List of aircraft of the Romanian Air Force

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. The aircraft are listed in alphabetic or chronological order.

Active ModelOriginTypeNumberDetailsAlenia C-27JItalyTransport7In service since 2010Antonov An-30USSRSurveillance/aerial cartography2Upgraded modelAntonov An-26USSRTransport1Iak-52 W/TWRomaniaTrainer14Westernised versionsIAR 99 Standard/ȘoimRomaniaAdvanced trainer/light attack10 IAR 99 Standard11 IAR 99 ȘoimStandard variant to be modernized to the SM variantIAR 316BRomaniaTrainer helicopter7IAR 330L/MRomaniaUtility helicopter/transport helicopter35IAR 330 SOCATRomaniaHelicopter gunship22Converted IAR 330L helicoptersLockheed C-130B/HUSTransport4 C-130B4 C-130HFirst aircraft received in 1996General Dynamics F-16 AM/BM MLUUSMultirole aircraftConversion trainer65 F-16AM/BMEx-Portuguese, ex-Norwegian and ex-Dutch fighters

NATO programmes ModelOriginTypeNumberDetailsBoeing C-17 Globemaster IIIUSStrategic airlift3 Shared within NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability programme.Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global HawkUSReconnaissance UAV5 Shared within NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance programme.

Beginnings & World War I ModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetailsA Vlaicu IRomaniaMonoplane1In service 1910–1914A Vlaicu IIRomaniaMonoplane1Crashed in 1913A Vlaicu IIIRomaniaMonoplane1Captured by Germany in 1916Albatros B.IGermanyReconnaissance1Purchased in 1913, retired in 1917Aviatik C.IGermanyReconnaissance1Purchased in 1916, retired in 1917Blériot XIFranceMonoplane trainer ~28Retired in 1919Blériot XXIFranceReconnaissance/trainer1Retired in 1916Bristol B.R.7UKBiplane trainer1Purchased in 1913Bristol Coanda MonoplaneUKMonoplane trainer13Retired in 1917Bristol TB.8UKBiplane trainer/Bomber10Retired in 1917One equipped as a bomberBréguet 4FranceBomber12In service 1916–1918Bréguet 5FranceBomber/escort fighter20In service 1916–1921Bréguet 14FranceBomber86-150Received from 1919, retired in 1929Caudron G.3FranceReconnaissance12(?)In service 1916–1920Caudron G.4FranceBomber20Received in 1917Farman IIIFrance/RomaniaBiplane trainer6Built by Cerchez & Co.Farman F.40FranceReconnaissance/bomber103 F.40 Type 4217 F.40 Type 60In service 1916–1920Farman HF.20FranceReconnaissance/bomber4In service 1914–1916Farman HF.27FranceReconnaissance/bomber3Ex-RNAS aircraftIn service 1916–1919Farman MF.7FranceReconnaissance/bomber6In service 1915–1918Farman MF.11FranceReconnaissance/bomber6In service 1915–1918Nieuport IVFranceTrainer1(?)In service 1912–1914Nieuport 10FranceTrainer1In service 1915–1918Nieuport 11FranceFighter18+In service 1916–1923Nieuport 12FranceFighter/artillery spotter5Received in 1916 - retiredNieuport 17, 23FranceFighter30 N.1715+ N.23In service 1917–1923Nieuport 21FranceFighter10+In service 1916–1923Nieuport 24bisFranceFighter12In service 1917–1923Morane-Saulnier Type LFranceParasol reconnaissance6In service 1915–1919Rumpler TaubeGermanyMonoplane trainer1In service 1913–1920Sopwith PupUKFighter?retiredSopwith 1½ StrutterUK/FranceMultirole biplane72In service 1917–1924SPAD VIIFranceFighter39(?)One received in 1919, others in 1920; used into the late 1920sVoisin III, VFranceBomber/reconnaissance8In service 1915–1919

Captive balloons TypeOriginNumberDetailsCaquotFrance19+ capacity kite balloonDrachenGermany4 capacity kite balloon

Captured ModelOriginTypeTotal NumberDetailsAviatik (Berg) D.IAustria-HungaryFighter 16 Captured from Hungary in 1919Retired in 1923Fokker D.VIGermanyFighter 6 Captured from Hungary in 1919Retired in 1925Fokker D.VIIAustria-HungaryFighter 34 Captured from Hungary in 1919Retired in 1926Hansa-Brandenburg C.IAustria-HungaryReconnaissance 22+ Captured from Hungary in 1919Unknown number captured during World War IUsed until 1923LVG C.VIGermanyReconnaissance 11 Captured from Hungary in 1919Retired in 1923Phönix C.IAustria-HungaryReconnaissance 4 Captured from Hungary in 1919Retired in 1934Ufag C.IAustria-HungaryReconnaissance 20 Captured from Hungary in 1919Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIVaGermanyHeavy bomber 1Number R.70/18 seized in 1919Retired in 1926

