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This is a list of
Romanian Air Force and
Romanian Air Corps units, past and present.
Squadrons
Active
WW1
1916
Grupul 1 Escadrile (1st Squadron Group) - commanded by Cpt. Sturdza, assigned to the
Romanian 1st Army . The group had 2 squadrons.
Grupul 2 Escadrile - commanded by Lt. Pașcanu (replaced by Lt. Negerscu), assigned to the
Romanian 2nd Army .
Grupul 3 Escadrile - commanded by Cpt.
Beroniade [
ro ] , assigned to the
Romanian 3rd Army . The group had 3 squadrons:
Escadrila "București"
Escadrila "Alexandria"
Escadrila "Budești"
Grupul 4 Escadrile - commanded by Lt. Giossanu, assigned to the
Northern Army .
1917
Organization in the summer of 1917 - Order No. 1247/1917
Grupul 1 Aeronautic Bacău , with its headquarters at
Bacău and commanded by Maj. Alexandru Sturdza, assigned to the
2nd Romanian Army :
Escadrila F.2 - commanded by Cpt.
Gheorghe Negrescu [
ro ] (until March), then by Captain Panait Cholet
Escadrila F.6 - commanded by Cpt. Scarlat Ștefănescu
Escadrila N.1 - commanded by Cpt.
René Chambe [
fr ]
Grupul 2 Aeronautic Tecuci , with its headquarters at
Tecuci and commanded by Maj. Andrei Popovici, assigned to the
4th Russian Army (will be re-assigned to the
1st Romanian Army ):
Escadrila F.4 - commanded by Cpt. Haralambie Giossanu
Escadrila F.7 - commanded by Cpt. André Goulin
Escadrila N.3 - commanded by Cpt.
Maurice Gond
Escadrila F.9 - commanded by Cpt. Bertrand de Fraguier
Escadrila N.11 - commanded by Cpt.
Ștefan Protopopescu
Escadrila C.12
Grupul 3 Aeronautic Galați , with its headquarters at Galați and commanded by Cpt. Nicolae Capșa, assigned to the
1st Romanian Army (will be re-assigned to the
6th Russian Army ):
Escadrila F.5 - commanded by Cpt.
Radu Irimescu
Escadrila N.10 - commanded by Cpt. Paul Bléry
Escadrila B.M.8 - commanded by Cpt. Armand Délas
1918
From January 1918:
Grupul 1 Aeronautic Bacău , commanded by Maj. Athanase Enescu:
Escadrila F.6 - renamed to Escadrila S.6 after receiving
Sopwith 1½ Strutters
Escadrila F.2
Escadrila N.1
All squadrons of this group were based at Bacău.
Grupul 2 Aeronautic Tecuci , commanded by Maj. Sever Pleniceanu:
Escadrila F.5 - with the aerodrome at
Bârlad
Escadrila S.8 - ex-B.M.8
Escadrila N.11 - at
Adjud
Escadrila N.3 - at Tecuci
Grupul 3 Aeronautic Roman , with the headquarters at
Roman and commanded by Maj. Haralambie Giossanu:
Escadrila F.9 - aerodrome at
Fălticeni
Escadrila S.12 - ex-C.12, with the aerodrome at
Dorohoi
Escadrila N.10 - at Botoșani
From February 1918, a new group was formed in Bessarabia:
Grupul Aeronautic basarabean
Escadrila F.4
Escadrila N.3bis
Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919
Grupul 5 Aviație ("
5th Aviation Group "), with the headquarters at
Sibiu and commanded by Major Athanase Enescu:
Escadrila S.2 - renamed to Escadrila B.2 after receiving Bréguet 14 aircraft. It was led by Lt.
Emanoil Ionescu
Escadrila N.7 - commanded by Lt. Iosif Răcășanu
Escadrila S.12 - based at
Gherla , commanded by Cpt. Gheorghe Racoveanu
Interwar
Organization on 20 March 1920
In 1929, the Groups were converted to Aviation Flotillas.
