the earliest days, facilitating the construction of the Vlaicu I in 1910. The next year, the Army formed the Aviation Group, which over the next few years was equipped with locally manufactured Farman biplanes under license and also acquired two Blériot monoplanes, several Bristol-Coandă monoplanes and two Morane Type F monoplanes.