List of aircraft of the Romanian Air Force

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This is a list of Romanian Air Force and Romanian Air Corps aircraft, those types in service since its formation in 1913, and also those types that are currently in service. In each section, the aircraft are listed in alphabetic order.

Active[]

Type Origin Description
Alenia C-27J Italy Medium tactical military transport aircraft
Antonov An-30 USSR Heavy military transport equipped for reconnaissance and mapping
ROMBAC One-Eleven 560 UK/
Romania 		Licence-built BAC One-Eleven VIP transport
British Aerospace 146-200 UK VIP transport
Eurocopter SA365N Dauphin France VIP transport helicopter
IAR 99 Standard/Soim Romania Jet trainer/light attack
IAR 316B Romania Training helicopter
IAR 330L Romania Medium twin-engined transport/utility helicopter
IAR 330SOCAT Romania Attack helicopter
Lockheed C-130B/H US Four-engine heavy military transport
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III US 3 (shared within NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability programme).
Lockheed Martin F-16 AM/BM MLU US 17
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk US 5 (shared within NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance programme).
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 LanceR A/B/C USSR Upgraded by Elbit and Aerostar.
LanceR A is ground attack, B is trainer, and C is fighter.
RQ-7 Shadow US Unmanned aerial vehicle
ScanEagle US Unmanned aerial vehicle
Iak-52 W/TW Romania 12 in service in primary training role.

Beginnings & World War I[]

Type Origin Description
A Vlaicu I Romania Monoplane
A Vlaicu II Romania Monoplane
Albatros B.I Germany Reconnaissance
Aviatik C.I Germany Reconnaissance
Blériot XI Militaire France Monoplane trainer
Blériot XXI France Reconnaissance/trainer
Bristol B.R.7 UK Biplane trainer
Bristol Coanda Monoplane UK Monoplane trainer
Bristol TB.8 UK Biplane trainer
Bréguet 4 France Bomber
Bréguet 5 France Bomber/Escort fighter
Bréguet 14 France Bomber
Caudron G.3 France Reconnaissance aircraft
Caudron G.4 France Bomber
Rumpler Taube Germany Monoplane trainer
Farman III France Biplane trainer
Farman F.40 & F.46 France Reconnaissance/bomber
Farman MF.7 France Reconnaissance/bomber
Farman MF.11 France Reconnaissance/bomber
Farman HF.20 & HF.27 France Reconnaissance/bomber
Nieuport IV France Trainer
Nieuport 11, 16 France Fighter
Nieuport 12 France Fighter/artillery spotter
Nieuport 17, 23 France Fighter
Nieuport 21 France Fighter
Nieuport 24bis France Fighter
Morane-Saulnier Type L France Parasol fighter/reconnaissance
Sopwith Pup[citation needed] UK Fighter
Sopwith 1½ Strutter UK Bomber/reconnaissance
Voisin III France Bomber/reconnaissance
Voisin V France Bomber/reconnaissance

Captive balloons[]

Type Origin Description
Drachen Germany 630 m3 (22,000 cu ft) capacity kite balloon
Caquot France 900 m3 (32,000 cu ft) capacity kite balloon

Captured[]

Type Origin Description
Aviatik (Berg) D.I Austria-Hungary 16 captured from Hungary in 1919
Fokker D.VI Germany 6 captured from Hungary in 1919[1]
Fokker D.VII Austria-Hungary 34 captured from Hungary in 1919
Hansa-Brandenburg C.I Austria-Hungary 22 captured from Hungary in 1919
Unknown number captured during World War I
LVG C.VI Germany 11 captured from Hungary in 1919
Phönix C.I Austria-Hungary 4 captured from Hungary in 1919
Ufag C.I Austria-Hungary 20 captured from Hungary in 1919
Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIVa Germany Heavy bomber
R.70/18 seized in 1919[2]

Inter-War period & World War II[]

