ROAF 86 Airbase - Borcea Open Day

[dcm737]

On Saturday 14.10.2017 an open day event was organized on the 86th Romanian Air Force airbase - located close to the Danube in the middle of the Romanian plain called "Baragan", 120 km east of Bucharest. It is an iconic place for the Romanian military aviation, the airbase also called "Borcea" being the home of some of the most famous Romanian fighter pilots flying the Mig 21. In the past years the base has been heavily modified to house the first Romanian squadron of F16s - the 53 Warhawks, with a legacy starting during the Second World War when thy flew the Hurricane and Me 109. It was a good opportunity to see the F16 at its home and the flight schedule of 4 hours included most of the types in the RoAF, some civilian aircraft but also external guests - F16s from Portugal also flying out of Borcea and the Canadian CF18 flying out of Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase close to the Black Sea. The nice weather also helped a lot. Enjoy!

1. The flightline with Romanian and Portuguese F16s


2. Bell 206 JetRanger


3. IAR 330 Puma


4. Extra 330 Romanian Airclub


5. Extras Romanian Airclub


6. RoAF C27 Spartan


7. C27


8. C27 low pass


9. IAR 99 trainers


10. IAR 99


11. IAR 99


12. IAR 99


13. IAR 330


14. IAR 330


15. IAR316 Alouette III


16. Mig 21 Lancer


17. F16s RoAF


18. Taxi to the runway


19. F16 RoAF


20. F16 RoAF


21. F16 RoAF


22. Mig 21s and RCAF CF18s


23. CF18 touch and go


24. CF18


25. IAR330 Puma


26. IAR330 Puma


27. IAR330 and F16 tactical demo


28. IAR330


29. F16 RoAF


30. F16 RoAF


31. F16 RoAF


32. Mig 21 RoAF


33. Mig 21 RoAF


34. Mig 21 RoAF


35. Mig 21 RoAF


36. Mig 21 low pass


37. Mig 21


38. Mig 21


39. Mig 21 and CF18


40. Portuguese F16


41. RoAF F16


42. RoAF F16


43. RoAF F16


44. RoAF F16


45. RoAF F16 dedication pass


46. RoAF F16


47. RoAF F16


48. RoAF F16


49. RoAF F16 after landing


50. Happy at the end of the show


51. C27

[HawkT1]

Love the burning mig shot

Great collection

[Stagger2]

Really nice series of shots & well worth the visit! I think shot 34 is my favourite, mainly because that's an amazing steep climb within photographic range. Must've commenced it from quite a low altitude because the controls appear neutral?
Also of note is the RoAF only seem to have got 'one-free' Sniper Pod (seen on '1605') with their purchase of umpteen F-16's.

[dcm737]

Love the burning mig shot

Great collection

Thank you! The Mig is flown by Mr. Gica Stancu - the Romanian demo pilot; he is really good!

[dcm737]

Really nice series of shots & well worth the visit! I think shot 34 is my favourite, mainly because that's an amazing steep climb within photographic range. Must've commenced it from quite a low altitude because the controls appear neutral?
Also of note is the RoAF only seem to have got 'one-free' Sniper Pod (seen on '1605') with their purchase of umpteen F-16's.

Ref the Mig climb - it was almost vertical...

Ref the Sniper - what do you get for free in aviation these days?? The correct formula is "an undisclosed number of Sniper pods".... Apparently it is the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP)... http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/p ... niper.html

[Blackbird]

Great set and good to see something out of the ordinary. My votes go to 34 and 38

Andy

[dcm737]

Great set and good to see something out of the ordinary. My votes go to 34 and 38

Andy

Thank you very much!