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. The aircraft are listed in alphabetic or chronological order.

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Active

ModelOriginTypeNumberDetails
Alenia C-27J Italy Transport 7In service since 2010
Antonov An-30 USSR Surveillance/aerial cartography 2Upgraded model [1]
Antonov An-26 USSRTransport1
Iak-52 W/TWRomania Trainer 14Westernised versions
IAR 99 Standard/ȘoimRomania Advanced trainer/light attack 11 IAR 99 Standard
10 IAR 99 Șoim		Standard variant to be modernized to the SM variant
IAR 316BRomaniaTraining helicopter7
IAR 330L/MRomania Utility helicopter/transport helicopter 35
IAR 330 SOCATRomania Helicopter gunship 22Converted IAR 330L helicopters
Lockheed C-130B/HUSTransport4 C-130B
4 C-130H		First aircraft received in 1996
Lockheed Martin F-16 AM/BM MLU US Multirole aircraft
Conversion trainer 		24 F-16AM
5 F-16BM		Ex-Portuguese and ex-Norwegian fighters

NATO programmes

ModelOriginTypeNumberDetails
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III US Strategic airlift 3Shared within NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability programme.
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk US Reconnaissance UAV 5Shared within NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance programme.

Beginnings & World War I

ModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetails
A Vlaicu I Romania Monoplane 1In service 1910–1914
A Vlaicu II RomaniaMonoplane1Crashed in 1913
A Vlaicu III RomaniaMonoplane1Captured by Germany in 1916
Albatros B.I Germany Reconnaissance 1Purchased in 1913, retired in 1917
Aviatik C.I GermanyReconnaissance1Purchased in 1916, retired in 1917
Blériot XI FranceMonoplane trainer~28Retired in 1919
Blériot XXI FranceReconnaissance/trainer1Retired in 1916
Bristol B.R.7 UK Biplane trainer1Purchased in 1913
Bristol Coanda Monoplane UKMonoplane trainer13Retired in 1917
Bristol TB.8 UK Biplane trainer/Bomber 10Retired in 1917
One equipped as a bomber
Bréguet 4 FranceBomber12In service 1916–1918
Bréguet 5 FranceBomber/escort fighter 20In service 1916–1921
Bréguet 14 FranceBomber86-150Received from 1919, retired in 1929
Caudron G.3 FranceReconnaissance12(?)In service 1916–1920
Caudron G.4 FranceBomber20Received in 1917
Farman III France/RomaniaBiplane trainer6Built by Cerchez & Co.
Farman F.40, F.46FranceReconnaissance/bomber120In service 1916–1920
Farman HF.20 FranceReconnaissance/bomber4In service 1914–1916
Farman HF.27 FranceReconnaissance/bomber3Ex-RNAS aircraft
In service 1916–1919
Farman MF.7 FranceReconnaissance/bomber6In service 1915–1918
Farman MF.11 FranceReconnaissance/bomber6In service 1915–1918
Nieuport IV FranceTrainer1(?)In service 1912–1914
Nieuport 10 FranceTrainer1In service 1915–1918
Nieuport 11 France Fighter 18+In service 1916–1923
Nieuport 12 FranceFighter/artillery spotter 5Received in 1916
Nieuport 17, 23 FranceFighter30 N.17
15+ N.23		In service 1917–1923
Nieuport 21 FranceFighter10+In service 1916–1923
Nieuport 24bis FranceFighter12In service 1917–1923
Morane-Saulnier Type L France Parasol reconnaissance6In service 1915–1919
Rumpler Taube GermanyMonoplane trainer1In service 1913–1920
Sopwith Pup [ citation needed ]UKFighter?
Sopwith 1½ Strutter UK/FranceMultirole biplane72In service 1917–1924
SPAD VII FranceFighter39(?)One received in 1919, others in 1920; used into the late 1920s
Voisin III, V FranceBomber/reconnaissance8In service 1915–1919

Captive balloons

TypeOriginNumberDetails
Caquot France19+900 m3 (32,000 cu ft) capacity kite balloon
Drachen Germany4630 m3 (22,000 cu ft) capacity kite balloon

Captured

ModelOriginTypeTotal NumberDetails
Aviatik (Berg) D.I Austria-HungaryFighter16Captured from Hungary in 1919
Retired in 1923
Fokker D.VI GermanyFighter6Captured from Hungary in 1919 [2]
Retired in 1925
Fokker D.VII Austria-HungaryFighter34Captured from Hungary in 1919
Retired in 1926
Hansa-Brandenburg C.I Austria-HungaryReconnaissance22+Captured from Hungary in 1919
Unknown number captured during World War I
Used until 1923
LVG C.VI GermanyReconnaissance11Captured from Hungary in 1919
Retired in 1923
Phönix C.I Austria-HungaryReconnaissance4Captured from Hungary in 1919
Retired in 1934
Ufag C.I Austria-HungaryReconnaissance20Captured from Hungary in 1919
Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIVa Germany Heavy bomber 1Number R.70/18 seized in 1919 [3]
Retired in 1926

