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Romania: Unknown: Used by military engineering units. [99] ST 140: Utility armoured motorboat Romania: Unknown [32] 3.5 tons, 8–10 mm armour, 140 hp engine. Used by military engineering units for maneuvering pontoons, it can also transport up to 20 soldiers. MLC 240: Self-propelled barge Romania: 4 [99] Used by military engineering units. MLC ...
The Romanian Joint Logistics Command (Romanian: Comandamentul Logistic Întrunit or CLÎ) is a command subordinated to the Romanian Armed Forces with the main mission to ensure the logistical support of the military forces on the national territory, as well as the troops in the theaters of operations.
The expeditionary force, 'Army Group Antonescu,' was composed on 22 June 1941 of the 3rd Army, the 4th Army, the 2nd Army Corps, and the 11th Infantry Division. [24] The 3rd Army comprised the 4th Army Corps (6th and 7th Infantry Divisions), the Cavalry Corps, the Mountain Corps , two separate artillery battalions, a TA unit, and the Air Force ...
The airport and the former military garrison of the 34th Territorial Mechanized Brigade became the first US base to open in Romania. [12] In 2003, it became one of four Romanian military facilities that U.S. military forces have used as a staging area for the invasion of, and counter-insurgency efforts in Iraq , operated by the 458th Air ...
A Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S. military made an emergency landing on a street in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday, tearing down two public street lights and stopping traffic but ...
The People's Army was dissolved after the Romanian Revolution in the beginning of 1990 and was rebranded as the Romanian Armed Forces. Since 1994, Romania has been actively participating in the Partnership for Peace program and on 29 March 2004, it officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Also in 2021, the US began participating in the enhanced Air Policing mission in Romania by deploying F-15 fighters of the 336th Fighter Squadron to the air base. [ 22 ] In October 2023, the Dutch Ministry of Defence announced that it will send MQ-9 Reaper drones to Romania with the task of monitoring the eastern flank of the Alliance.
The base consists of three military units: The Romanian 99th Military Base, which hosts two American bases: the Naval Support Facility Deveselu and the Aegis Ashore Defense System Romania. Located in Deveselu commune, Olt County, the base has an area of 900 ha (2,200 acres); of those, 170 ha (420 acres) are used by the U.S. forces. [2]