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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.
Air base IATA airport code Headquarters County 49th Air Base – Ianca: Brăila: 58th (Helicopter) Air Base SBZ Sibiu: Sibiu: 59th (Helicopter) Air Base
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.
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.
[2] [3] [4] In 2024, construction began on a project aimed at modernizing and expanding the base. Under the same project, it is planned to build a military city similar to Ramstein Air Base, where more than 10,000 NATO servicemen will live together with their families. [5] [6] The current base commander is Comandor Nicolae Crețu. [7]
Earlier this month, NATO states Romania and Latvia saw Russian drones crash after breaching their airspace, prompting official calls for measures to act jointly to counter Russia air incursions.
The Capu Midia Training Range, officially named the Air Defense Training School "Brigadier General Ion Bungescu" (Romanian: Școala de Instruire pentru Apărare Antiaeriană "General de brigadă Ion Bungescu"), is a Romanian training range and an air defense school subordinated to the General Staff of the Air Force.
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