Romania 2002

In October 2002 the author together with enthousiasts from several countries had the opportunity to visit airbases of the Romanian Air Force in Bucharest-Otopeni, Titu, Feteşti, Mihail Kogălniceanu and Timisoara.

	Bucharest-Otopeni

Among the aircraft of the Otopeni based transport wing are C-130, An-24 / 26 / 30 and few Mi-8 (seen here).

	Titu-Boteni

Titu is the home base of the IAR 330 SOCAT, which is equipped with state-of-the-art avionics and new weapons systems.

	Feteşti

MiG-21F-13 in front of the staff building at Feteşti.

The 86. air base is completely equipped with MiG-21 Lancers ...

... most of them LanceR A.

For pilot training a modern LanceR simulator exists.

After their retirement last year all H-5 (Chinese Il-28) are stored at Feteşti.

	Mihail Kogălniceanu

The MiG-29s based at Mihail Kogălniceanu near did not take off for a couple of months and will probably remain grounded for some time due to technical problems.

Among the Romanian MiG-29s is one of the 9-13 version (Fulcrum C).

Also operating from Mihail Kogălniceanu: IAR 330.

	Timisoara

LanceR A approaching Timisoara.

At Timișoara MiG-21s of LanceR A and B version are based.

This colourful MiG-21MF-75 is used as gateguard of the air base.

The almost entire Romanian MiG-23 fleet awaits its scrapping at Timisoara.