Boboc military airfield
Baza Aeriană Boboc Aerodromul Ziliştea – Boboc |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LRBO |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 105 m (344 ft ) |
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Distance from the city center | 15 km northeast of Buzau |
Street |
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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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).