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Everything about Romanian Air Force totally explained 71st Air Base - Câmpia Turzii
86th Air Base - Feteşti -
861st Fighter Squadron - operating MiG-21 LanceR B, C;
862nd Fighter Squadron - operating MiG-21 LanceR A, B;
863rd Helicopter Squadron - operating IAR-330L (located at Mihail Kogălniceanu Airport - former 57th Air Base);
95th Air Base - Bacău
951st Fighter Squadron - operating MiG-21 LanceR A, B;
205th Fighter Squadron - operating MiG-21 LanceR B;
952nd Helicopter Squadron - operating IAR-330L;
90th Airlift Base - Bucureşti-Otopeni
901st Strategic Transport Squadron - operating C-130 Hercules B,H;
902nd Transport and Reconnaissance Squadron - operating An-26 and An-30;
903rd Transport Helicopter Squadron - operating IAR-330L;
904th Attack Helicopter Squadron - operating IAR-330 SOCAT;
905th Attack Helicopter Squadron - operating IAR-330 SOCAT;
"Aurel Vlaicu" Flight School - Boboc
201st School Squadron - operating Yakovlev Yak-52;
202nd School Squadron - operating Antonov An-2;
203rd School Squadron - operating IAR-99 Standard and L-39ZA;
204th School Squadron - operating IAR-99 Soim;
206th School Squadron - operating IAR-316B Alouette III;
Reserve air bases
Constanţa - Mihail Kogălniceanu Airport - 57th Air Base
Timişoara-Giarmata - 93rd Air Base
There are also 3 airfields included in the reserve forces.
Units
1st SAM Brigade "General Nicolae Dăscălescu" - located near Bucharest;
11th SAM Regiment "Horea" - located near Braşov
70th Aviation Engineer Regiment - Bucharest
85th Signal Battalion - Curtea de Argeş
Capu Midia range
The Capu Midia training camp and surface to air firing range represents the Romanian Air Force structure specialized in providing the necessary facilities for firing training, execution and evaluation. It is located in Constanţa County, 20km north from the county capital, Constanţa.
Current inventory
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| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
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| fighter
| MiG-21 LanceR
| 110
| only 48 operational - to be replaced by F-16 Falcons Eurofighter Typhoon or JAS 39 Gripen multirole aircraft.They will be maitained in service until 2012, when all the new fighter aircraft will arrive;
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| Lockheed C-130 Hercules
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| transport
| C-130
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| 4 C-130B (3 airworthy to be converted to C-130H) and 1 C-130H
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| Alenia C-27J Spartan
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| transport
| C-27J
| 0
| 7 on order, all of them will be delivered until 2012
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| Antonov An-26 Curl
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| transport
| An-26
| 4
| in service of the RoAF,1 for VIP and 3 cargo,they will be maintained in service until 2012 or more.
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| Boeing 707
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| transport
| Boeing-707
| 1
| used only for VIP flights
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| Antonov An-30 Clank
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| reconnaissance
| An-30
| 1
| used for aerial cartography, to be retired during 2008
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| Yakovlev Yak-52
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| training
| Yak-52
| 16
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| Aero L-39 Albatros
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| training
| L-39
| 3
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| IAR 99 'Şoim'
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| training
| IAR-99 Şoim
| 22
| 10 IAR-99 Standard and 12 IAR-99C Şoim
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| Antonov An-2 Colt
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| training
| An-2
| 16
| a squadron still in service for paratrooper training
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| IAR 330 Puma
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| attack helicopter
| IAR-330 SOCAT
| 23 (24 initially)
| one crashed
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| IAR 316
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| training helicopter
| IAR-316
| 16
| only a Squadron remains operational with the training unit at Boboc
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| IAR 330 Puma
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| transport helicopter
| IAR-330 Puma
| 60
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| RQ-7 Shadow
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| UAV
| Shadow-600
| 10 (11 initially)
| one crashed
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| MIM-23 Hawk
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| surface to air missile
| Hawk XXI
| 224
| 8 batteries
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Aircraft markings
The Romanian roundel has the same colours like the Romanian flag. The innermost circle is blue, followed by yellow, and then red. It is placed on Romanian Armed Forces vehicles and Romanian Air Force aircraft.
Image:Roundel of the Romanian Air Force (1941-1944).svg|World War II Aircraft marking. Used By the Romanian Royal Airforce, and Romanian Royal Army for aircraft and vehicle marking between 1941 and 1944.
Image:Roundel of the Romanian Air Force.svg|Romanian Army Roundel. Used for aircraft and vehicle marking since 1985 and before that from 1915-1941 and 1944-1947.
Ranks and insignia
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