Type Origin Description
Airco DH.9 UK Bomber
Arado Ar 66C Germany Trainer
Avia BH-25J Czechoslovakia Transport
Bloch MB.210 BN.5 France Bomber
Bréguet 19 France Light bomber/reconnaissance
Bristol Blenheim Mk.I UK Bomber
de Havilland Dragonfly UK transport
de Havilland Dragon Rapide UK Transport
Dewoitine D.27 France Fighter
DFS 230 Germany Troop glider
Fieseler Fi 156C-2 Germany Reconnaissance
Fleet 10 Canada Trainer
Focke-Wulf Fw 44C Germany Trainer
Focke-Wulf Fw 58C Germany Transport
Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-1/2 Germany Reconnaissance
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/F-8 Germany Fighter
Fokker D.XI Netherlands Fighter
Fokker D.XVI Netherlands Fighter
Gotha Go 242A-1[citation needed] Germany Transport glider
Hawker Hurricane Mk. I UK Fighter
Hansa-Brandenburg C.I Austria-Hungary/Romania Reconnaissance/trainer
Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Germany Floatplane fighter
Heinkel He 111E/H Germany Bomber
Heinkel He 112B-1/B-2 Germany Fighter
Henschel Hs 129B-2 Germany Attack
IAR 14 Romania Fighter
IAR-15 Romania Fighter
IAR-22 Romania Trainer
IAR 37 Romania Reconnaissance/light bomber
IAR 38 Romania Reconnaissance/light bomber
IAR 39A/B Romania Reconnaissance/light bomber
IAR JR-79B/JRS-79B1 Italy Bomber
IAR 80A/B/C Romania Fighter
IAR-81A/B/C Romania Dive bomber/Fighter
Junkers F.13 Germany Transport
Junkers W 34-H Germany Transport
Junkers Ju 52-3m Germany Transport
Junkers Ju 87D-3/D-5 Germany Dive bomber
Junkers Ju 88A-4/D-1 Germany Bomber
Klemm Kl 35D Germany Trainer
Lioré et Olivier LeO 20BN.3 France Bomber
Messerschmitt Bf 108B Germany Transport
Messerschmitt Bf 109E/F/G Germany Fighter
Messerschmitt Bf 110C/D/F Germany Fighter-bomber
Morane-Saulnier 35 France Trainer
Nardi FN.305 Italy Trainer
Nieuport-Delage NiD 72 France Fighter
Potez XV France Reconnaissance/bomber
Potez 25 France Bomber
Potez 543 France Bomber
Potez 631 & 633 France Reconnaissance/bomber
Potez 651 France Transport
Proto 2 Romania Trainer
PZL P.7 Poland Fighter
PZL P.11B/C/F Poland Fighter
PZL P.24E Poland Fighter
PZL.23A/B Karaś Poland Reconnaissance/light bomber
PZL.37A/B Łoś Poland Bomber
RWD 8 Poland Trainer
RWD 13 Poland Transport
RWD-14 Czapla Poland Reconnaissance
RWD 17W Poland Floatplane trainer
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 Italy Reconnaissance/bomber
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79B/JR Italy Bomber
SET 3 Romania Trainer
SET 4 Romania Trainer
SET 7A, K, H Romania Trainer/reconnaissance
SET 31 Romania Trainer
SPAD VII France Fighter
SPAD XIII France Fighter
SPAD S.61 France Fighter

Interned[]

Date Type Origin Description
1939 Lublin R-XIIID Poland Army cooperation
1939 PWS-26 Poland Trainer
1939 PZL P.7a Poland Fighter
1939 PZL P.11c Poland Fighter
1939 PZL.23 Karaś A & B Poland Light bomber/reconnaissance
1939 PZL P.24F Poland Fighter
1939 PZL.37 Łoś A & B Poland Medium bomber
1939 RWD-8 Poland Trainer
1939 RWD-13 Poland Touring aircraft
1939 RWD-14 Czapla Poland Army cooperation
1939 Douglas DC-2 US Transport
1939 Lockheed Model 10 Electra US Transport

Captured[]

