Romania has a long and proud aviation
heritage. Its air force dates back to 1910 when a small flying
corps was established. After the second world war Romania became
a Socialist country and as such, fell under the influence of
Moscow.
Shortly after the dramatic events from December 1989 the name of
the Air Force was changed into its current name Fortele Aeriene
ale Romaniei. Very little changed during the first half of the
90s beside the country recovering from the Ceausescu regime. In 1990 Regt.49 at Ianca was the last unit within the Romanian Air Force to retire
the MiG-15. The large number of aircraft which was still in
storage gradually decreased during the course of the 1990's when
most of the aircraft were scrapped. Deliveries of the original
batch of MiG-29s had been completed just before the revolution
which saw the fall of the Ceaucescu regime and operational
flying of the Fulcrum commenced in the spring of 1990 |