Interwar period

DateModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetails
1920 SPAD XIII FranceFighter21(?)Retired in 1926
1921 Airco DH.9 UKBomber10Retired in 1926
1921 Nieuport 81 FranceTrainer10Retired in 1923
1922 Hansa-Brandenburg C.I RomaniaReconnaissance/trainer120Built by Arsenalul Aeronautic
Retired in 1930
1924 Hanriot HD.14 FranceTrainer15Retired in 1930
1924 Proto 2 RomaniaTrainer25Retired in 1930
1924 Potez XV FranceReconnaissance/bomber120Retired in 1939
1924 Morane-Saulnier 35 France/RomaniaTrainer42Retired in 1935
1925 Blériot-SPAD S.61 FranceFighter100Retired in 1935
1926 Fokker D.XI NetherlandsFighter49Retired in 1938
1926 Rabo RomaniaTrainer1Retired in 1930
1927 Caudron C.59 FranceMulti-purpose aircraft20Retired in 1937
1927 Morane-Saulnier MS.43 FranceTrainer5Retired in 1930
1927 Morane-Saulnier MS.129 FranceTrainer10Retired in 1935
1927 Nieuport-Delage NiD 42 FranceFighter1Damaged and withdrawn from service in 1928
1928 Bréguet 19 France Light bomber/reconnaissance110 [4] Retired in 1939
1928 Farman F.168 Goliath FranceBomber/transport4Retired in 1934
1928 Gourdou-Leseurre GL.32 FranceTrainer62Retired in 1941
1928 Lioré et Olivier LeO 20BN.3France Night bomber 7Retired in 1940
1928 Potez 25/25.36/25.40France/RomaniaReconnaissance/bomber260 Potez 25
3 Potez 25.36
3 Potez 25.40		Last aircraft retired in 1948
1929 Dewoitine D.27 FranceFighter3Retired in 1935
1929 Nieuport-Delage NiD 72 FranceFighter3Retired in 1935
1930 Morane-Saulnier MS.230 FranceTrainer16Retired in 1937
1930 SET 3 RomaniaTrainer10Retired in 1938
1930 SET 31 RomaniaTrainer20Retired in 1943
1930 SET 7 RomaniaTrainer50Retired in 1943
1931 SET 4 RomaniaTrainer30Retired in 1943
1931 Fokker D.XVI NetherlandsFighter1Retired in 1938
1932 de Havilland DH.60 Moth UKTrainer3Retired in 1938
1932 SET 41 RomaniaTrainer10Retired in 1939
1933 PZL P.11b PolandFighter50Retired after 1948
1934 SET XV RomaniaFighter1Used for aerobatic training
Retired in 1940 after an accident
1934 Consolidated Fleet 10GUS/RomaniaTrainer< 430Retired after 1948; one on display at the Military Museum in Bucharest
1934 IAR 12 RomaniaFighter1Retired in 1935
1934 IAR 14 RomaniaFighter21Retired in 1940
1934 IAR 15 RomaniaFighter1Crashed in 1938
1934 IAR 16 RomaniaFighter1Retired in 1940
1934 IAR 22 RomaniaTrainer2Retired in 1935
1934 SET 7KRomaniaTrainer/reconnaissance60Retired after 1948
1935 Potez 543 FranceBomber10Retired in 1945
1935 ICAR Acrobatic  [ ro ]RomaniaTrainer2Retired in 1943
1936 Caudron C.600 Aiglon FranceTrainer6Retired in 1947
1936 IAR 27 RomaniaTrainer80(?)Retired after 1948
1936 Klemm Kl 25 GermanyTrainer59Retired after 1948
1936 Klemm Kl 35DGermanyTrainer80Retired after 1948
1936 Miles M.2 Hawk Trainer UKTrainer12Retired after 1948
1936 Miles Nighthawk UKTrainer2Retired in 1945
1937 Focke-Wulf Fw 44CGermanyTrainer8Retired in 1946
1937 Focke-Wulf Fw 58B-2/C-2GermanyTransport/Trainer34Retired after 1948
1937 PZL P.11f Poland/RomaniaFighter95Retired in 1948
1937 PZL P.24EPoland/RomaniaFighter30Retired in 1948
1937 General Aircraft Monospar ST-25 UK Utility 2Retired in 1941
1938 Bloch MB.210 BN.5France Medium bomber 10Retired in 1946
1938 IAR 37 RomaniaReconnaissance/light bomber50Retired after 1948
1938 IAR 38 RomaniaReconnaissance/light bomber75Retired after 1948
1938 Potez 651 FranceTransport4Retired in 1944