Type Origin Description
Consolidated B-24D Liberator US 3 captured and repaired, one of the 3 given to the Luftwaffe
North American P-51D Mustang US Possibly one captured in 1944, fate unknown[3]
Polikarpov U-2VS (Po-2) USSR Utility biplane
Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 USSR One I-16 captured near Dorohoi in 1941.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 USSR Captured by the 19th Reconnaissance Squadron near Melitopol on 18 March 1942 when the pilot defected.[4] It was flown to IAR Brașov by Constantin Cantacuzino on 13 July 1942[5] and used as an opposition trainer.
Lavochkin La-7[citation needed] USSR Fighter

Post War period & Cold War[]

Date Type Origin Description
1948 Polikarpov Po-2 USSR Trainer
1948 Yakovlev UT-2 USSR Trainer
1948 Zlin 181 Czechoslovakia Trainer
1948 Avia C-2 Czechoslovakia Trainer
1948 Lavochkin La-9 USSR Fighter
1948 Yakovlev Yak-9 USSR Fighter
1949 Ilyushin Il-10 USSR Assault
1950 Aero 45 Czechoslovakia Liaison
1950 Li-2 USSR Transport
1950 Tupolev Tu-2 USSR Medium bomber
1950 IAR 811 Romania Trainer
1950 Yakovlev Yak-11 Romania Trainer
1950 Mraz M-1 Sokol Czechoslovakia Trainer
1950 Yakovlev Yak-23 USSR Fighter
1951 IAR 813 Romania Trainer
1951 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 USSR Fighter
1951 Yakovlev Yak-18 USSR Trainer
1953 Ilyushin Il-28 USSR Bomber
1953 IAR 814 Romania Liaison
1954 Mikoyan MiG-17F USSR Fighter
1954 Antonov An-2 USSR
Poland 		Transport
1954 Ilyushin Il-14 USSR Transport
1955 SM-1 (Mil Mi-1) Poland Helicopter
1955 Mil Mi-4 USSR Helicopter
1956 Mikoyan MiG-17PF USSR Fighter
1961 Mikoyan MiG-19S USSR Fighter
1962 Mikoyan MiG-21F USSR Fighter
1965 Aero L-29 Czechoslovakia Trainer
1965 Aero L-60 Czechoslovakia Liaison
1966 Let L-200 Czechoslovakia Liaison
1967 Mikoyan MiG-21PF USSR Fighter
1967 Mil Mi-2 Poland Helicopter
1968 Mil Mi-8 USSR Helicopter
1968 Mikoyan MiG-21UTI USSR Trainer
1968 Ilyushin Il-18 USSR Transport
1976 Antonov An-26A USSR Twin-engined medium turboprop military transport
1979 Aero L-39ZA Czechoslovakia Trainer
1979 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF & UB USSR Fighter
1979 IAR-93A Romania Ground attack
1982 IAR-93MB Romania Ground attack
1987 IAR-93B Romania Ground attack
1989 Mikoyan MiG-29 & MiG-29UB USSR Multirole fighter

See also[]

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ Peter M. Grosz (January 2000). Windsock Datafile Nr. 84. Albatros Productions. p. 11. ISBN 9781902207261.
  2. ^ Yaroslav Tynchenko (2010). Герої Українського неба. Пілоти Визвольної Війни 1917-1920 (in Ukrainian).
  3. ^ "P-51 D Mustang 4thFG captured by ARR ???". WorldWar2.ro Forum.
  4. ^ Pascu, Mihaela (2008). Amintiri și însemnări despre căpitan aviator Bâzu Cantacuzino (in Romanian). Slobozia: Star Tipp. pp. 35–37. ISBN 978-973-8134-81-2.
  5. ^ Armă, Alexandru (2017). Constantin Bâzu Cantacuzino: prințul înălțimilor (in Romanian). Bucharest: Vremea. p. 19. ISBN 978-973-645-831-6.
Bibliography
  • Bernád, Dénes. Rumanian Air Force: The Prime Decade, 1938-1947. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1999. ISBN 0-89747-402-3.

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