General de flotilă aeriană Cătălin "Miki" Micloș[1]
Occupants
713th Helicopter Squadron United States Air Force: 731st Expeditionary Attack Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers
ICAO: LRCT
Elevation
324 metres (1,063 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
15/33
2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete
The Romanian Air Force 71st Air Base (Romanian: Baza 71 Aeriană "General Emanoil Ionescu") is located in the commune Luna near the city of Câmpia Turzii, in Cluj County.[2] The 71st Air Base was founded on 1 June 2002 from the previous 71st Fighter and Bombardment Base, according to the Romanian Armed Forces reorganization program. It is named after Emanoil Ionescu, a general who commanded the 1st Air Corps of the Royal Romanian Air Force during World War II.
The base is home to the 713th Helicopter Squadron, operating IAR-330. The 712th Helicopter Squadron is located at the Giarmata Airport. The base also hosts MQ-9 Reaper drones of the 31st Expeditionary Operations Group, Detachment 1, maintained by the 731st Expeditionary Attack Squadron and operated remotely by the 25th Attack Group.
The current base commander is General de flotilă aeriană Cătălin "Miki" Micloș.[1]
^ ab"Baza 71 Aeriană". roaf.ro (in Romanian).
^Andrei Luca Popescu (14 July 2020). "Punctul strategic al NATO de la Câmpia Turzii. De ce bagă SUA banii în baza aeriană de lângă Cluj". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Romanian).
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