World War II

ModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetails
Avia B.122 CzechoslovakiaTrainer6Purchased in 1939, retired after 1948
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IUKBomber40In service 1939–1948
Bücker Bü 131 GermanyTrainer20Purchased in 1939, retired after 1948
Bücker Bü 133 GermanyTrainer10Purchased in 1940, retired after 1948
DFS 230 Germany Troop glider 27In service 1942–1947
DFS Kranich Germany Glider 14In service 1943–1946
Sold to civilian associations
Dornier Do 17MGermanyReconnaissance/bomber10In service 1942–1946
Fieseler Fi 156C-2/C-3/D-1Germany/RomaniaReconnaissance/liaison aircraft 11274 built by ICAR
Retired after 1948
Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2GermanyReconnaissance2In service 1943–1945
Gotha Go 145 GermanyTrainer15In service from 1939, retired after 1948
Gotha Go 150 GermanyTrainer1Requisitioned in 1941, retired after 1948
Gotha Go 242A-1GermanyTransport glider 5Ordered in 1944 [5] [ better source needed ]
Hawker Hurricane Mk. IUKFighter15In service 1939–1945
Heinkel He 111E/HGermanyBomber10 He 111E
42 He 111H		In service from 1939, retired after 1948
Heinkel He 112B-1/B-2GermanyFighter30Purchased in 1939, retired in 1948
Henschel Hs 129B-2GermanyAttack40+In service 1943–1949
IAR 39A/BRomaniaReconnaissance/light bomber255In service from 1941, retired after 1948
IAR 47 RomaniaReconnaissance1In service from 1941, retired after 1948
IAR JIS-79B, JRS-79B/B-1 Italy/RomaniaMedium bomber8 JIS-79B
48 JRS-79B
38 JRS-79B-1		In service from 1939, retired after 1948
IAR 80A/B/CRomaniaFighter50 IAR 80
85 IAR 80A
55 IAR 80B
60 IAR 80C		Retired by 1949
IAR 81/-81CRomania Dive bomber/fighter50 IAR 81
150 IAR 81C		Retired by 1949
Junkers W 34hi GermanyTransport10In service 1944–1945
Transferred to civilian aviation
Junkers Ju 52-3mGermanyTransport35
Junkers Ju 86EGermanyReconnaissance12In service 1944–1948
Junkers Ju 87D-3/D-5Germany Dive bomber 90+In service from 1943, retired after 1948
Junkers Ju 88A-4/A-12/D-1/D-2GermanyBomber/reconnaissance69+ Ju 88A
19+ Ju 88D		In service from 1943, retired after 1948
Messerschmitt Bf 108BGermanyTransport/liaison aircraft22In service from 1940, retired after 1948
Messerschmitt Bf 109E/F/GGermanyFighter69 Bf 109E
7 Bf 109F
200+ Bf 109G		124 Bf 109G assembled by IAR
Retired in 1955
Messerschmitt Bf 110C/E/FGermany Night fighter/heavy fighter 12 Bf 110C
2 Bf 110E
9 Bf 110F		In service from 1943, retired after 1948
Nardi FN.305 Italy/RomaniaTrainer176146 built by SET
Polikarpov U-2 USSRUtility biplane2Received as gifts in 1945
Potez 631 & 633 FranceReconnaissance/bomber53(?)In service 1939–1948
Savoia-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.

