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Fortele Aeriene ale Romaniei

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

Jonathan Verschuuren

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 Soim

	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.

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

Arnold ten Pas

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 Standard

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.

Arnold ten Pas

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

	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.

Arnold ten Pas

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

Caescu Dan

Constanta/Mihail Kogalniceanu (LRCK) Baza 86 Aeriana (Bâzu Cantacuzino)
RWY 18/36 POS 44°21'43"N 028°29'18"E ELEV 354ft Airfield Guide Show Reports Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 86 Aeriana annex	Escadrila 861 Aviatie Lupta	MiG-21 Lancer-B MiG-21 Lancer-C

	Escadrila 862 Elicoptere	IAR330M

MiG-21 Lancer-C 6807 of Esc. 982 is litting its afterburner while taking off RAF Fairford during RIAT 2019.

Eerebout Stefaan

IAR330M 99 of the Escadrila 862 Elicoptere.

Roland Bergmann

Câmpia Turzii (LRCT) Baza 71 Aeriana
RWY 15/33 POS 46°30'16"N 023°53'04"E ELEV 1079ft Google Maps
Baza	Escadrila	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Baza 71 Aeriana	Escadrila 711 Aviatie Lupta	MiG-21 Lancer-B MiG-21 Lancer-C

	Escadrila 713 Elicoptere SOCAT	IAR330M IAR330L SOCAT

Still going strong are these Mig-21s from Esc.711 based at Baza71 Campia Turzii.

Arnold ten Pas

MiG-21 Lancer-B 9536 of Esc. 711 showing its upper side and new badge on the tail.

Chirila Alexandru

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 Vanatoare	F-16AM F-16BM	Warhawks

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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