ARR Combat Units (1940-1945)

Main Command Units
Ministerul Aerului si Marinei (MAM, the Ministry of Air and Navy)
Subsecretariatul de Stat al Aerului (SSA, the State Under-secretariat of Air)
Statul Major al Aerului (SMA, the Air Force Headquarters)
Gruparea Aerianã de Luptã (GAL, the Combat Air Grouping)
Comandamentul Aero Armata a III-a (CAA3, the Air Command of the 3rd Army)
Comandamentul Aero Armata a IV-a (CAA4, the Air Command of the 4th Army)
Comandamentul Aero Dobrogea (CAD, the Air Command of Dobrudzha)
Comandamentul Aviatiei de Luptã (CAL, the Combat Aviation Command)
Comandamentul Fortelor Aeriene de Luptã (CFAL, the Air Forces Command)
Regiunea Aerianã Înaintatã (RAI, the Forward Air Region)
Escadra I-a Aerianã (E1A, the 1st Air Squad)
Escadra II-a Aerianã (E2A, the 2nd Air Squad)
Regiunea I-a Aerianã (R1A, the 1st Air Region)
Regiunea II-a Aerianã (R2A, the 2nd Air Region)
Regiunea III-a Aerianã (R3A, the 3rd Air Region)
Corpul 1 Aerian (C1A, the 1st Air Corps)
Corpul 2 Aerian (C2A, the 2nd Air Corps)
Corpul 3 Aerian (C3A, the 3rd Air Corps)
Comandamentul Corpului Aerian (CCA, the Air Corps Command)

Note: some of these high units existed only within a restricted time period. Some high units listed above had their jurisdiction overlaping.

Day Fighter/Ground Attack Units
Flotila 1 vânãtoare (the 1st Fighter Flotilla)
Flotila 2 vânãtoare (the 2nd Fighter Flotilla)
Flotila 3 vânãtoare (the 3rd Fighter Flotilla)
Comandamentul Aviatiei de Vânãtoare (CAV, the Fighter Aviation Command)
·           Grupul 1 vânãtoare (the 1st Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 2 vânãtoare (the 2nd Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 3 vânãtoare (the 3rd Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 4 vânãtoare (the 4th Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 5 vânãtoare (the 5th Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 6 vânãtoare (the 6th Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 7 vânãtoare (the 7th Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 8 vânãtoare (the 8th Fighter Group) --> Grupul 8 asalt (the 8th Ground Attack Group)
·           Grupul 9 vânãtoare (the 9th Fighter Group)
·           Grupul 10 vânãtoare (the 10th Fighter Group). Plans only, not formed
·           Grupul 11 vânãtoare de care/asalt (the 11thAnti-armour/Ground Attack Group) - only one
           squadron (Escadrila 38 vânãtoare de care) actually formed. Two others planned only

Fighter/Ground Attack Squadrons: Nos. 38 to 67

Night Fighter Units
Escadrila 51/68/1 vânãtoare de noapte (the 51st/68th/1st Night Fighter Squadron) - known to the Luftwaffe as 13./NJG 6

Bomber Units
Flotila 1 bombardament (the 1st Bomber Flotilla)
Flotila 2 bombardament (the 2nd Bomber Flotilla)
Flotila 3 bombardament (the 3rd Bomber Flotilla)
Comandamentul Aviatiei de Bombardament (CAB, the Bomber Aviation Command)
·           Grupul 1 bombardament (the 1st Bomber Group)
·           Grupul 2 bombardament (the 2nd Bomber Group)
·           Grupul 3 bombardament (the 3rd Bomber/Dive Bomber Group)
·           Grupul 4 bombardament (the 4th Bomber Group)
·           Grupul 5 bombardament (the 5th Bomber Group)
·           Grupul 6 bombardament (the 6th Bomber/Dive Bomber Group)
·           Grupul 7 bombardament (the 7th Light Bomber Group)
·           Grup grenadier (Grenade Bombing Group)  No details known

Bomber Squadrons: Nos. 71 to 87

Other squadrons reverted to bomber rôle:
Escadrila 17 bombardament usor (the 17th Light Bomber Squadron)
Escadrila 18 bombardament usor (the 18th Light Bomber Squadron)

Reconnaissance Units
Flotila 1 informatii (the 1st Information-gathering Flotilla)
Flotila 2 informatii (the 2nd Information-gathering Flotilla)
·           Grupul 1 recunoastere îndepãrtatã (the 1st Long-Range Reconnaissance Group)

Long-range Reconnaissance Squadrons: Nos. 1 to 4

Army Co-operation Units
Grupul 1 observatie (1st Short-range Recce/Observation Group)
Grupul 2 observatie (2nd Short-range Recce/Observation Group)

Short-range Reconnaissance/Observation Squadrons: Nos. 10 to 22
Seaplane Units

Seaplane Squadrons: Nos. 101 to 103

Transport Units
Grupul aerotransport militar (the Military Air Transport Group)
·           Escadrila 105 transport greu (the 105th Heavy Transport Squadron)
·           Escadrila 106 transport (the 106th Transport Squadron), known also as Escadrila L.A.R.E.S., or the L.A.R.E.S. Squadron
·           Escadrila 107 transport greu (the 107th Heavy Transport Squadron)
·           Escadrila sanitarã 108 transport usor (the 108th Medevac Light Transport Squadron)
·           Escadrila 109 transport cu planoare (the 109th Glider Transport Squadron)
·           Escadrila 110 transport (the 110th Transport Squadron)

Other unnumbered (temporary) transport squadrons:
·           Escadrila sanitarã (the Medevac Squadron)
·           Escadrila aerotransport (the Air Transport Squadron)
·           Escadrila mixtã aerotransport (the Mixed Air Transport Squadron)

Transport Squadrons: Nos. 105 to 110

Liaison Units

Liaison Squadrons: Nos. 111 to 116

Flotila Aerostatie
(No aircraft or observation balloons)

Training/School Units
Escadrila 1 observatie (the Short-range Recce/Observation Squadron)
Escadrila 2 bimotoare (theTwin-engine Squadron)
Escadrila 3 recunoastere (the Long-range Recce Squadron)
Escadrila 4 bombardament (the Bombardment Squadron)
Escadrila 5 legãturã (the Lisaison Squadron)
Escadrila 6 sanitarã (the Medevac Squadron)
Escadrila 7 scoalã (the School Squadron)
Escadrila 8 diverse (the Miscellaneous Squadron)
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