| Romanian Air Force | |
|---|---|
| Forțele Aeriene Române | |
 Emblem of the Romanian Air Force | |
| Founded |
|
| 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) | .svg) |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | IAR 330 SOCAT |
| Fighter | F-16AM MLU |
| Reconnaissance | Antonov An-30 |
| Trainer | F-16BM, IAR 99, Iak-52, IAR 316 |
| Transport | Antonov An-26, C-130 Hercules, C-27J Spartan, IAR 330L/M Puma |
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 air bases, a logistics base, an air defense brigade, an air defense regiment and an ISR brigade. Reserve forces include one air base and two airfields. In 2022, the Romanian Air Force employed 11,700 personnel.[4] The current chief of the Romanian Air Force Staff is Major general Leonard-Gabriel Baraboi, who succeeded Lieutenant general Viorel Pană on 29 November 2023.[3]
The Romanian Air Force was first formed as the Military Aeronautics Service on 1 April 1913, transformed into the Romanian Air Corps in 1915. The Army-subordinated Air Corps was reorganized as the independent Royal Romanian Air Force on 1 January 1924, then converted to the present day Air Force in 1948. The Air Force went through a modernization plan in the 1990s and early 2000s, dropping the communist-era organization system in 1995 and adopting a NATO-compatible one instead as the country was preparing to join the Alliance.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Generalul-maior Leonard Baraboi este noul comandat al Forțelor Aeriene Române". Umbrela Strategică (in Romanian). 29 November 2023.
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-1032279008.