Interwar period DateModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetails1920SPAD XIIIFranceFighter21(?)Retired in 19261921Airco DH.9UKBomber10Retired in 19261921Nieuport 81FranceTrainer10Retired in 19231922Hansa-Brandenburg C.IRomaniaReconnaissance/trainer120Built by Arsenalul AeronauticRetired in 19301924Hanriot HD.14FranceTrainer15Retired in 19301924Proto 2RomaniaTrainer25Retired in 19301924Potez XVFranceReconnaissance/bomber120Retired in 19391924Morane-Saulnier 35France/RomaniaTrainer42Retired in 19351925Blériot-SPAD S.61FranceFighter100Retired in 19351926Fokker D.XINetherlandsFighter49Retired in 19381926RaboRomaniaTrainer1Retired in 19301927Caudron C.59FranceMulti-purpose aircraft20Retired in 19371927Morane-Saulnier MS.43FranceTrainer5Retired in 19301927Morane-Saulnier MS.129FranceTrainer10Retired in 19351927Nieuport-Delage NiD 42FranceFighter1Damaged and withdrawn from service in 19281928Bréguet 19FranceLight bomber/reconnaissance110Retired in 19391928Farman F.168 GoliathFranceBomber/transport4Retired in 19341928Gourdou-Leseurre GL.32FranceTrainer62Retired in 19411928Lioré et Olivier LeO 20BN.3FranceNight bomber7Retired in 19401928Potez 25/25.36/25.40France/RomaniaReconnaissance/bomber260 Potez 253 Potez 25.363 Potez 25.40Last aircraft retired in 19481929Dewoitine D.27FranceFighter3Retired in 19351929Nieuport-Delage NiD 72FranceFighter3Retired in 19351930Morane-Saulnier MS.230FranceTrainer16Retired in 19371930SET 3RomaniaTrainer10Retired in 19381930SET 31RomaniaTrainer20Retired in 19431930SET 7RomaniaTrainer50Retired in 19431931SET 4RomaniaTrainer30Retired in 19431931Fokker D.XVINetherlandsFighter1Retired in 19381932de Havilland DH.60 MothUKTrainer3Retired in 19381932SET 41RomaniaTrainer10Retired in 19391933PZL P.11bPolandFighter50Retired after 19481934SET XVRomaniaFighter1Used for aerobatic trainingRetired in 1940 after an accident1934Consolidated Fleet 10GUS/RomaniaTrainer< 430Retired after 1948; one on display at the Military Museum in Bucharest1934IAR 12RomaniaFighter1Retired in 19351934IAR 14RomaniaFighter21Retired in 19401934IAR 15RomaniaFighter1Crashed in 19381934IAR 16RomaniaFighter1Retired in 19401934IAR 22RomaniaTrainer2Retired in 19351934SET 7KRomaniaTrainer/reconnaissance60Retired after 19481935Potez 543FranceBomber10Retired in 19451935RomaniaTrainer2Retired in 19431936Caudron C.600 AiglonFranceTrainer6Retired in 19471936IAR 27RomaniaTrainer80(?)Retired after 19481936Klemm Kl 25GermanyTrainer59Retired after 19481936Klemm Kl 35DGermanyTrainer80Retired after 19481936Miles M.2 Hawk TrainerUKTrainer12Retired after 19481936Miles NighthawkUKTrainer2Retired in 19451937Focke-Wulf Fw 44CGermanyTrainer8Retired in 19461937Focke-Wulf Fw 58B-2/C-2GermanyTransport/Trainer34Retired after 19481937PZL P.11fPoland/RomaniaFighter95Retired in 19481937PZL P.24EPoland/RomaniaFighter30Retired in 19481937General Aircraft Monospar ST-25UKUtility2Retired in 19411938Bloch MB.210 BN.5FranceMedium bomber10Retired in 19461938IAR 37RomaniaReconnaissance/light bomber50Retired after 19481938IAR 38RomaniaReconnaissance/light bomber75Retired after 19481938Potez 651FranceTransport4Retired in 1944

