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Fortele Aeriene ale Romaniei

Bacau

Boboc

Bucuresti/Henri Coanda

Câmpia Turzii

Constanta/Mihail Kogalniceanu

Fetesti

Timisoara/Giarmata

Bacau (LRBC) Baza 95 Aeriana
RWY 16/34 POS 46°31'19"N 026°54'37"E ELEV 607ft Show Reports Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 95 Aeriana	Escadrila 951 Aviatie Instructie Avansata	IAR-99C

	Escadrila 952 Elicoptere SOCAT	IAR330L IAR330L SOCAT	Wild Stallions

Bacau also houses the Aerostar aircraft facility which carries out maintenance, modifications and repairs on most of the aircraft on the Romanian AF inventory.

Esc.902 Av. Transp. Oper. si Foto based at Baza90 Bucuresti - Otopeni are using two of these An-30s

(Nörvenich, September 2020, Anton van Ruiten)

Baza 95 Bacau is the home base for the IAR-99C Soims from Esc.951.

(air to air, September 2019, Hans Antonissen)

Boboc (LRBO)
RWY 04/22 POS 45°13'04"N 026°58'29"E ELEV 344 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Scoala	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Scoala de Aplicatie a pentru ForteleAeriene 'Aurel Vlaicu'	Esc. 1 Aviatie Instr. Faza AI-A	IAK-52 IAR316B

	Esc. 2 Aviatie Instr. Faza AII-A	IAR-99

Scoala Militara de Maistri si Subofiteri a Fortelor Aeriene 'Traian Vuia'	Technical School	various i/a

S.A.p.F.A. which is based at Boboc is still flying with a dozen Iak-52s.

(Băneasa, July 2018, Erik Sleutelberg)

IAR316B 122 is in use for helicopter training.

Caescu Dan

Bucuresti/Henri Coanda (LROP) Baza 90 Aviatie de Transport Gheorghe Banciulescu
RWY 08L/26R, 08R/26L POS 44°34'16"N 026°05'06"E ELEV 314ft Airfield Guide Show Reports Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 90 Aviatie de Transport "Gheorghe Banciulescu"	Esc.901 Av. Transp. Strategic	C-130B C-130H C-130H-2

	Esc.902 Av. Tr. Oper. si Foto	An-30 C-27J

	Esc.903 Elicoptere Transport	IAR330L IAR330M

Esc.901 Av. Transp. Strategic operates four C-130Bs and one C-130H out of Baza90 Bucuresti - Otopeni. Due to maintenance issues the availability is much lower then five.

(Câmpia Turzii, September 2015, Arnold ten Pas)

Seven C-27J's are in use with Esc.902 Av.Tr.

Caescu Dan

Constanta/Mihail Kogalniceanu (LRCK) Baza 57 Aeriana (Bâzu Cantacuzino)
RWY 18/36 POS 44°21'44"N 028°29'18"E ELEV 353 ft Airfield Guide Show Reports Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 57 Aeriana	Escadrila 572 Elicoptere	IAR330M	Puma

Câmpia Turzii (LRCT) Baza 71 Aeriana
RWY 15/33 POS 46°30'16"N 023°53'04"E ELEV 1079ft Show Reports Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 71 Aeriana	Escadrila 713 Elicoptere SOCAT	IAR330M IAR330L SOCAT

	Escadrila 48 Vânătoare	F-16AM F-16BM

The F-16s has replaced the MiG21s at the Romanian Air Force.

(Băneasa, July 2018, Erik Sleutelberg)

IAR330L SOCAT 66 of the Escadrila 713 Elicoptere.

Chirila Alexandru

Fetesti (LRFT) Baza 86 Aeriana ; Cocargeaua (Borcea)
RWY 18/36 POS 44°23'20"N 027°42'40"E ELEV 180 ft Airfield Guide Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 86 Aeriana	Escadrila 53 Vânătoare	F-16AM F-16BM	Warhawks

	EFTC	F-16AM F-16BM

The European F-16 Training Center (EFTC) will train Ukrainian Pilots on the F-16. the Romanian Ministry of Defense provides the 86th Air Base, training facilities and host nation support, the Royal Netherlands Air Force provides F-16 aircraft, and the Lockheed Martin Company provides the instructors and maintenance. More F-16s from other countries are expected to join the EFTC.

Timisoara/Giarmata (LRTR) Baza 71 Aeriana annex
RWY 11/29 POS 45°48'36"N 021°20'16"E ELEV 348ft Show Reports Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 71 Aeriana annex	Escadrila 712 Elicoptere	IAR330M

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