WW2
Fighter units
1st Fighter Flotilla
5th Fighter Group (Grupul 5 Vânătoare )
10th Fighter Squadron - 51st Fighter Squadron from October 1939
11th Fighter Squadron - 52nd Fighter Squadron from October 1939
53rd Fighter Squadron
7th Fighter Group (Grupul 7 Vânătoare )
56th Fighter Squadron
57th Fighter Squadron
58th Fighter Squadron
9th Fighter Group (Grupul 9 Vânătoare )
47th Fighter Squadron
48th Fighter Squadron
56th Fighter Squadron
2nd Fighter Flotilla
1st Fighter Group (Grupul 1 Vânătoare )
43rd Fighter Squadron
63rd Fighter Squadron
64th Fighter Squadron
6th Fighter Group (Grupul 6 Vânătoare )
59th Fighter Squadron
60th Fighter Squadron
61st Dive Bomber Squadron
62nd Dive Bomber Squadron
8th Fighter Group (Grupul 8 Vânătoare ) - 8th Assault Group (Grupul 8 Asalt ) from May 1943
41st Fighter Squadron
42/52nd Fighter Squadron
59th Fighter Squadron
3rd Fighter Flotilla
2nd Fighter Group (Grupul 2 Vânătoare )
65th Fighter Squadron
66th Fighter Squadron
67th Fighter Squadron
50th Fighter Squadron
3rd Fighter Group
41st Fighter Squadron
44th Fighter Squadron
49th Fighter Squadron
4th Fighter Group
45th Fighter Squadron
46th Fighter Squadron
1st Night Fighter Squadron (Escadrila 1 Vânătoare de Noapte )
Bomber units
1st Bomber Group (Grupul 1 Bombardament )
2nd Bomber Group (Grupul 2 Bombardament )
3rd Bomber/Dive Bomber Group (Grupul 3 Bombardament/picaj )
4th Bomber Group (Grupul 4 Bombardament )
5th Bomber Group (Grupul 5 Bombardament )
6th Bomber / Dive Bomber Group (Grupul 6 Bombardament/picaj )
18th Light Bomber Squadron
Reconnaissance Units
Transport Units
Air Transport Group (Grupul de Aero-Transport )
105th Transport Squadron
106th Transport Squadron
108th Light Transport Squadron - known as Escadrila Albă ("White Squadron")
109th Glider Transport Squadron
Liaison Units
111th, 112th, 113th, 115th, 116th Liaison Squadrons (Escadrile de Legătură )
Cold War
Organization on 12 September 1956 - Order No. CL 00430
Territorial Antiaircraft Defense Command (Comandamentul Apararii Antiaeriene a Teritoriului )
23rd Fighter Aviation Division (Divizia 23 Aviație Vânătoare ) –
Otopeni
206th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Regimentul 206 Aviație Vânătoare ) –
Otopeni Airdrome ; 86th Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
125th Fighter Aviation Regiment –
Siliștea Gumești Airdrome; 49th Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
172nd Fighter Aviation Regiment –
Mihail Kogălniceanu Airdrome ; 57th Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
66th Fighter Aviation Division –
Craiova
158th Fighter Aviation Regiment –
Craiova Airdrome ; 67th Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
226th Fighter Aviation Regiment –
Deveselu Airdrome ; 91st Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
227th Fighter Aviation Regiment – Craiova Airdrome; 34th Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
97th Fighter Aviation Division –
Giarmata
294th Fighter Aviation Regiment –
Giarmata Airdrome ; 93rd Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
135th Fighter Aviation Regiment –
Caransebeș Airdrome ; 37th Fighter Aviation Regiment from January 1959
68th Assault Aviation Division (Divizia 68 Aviație Asalt )
282nd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Regimentul 282 Aviație Cercetare ) –
Târgșoru Nou Airdrome
239th Bombardment Aviation Regiment (Regimentul 282 Aviație Bombardament ) – Otopeni Airdrome
On 27 February 1960, several regiments and the Aviation Divisions were disbanded. The following fighter units remained:
57th Fighter Aviation Regiment – Mihail Kogălniceanu Airdrome
86th Fighter Aviation Regiment –
Cocargeaua Airdrome
91st Fighter Aviation Regiment – Deveselu Airdrome
93rd Fighter Aviation Regiment – Giarmata Airdrome
49th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment –
Alexeni Airdrome ; moved to the
Ianca Airdrome in 1965
67th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment – Craiova Airdrome
Other units
Aerostation Units
WW1
1st Aerostation Company (Compania 1 Aerostație )
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Aerostation Companies
Interwar
Grupul de Aerostație București
Regimentul 1 Aerostație București-Pantelimon
Ground units
16th Air Defense Division
34th Air Defense Division
1st Surface-to-air Missiles Brigade
11th Surface-to-air Missiles Regiment
70th Aviation Engineer Regiment
74th Patriot Regiment
85th Signal Battalion
Bibliography
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