ModelOriginTypeDetails
Fokker F.VIIb/3mNetherlands Airliner 4 airplanes
2 assigned to LARES  [ ro ]
Junkers Ju 52-3mGermanyTransport1 airplane from Poland
Assigned to LARES
Letov Š-328 CzechoslovakiaReconnaissance1 airplane from Slovakia
Retired in 1941
Lublin R-XIIIDPolandTrainer/air ambulance27 airplanes
Retired in 1948
Potez 62 FranceAirliner1 airplane
Assigned to LARES
PWS-24 PolandAirliner1 airplane
Crashed in 1940
PWS-26 PolandTrainer46 airplanes
Retired in 1946
PZL.5 PolandTrainer1 airplane
Retired in 1940
PZL P.7a PolandFighter14 airplanes
PZL P.11a/cPolandFighter10 P.11a
7 P.11b
35 P.11c
All retired in 1948
PZL.23 Karaś PolandLight bomber20 airplanes
Retired in 1948
PZL.37 Łoś A/BPolandMedium bomber30 airplanes
Retired in 1944
RWD-8 PolandTrainer44 airplanes
Retired after 1948
RWD-13 PolandLiaison/air ambulance 34 airplanes
Retired in 1947
RWD-14 CzaplaPolandTrainer/liaison21 airplanes
Retired in 1948
RWD-15 PolandTransport2 airplanes
Retired in 1944
RWD-17 PolandTrainer8 airplanes
Retired in 1946
RWD-21 PolandTrainer2 airplanes
Retired in 1947
Douglas DC-2 USAirliner1 airplane
Destroyed in 1944
Lockheed Model 10 Electra USAirliner5 airplanes
Assigned to LARES
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra USAirliner4 airplanes
Assigned to LARES

Captured

ModelOriginTypeDetails
Arado Ar 66CGermanyTrainerOne captured in 1944
Consolidated B-24D Liberator USHeavy bomberThree bombers recovered in 1943, one was repaired and used for fighter pilot training then was handed over to the LARES. It was destroyed on the ground during a German raid on 26 August 1944. [6]
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/F-8GermanyFighter/Fighter-bomber 39 FW 190s captured in 1944, only 13 put into service. Nine serviceable FW 190s were later confiscated by the Soviet Union.
Heinkel He 111H-20GermanyBomberOne captured in 1944; Unknown civilian user operated registration YR-PTP
North American P-51 Mustang USFighterPossibly one P-51D captured in 1944, fate unknown [7]
Polikarpov U-2VS (Po-2)USSRUtility biplaneOne captured in 1944
Polikarpov I-16 Type 24USSRFighterOne I-16 captured near Dorohoi in 1941.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 USSRFighterCaptured near Melitopol on 18 March 1942 when the pilot defected. [8] It was flown to IAR Brașov by Constantin Cantacuzino on 13 July 1942 [9] and used as an opposition trainer until being taken by the Soviet Union in 1944.

