1 January 1924 as an independent force category[1]
Country
Romania
Type
Air force
Role
Aerial warfare
Size
11,700 personnel
Part of
Romanian Armed Forces
Headquarters
Bucharest
Anniversaries
20 July[2]
Commanders
Chief of the Air Force Staff
Major general Leonard-Gabriel Baraboi[3]
Insignia
Roundel
Military colors
Identification flag (obverse)
Aircraft flown
Attack
IAR 330 SOCAT
Fighter
F-16AM MLU
Reconnaissance
Antonov An-30, RQ-7 Shadow
Trainer
F-16BM, IAR 99, Iak-52, IAR 316
Transport
Antonov An-26, C-130 Hercules, C-27J Spartan, IAR 330L/M Puma
Military unit
The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) (Romanian: Forțele Aeriene Române) is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces. It has an air force headquarters, an operational command, five airbases and an air defense brigade. Reserve forces include one air base and three airfields.
In 2022, the Romanian Air Force employed 11,700 personnel.[4]
^"Anul 1920". RoAF (in Romanian).
^"Ziua Aviației Române și a Forțelor Aeriene. 100 de ani de aviație militară". Stiriletvr.ro. 24 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^Cite error: The named reference chief of staff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-1032279008.
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