History
The Câmpia Turzii military airfield was built between 1952 and 1953, and was home of the Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-10 attack aircraft. In 1969, an air defence unit was created on the airfield in order to provide protection against air attacks. In 1980 a paratrooper regiment is founded and assigned to the Campia Turzii. On June 30, 1982, the first fighter squadron was assigned at the air base, which in 1986 became the 71st Fighter Regiment. In 1987, when the air base finally became fully operational and operated MiG-21 fighters.
On January 24, 2001 the unit was the first one to receive the modernized MiG-21 LanceR fighters. On July 1, 2002, according to a Romanian Armed Forces reorganization and modernization program, the 71st Air Base was officially founded. During late-2004, the RoAF 93rd Air Base is disbanded and its helicopter units were relocated at the 71st base. Since then, the 71st Air Base participated to a large number of national/multinational military exercises and training missions. Also, it often participated in various humanitarian missions, in cooperation with other Romanian Government institutions.
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