World War II ModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetailsAvia B.122CzechoslovakiaTrainer6Purchased in 1939, retired after 1948Bristol Blenheim Mk.IUKBomber40In service 1939–1948Bücker Bü 131GermanyTrainer20Purchased in 1939, retired after 1948Bücker Bü 133GermanyTrainer10Purchased in 1940, retired after 1948DFS 230GermanyTroop glider27In service 1942–1947DFS KranichGermanyGlider14In service 1943–1946Sold to civilian associationsDornier Do 17MGermanyReconnaissance/bomber10In service 1942–1946Fieseler Fi 156C-2/C-3/D-1Germany/RomaniaReconnaissance/liaison aircraft11274 built by ICARRetired after 1948Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2GermanyReconnaissance2In service 1943–1945Gotha Go 145GermanyTrainer15In service from 1939, retired after 1948Gotha Go 150GermanyTrainer1Requisitioned in 1941, retired after 1948Gotha Go 242A-1GermanyTransport glider5Ordered in 1944Hawker Hurricane Mk. IUKFighter15In service 1939–1945Heinkel He 111E/HGermanyBomber10 He 111E42 He 111HIn service from 1939, retired after 1948Heinkel He 112B-1/B-2GermanyFighter30Purchased in 1939, retired in 1948Henschel Hs 129B-2GermanyAttack40+In service 1943–1949IAR 39A/BRomaniaReconnaissance/light bomber255In service from 1941, retired after 1948IAR 47RomaniaReconnaissance1In service from 1941, retired after 1948IAR JIS-79B, JRS-79B/B-1Italy/RomaniaMedium bomber8 JIS-79B48 JRS-79B38 JRS-79B-1In service from 1939, retired after 1948IAR 80A/B/CRomaniaFighter50 IAR 8085 IAR 80A55 IAR 80B60 IAR 80CRetired by 1949IAR 81/-81CRomaniaDive bomber/fighter50 IAR 81150 IAR 81CRetired by 1949Junkers W 34hiGermanyTransport10In service 1944–1945Transferred to civilian aviationJunkers Ju 52-3mGermanyTransport35Junkers Ju 86EGermanyReconnaissance12In service 1944–1948Junkers Ju 87D-3/D-5GermanyDive bomber90+In service from 1943, retired after 1948Junkers Ju 88A-4/A-12/D-1/D-2GermanyBomber/reconnaissance69+ Ju 88A19+ Ju 88DIn service from 1943, retired after 1948Messerschmitt Bf 108BGermanyTransport/liaison aircraft22In service from 1940, retired after 1948Messerschmitt Bf 109E/F/GGermanyFighter69 Bf 109E7 Bf 109F200+ Bf 109G124 Bf 109G assembled by IARRetired in 1955Messerschmitt Bf 110C/E/FGermanyNight fighter/heavy fighter12 Bf 110C2 Bf 110E9 Bf 110FIn service from 1943, retired after 1948Nardi FN.305Italy/RomaniaTrainer176146 built by SET; retiredPolikarpov U-2USSRUtility biplane2Received as gifts in 1945Potez 631 & 633FranceReconnaissance/bomber53(?)In service 1939–1948Savoia-Marchetti SM.79BItalyBomber24In service 1939–1946

Interned The list includes all airplanes that arrived from Slovakia (following the Slovak–Hungarian War) and Poland in 1939. ModelOriginTypeDetailsFokker F.VIIb/3mNetherlandsAirliner4 airplanes2 assigned to retiredJunkers Ju 52-3mGermanyTransport1 airplane from PolandAssigned to LARESLetov Š-328CzechoslovakiaReconnaissance1 airplane from SlovakiaRetired in 1941Lublin R-XIIIDPolandTrainer/air ambulance27 airplanesRetired in 1948Potez 62FranceAirliner1 airplaneAssigned to LARESPWS-24PolandAirliner1 airplaneCrashed in 1940PWS-26PolandTrainer46 airplanesRetired in 1946PZL.5PolandTrainer1 airplaneRetired in 1940PZL P.7aPolandFighter14 airplanesretiredPZL P.11a/cPolandFighter10 P.11a7 P.11b35 P.11cAll retired in 1948PZL.23 KaraśPolandLight bomber20 airplanesRetired in 1948PZL.37 Łoś A/BPolandMedium bomber30 airplanesRetired in 1944RWD-8PolandTrainer44 airplanesRetired after 1948RWD-13PolandLiaison/air ambulance34 airplanesRetired in 1947RWD-14 CzaplaPolandTrainer/liaison21 airplanesRetired in 1948RWD-15PolandTransport2 airplanesRetired in 1944RWD-17PolandTrainer8 airplanesRetired in 1946RWD-21PolandTrainer2 airplanesRetired in 1947Douglas DC-2USAirliner1 airplaneDestroyed in 1944Lockheed Model 10 ElectraUSAirliner5 airplanesAssigned to LARESLockheed Model 14 Super ElectraUSAirliner4 airplanesAssigned to LARES

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