Boboc military airfield

Baza Aeriană Boboc Aerodromul Ziliştea – Boboc
Characteristics
ICAO code	LRBO
Coordinates	45 ° 13 '4 "  N , 26 ° 58' 29"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 13 '4 "  N , 26 ° 58' 29"  E
Height above MSL	105 m (344  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	15 km northeast of Buzau
Street	220 /
Basic data
operator	Romanian Air Force
Start-and runway
04/22	2500 m × 80 m concrete

The Baza Aeriană Boboc is a military airfield of the Romanian Air Force , two km northwest of Boboc (Buzău) . The base is in the Buzău district , about 15 km northeast of the district town of Buzău .

history

Before the Second World War, there was an airfield at or near today's airfield, which at the time was called Aerodromul Ziliştea-Boboc ( Ziliştea is now Zilişteanca ). Ziliştea was a pre-war training airfield of the Royal Romanian Air Force.

The German Air Force used the airfield from 1940/41 and began to expand it. This also includes a paved 1700 m long concrete runway, hangars and workshops as well as accommodation for up to 3000 men. The square became one of the most important air force bases in Romania.

The following table shows a list of all active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Luftwaffe that were stationed here between 1941 and 1944.

from	to	unit	equipment
March 1941	March 1941	I./LG 1 (I. Group of Lehrgeschwader 1)	Junkers Ju 88A
April 1941	April 1941	I./LLG 1 (I. Group of Airborne Squadron 1)	Junkers Ju 52 , DFS 230
April 1941	June 1941	II./KG 4 (II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 4)	Heinkel He 111H
June 1941	July 1941	III./KG 27	Heinkel He 111H
July 1941	July 1941	I./LG 2	Messerschmitt Bf 109E
July 1941	July 1941	Rod / KG 51	Junkers Ju 88A
July 1941	October 1941	I./KG 51	Junkers Ju 88A
1943	1944	11./NJG 6 (11th squadron of the night fighter squadron 6)	Messerschmitt Bf 110
April 1944	April 1944	IV./TG 1 (IV. Group of Transport Wing 1)	Junkers Ju 52 / 3m
April 1944	April 1944	I./TG 5	Messerschmitt Me 323
April 1944	April 1944	I./JG 52 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 52)	Messerschmitt Bf 109G
April 1944	May 1944	Staff, II./TG 5	Messerschmitt Me 323 , Arado Ar 232
April 1944	May 1944	4./KG 26	Junkers Ju 88A
April 1944	June 1944	II./JG 52	Messerschmitt Bf 109G
April 1944	August 1944	3. (F) / Enlightenment group 121 (3rd season of long-range reconnaissance group 121	Junkers Ju 188F-1
April 1944	May 1944	Rod, 1./NAGr. 14th	Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 / U3, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-8
May 1944	May 1944	I./SG 2 (I. Group of the battle squadron 2)	Junkers Ju 87D-5
May 1944	May 1944	14./KG 27	Heinkel He 111H-16
June 1944	August 1944	Parts of I./KG 200
July 1944	August 1944	Staff / NAGr. 1	Messerschmitt Bf 110G-3
August 1944	August 1944	III./SG 2	Junkers Ju 87D-5, Junkers Ju 87G-2
August 1944	August 1944	10. (Pz.) / SG 2	Junkers Ju 87D-5, Junkers Ju 87G-2

Since 1958 the flight school Scoala de Aplicatie a pentru Fortele Aeriene (SAFA), founded in 1953 and named after Aurel Vlaicu, has been located in Boboc .

The Alouette III and An-2 were stationed in Buzău until 2002 and were relocated to Boboc in 2002. The IAK-52 arrived in Boboc at the end of 2003 from Brașov - Ghimbav . The L-29 and L-39 were decommissioned in November 2005 and at the end of 2006, respectively, and after a fatal accident the An-2 fleet was "grounded" in 2010.

Todays use

The base is (as of 2018) used by two associations:

Flight school Scoala de Aplicatie a pentru Fortele Aeriene "Aurel Vlaicu" with two training levels :

Escadrila 1 Aviation Instr. Faza AI-A , equipped with IAK-52 basic trainers and IAR-316B school helicopters

Escadrila 2 Aviation Instr. Faza AI-A , equipped with IAR-99 standard advanced trainers

Technical School Scoala Militara de Maistri si Subofiteri a Fortelor Aeriene " Traian Vuia "

Web links

• “Boboc, the cradle of Romanian military aviation” in English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Romania. (PDF; 3.3 MB) June 2014, pp. 53–54 , accessed on December 7, 2019 (English).