Aurel Vlaicu Flight School
| Aurel Vlaicu Flight School | |||||||
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Școala de Aplicație pentru Forțele Aeriene | |||||||
| Boboc, Buzău County in Romania | |||||||
Boboc Air Base during exercise Swift Response 21 | |||||||
Coat of arms of the "Aurel Vlaicu" Air Force Flight School | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of National Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Romanian Air Force | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
Boboc Air Base Boboc Air Base | |||||||
| Coordinates | 45°13′04″N 26°58′29″E / 45.21778°N 26.97472°E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1929–1939 | ||||||
| In use | 1939–Present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Current commander | General de flotilă aeriană Anton Ovidiu Bălan | ||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: LRBO | ||||||
| Elevation | 105 metres (344 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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The Aurel Vlaicu Flight School (Școala de Aplicație pentru Forțele Aeriene "Aurel Vlaicu"), also known as Boboc Air Base, is the Romanian Air Force flight training school based at Boboc, Buzău County. Originally located at the Boboc airfield starting from 1939, the school was re-established as the Aurel Vlaicu Aviation Officers School in 1953, and moved back to Boboc in 1958. Since August 2003, as a result of the Air Force transformation and re-sizing, the Air Force Flight School is the main training facility for the three main air force branches: air force, surface-to-air missiles, and radiolocation.
The base hosts two training squadrons equipped with IAK-52 and IAR 99 airplanes and IAR 316 helicopters. Bayraktar TB2 drones operated by the Romanian Land Forces are also deployed at the base.