Short history of 95th Air Base

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Brief History of the 95th Air Base

In the context where history is the past, present, and future, the air base, which dates back almost 103 years, was established on June 16, 1920, on the Tecuci airfield.

Its initial name was the Aviation Training Center, with the mission to improve the training of aircrew in technical and other specialties necessary for Romanian aviation. In 1924, following a reorganization of the aeronautics industry, the Aeronautics Training Center was created.

After 1945, the Aeronautics Training Center was restructured and relocated, operating in Medias, Tecuci, and Buzau. Then, in 1953, the Aeronautics Training Center was abolished, its tasks being taken over by other educational institutions.

On December 1st, 1968, on Bacau airfield, the Aviation Training Center was reborn after more than a decade and a half in which Bacau had no military airfield. Starting in 1969, the Training Center played a direct role in the transition of young pilots on the MiG supersonic aircraft and the improvement of the training of Air Force personnel for various functions and specialties necessary for them while performing the specific missions of an aviation unit.

In 1969, the MiG-21 aircraft arrived in Bacau. Between 1969 and 1995, the air base in Bacau ensured the transition to supersonic aircraft of a number of pilots equivalent to the number of more than 10 aviation regiments and the improvement of the specialized training of more than 5500 Air Force soldiers.

Between October 1992 and August 2003, the air base was equipped with the AN-2 aircraft, which was used for transport and parachute missions. On August 25th, 1995, the 95th Air Base for Fighter Aviation and Bombardment was established, and it was meant to ensure the training and conduct of combat actions of the 95th Fighter Aviation Group.

Since December 1977, the military pilots of the 95th Air Base have been the first to execute the transition to the MiG-21 LanceR, the modernized version of the MiG-21. On May 1st, 2001, as part of a large restructuring process of the Romanian Army, the 95th Air Base for Fighter Aviation and Fighter Bombing was transformed into the 95th Supersonic Aircraft Passing Center, and the 95th Fighter Aviation Group was transformed into a fighter-bomber aviation squadron and a fighter squadron into the 95th Supersonic Aircraft Passing Center.

On July 1st, 2004, the 95th Supersonic Aircraft Passing Center was transformed into the 95th Air Base. Also, since May 2001, two helicopter squadrons have been included in the air base’s organization chart by moving them to Tecuci, with IAR 316 Allouette and IAR 330 Puma helicopters.

On July 1st, 2010, as a result of the transformation process of the Romanian Army, the 95th Air Base became the 95th Air Flotilla, “Hero aviator captain Alexandru Șerbănescu”, and the Battle Flag was decorated with the “Order of Aeronautical Virtue in the rank of Knight.” In July 2010, the air base received IAR 330 SOCAT helicopters, and in February 2012, IAR 99 Falcon aircraft joined the fleet.

On December 1st, 2013, the 95th Air Base was re-established through the reorganization of the 95th Air Flotilla “Hero aviator captain Alexandru Șerbănescu”. On July 16th, 2020, the 95th Air Base celebrates its one century of existence, and the Battle Flag of the unit is decorated with the National Order “Pentru Merit” in the rank of Knight, with peace insignia, for soldiers.

The 95th Air Base participates in the defense of the national airspace in its area of responsibility, provides air support to other categories of forces, contributes to the constitution of deployable force packages, provides advanced in-flight training for pilots, and supports central and local public authorities in emergency situations.

The 95th Air Base has been successfully represented in theaters of operations in Afghanistan, Mali, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This historical evidences of the establishment of the 95th Air Base ” Hero aviator captain Alexandru Șerbănescu, are keepers of memory and bearers of hope for the only aviation unit in the region of Moldova.


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