Post War period & Cold War

DateModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetails
1946 Lisunov Li-2PUSSRTransport15Nine planes transferred from TAROM
1948 Polikarpov Po-2 USSRUtility biplane46most received in 1949
1948 Yakovlev UT-2 [ citation needed ]USSRTrainer?retired
1948 Zlin 181 [ citation needed ]CzechoslovakiaTrainer?
1949 Yakovlev Yak-11 USSRTrainer49Retired by 1962
1950 Lavochkin La-9 USSRFighter1010 delivered in 1950; one on display at the Military Museum in Bucharest
1950 Ilyushin Il-10 USSRAttack168received in 1950, 1952 & 1953; used through 1960; one displayed at Aviation Museum in Bucharest
1950 Tupolev Tu-2 USSRMedium bomber6delivered in 1950
1950 IAR 811 RomaniaTrainer1Developed into the IAR 813
1951 Yakovlev Yak-17UTITrainerUSSR9Retired in 1956
1951 Yakovlev Yak-18 USSRTrainer17Retired
1951 Yakovlev Yak-23 USSRFighter62Two converted to the Yak-23DC twin-seat variant
Received in 1951, retired in 1960
1952 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 USSRFighter~514 [10] 159 MiG-15, 50 MiG-15bis, 204 S-103, 59 MiG-15UTI, and 42 CS-102[ citation needed ]
A few are on display at the Military Museum and the Aviation Museum in Bucharest
1953 Aero 45 CzechoslovakiaLiaison5
1953 IAR 813 RomaniaTrainer50remained in use until at least 1955; 24 civilian aircraft were transferred to air-ambulance duties in 1961
1953 IAR 814 RomaniaTrainer10(?)
1954 Antonov An-2 USSR/PolandUtility biplane10+ [11] Retired by 2010
1955 Ilyushin Il-14P/MUSSRTransport30 Il-14P
3 Il-14M		Retired by 1983
1955 Ilyushin Il-28 USSR/ChinaMedium bomber11 Il-28
16 Harbin H-5		Retired in 1972
Retired by 2001
1955 Mikoyan MiG-17PFUSSRFighter12Retired in the 1990s
1956 Mil Mi-4 USSRHelicopter10 [12]
1956 Mikoyan MiG-17FUSSRFighter12Retired in the 1990s
1958 Mikoyan MiG-19P/PMUSSRFighter17 MiG-19P
10 MiG-19PM		Retired in 1972
1959 PZL SM-1 PolandHelicopter6 [13] Retired in 1974
1962 PZL SM-2 PolandHelicopter5 [13] Retired in 1974
1962 Mikoyan MiG-21F-13USSRFighter24Delivered in 1962-1963; Retired in 1976
1965 [14] Antonov An-24RTUSSRTransport10 [12] Retired in 2007
1965 Aero L-29 CzechoslovakiaTrainer52Retired in 2005
1965 Mikoyan MiG-21RFMUSSR Interceptor 38Delivered in 1965; Designation for the MiG-21PF
1965 Mikoyan MiG-21DCUSSRTrainer4 MiG-21U-400
3 MiG-21U-600		Delivered in 1965–1968; Designation for MiG-21U Izdeliye 66-400/600.
1966 Ilyushin Il-18DUSSRVIP transport3 [15] Transferred to Romavia
1966 Mikoyan MiG-21RFMMUSSRInterceptor56Delivered in 1966–1968; Designation for the MiG-21PFM
1968 BAC 1-11 UKVIP transport2 [16]
1968 Mil Mi-8 [17] USSRHelicopter25 Mi-8T
14 Mi-8PS		Two still in service with MAI
1968 Mikoyan MiG-21CUSSRFighter12Delivered in 1968–1972 - designation for the MiG-21R
Retired in the 1990s
1969 Mikoyan MiG-21MUSSRFighter73Delivery starting in 1969–1970; 34 converted to LanceR A (ground attack) in 1995-2002
1969 Mikoyan MiG-21USUSSRTrainer14Delivered starting in 1969–1970
1970 Aérospatiale Alouette II FranceHelicopter2
1970 Mil Mi-17 USSRHelicopter3 [17] Two still in service with MAI
1971 IAR 316BRomaniaHelicopter120Still in service
1972 Mikoyan MiG-21UMUSSRTrainer17Delivered starting in 1972–1980
Double seat variant of the MiG-21MF
5 received in 1990
14 converted to LanceR B (trainer) in 1995-2002
1974 [18] Antonov An-26AUSSRTransport11One still in service as of 2023
1974 IAR 823 RomaniaTrainer/liaison56(?)operated until the late 1990s; Most surviving airframes sold to private owners in the USA
1974 B.707-3K1C US VIP transport 2 [15] Transferred to Romavia, then retired from airline passenger use in 2013; civilian service ended in 2019
1975 IAR 330H/LRomaniaHelicopter15 IAR 330H
112 IAR 330L		Still in service
1975 Mikoyan MiG-21MF/MF-75USSRFighter74Delivered in 1972–1975; 37 converted to LanceR A (ground attack) & 26 converted to LanceR C (air superiority) in 1995-2002
1976 [19] Antonov An-30 USSRTransport3Operated from 1976; currently two still in use as of 2017
1977 Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander UK/RomaniaTransport6+ [20] Built by Romaero
1977 Iak-52 RomaniaTrainer12 still in serviceBuilt by Aerostar
Still in service
1977 Ilyushin Il-62MUSSRVIP transport1 [15]
1979 Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin CFranceVIP transport helicopter4Retired in 1986
1979 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF/UBUSSRFighter36 MiG-23MF
10 MiG-23UB		Retired in 2003
1979 IAR-93A/DCRomaniaGround attack26 IAR-93A
9 IAR-93DC		Retired by 1998
1981 Aero L-39ZACzechoslovakiaTrainer32Retired in 2007
1982 IAR-93MBRomaniaGround attack15Retired by 1998
1982 IAR-825 RomaniaTrainer1Sold in 2006
1984 IAR-28MA Romania Motor glider 10 [21] received in 1984
1986 Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin NFranceVIP transport helicopter4 [22] Still in service with SRI [22]
1987 IAR-93B/DCRomaniaGround attack27 IAR-93B
7 IAR-93B-DC		Retired by 1998
1987 VR-3 USSRUnmanned aerial vehicle12Retired in 2002
1987 IAR 99 StandardRomaniaTrainer/light attack21Still in service
1989 Mikoyan MiG-29A/S/UBUSSRMultirole fighter17 MiG-29A
1 MiG-29S
5 MiG-29UB		MiG-29S received from Moldova in 1992
Retired in 2004

Post-1990

DateModelOriginTypeTotal numberDetails
1997 MiG-21 LanceR USSR/RomaniaGround attack (LanceR A)
Trainer (LanceR B)
Air superiority fighter (LanceR C)		71 LanceR A
14 LanceR B
26 LanceR C		Modernized variant of the MiG-21M and MF/MF-75
Retired in 2023
1998 Shadow 600 US Unmanned aerial vehicle 1111 initially, starting in 1998; 4 crashed (1 in country, 3 in Iraq) [23]

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