Ministry of National Defence

The 71st Campia Turzii Air Base will host, in the period March 16-26, the Romanian-American bilateral exercise Dacian Warhawk, a press release of the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) informs.

Photo credit: (c) MIRCEA ROSCA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The two servicemen wounded in the helicopter crash in Sibiu County, Captain-commodore Corneliu-Gabriel Titian - aged 47, and Chief Master Sergeant Valentin Bora - aged 41, were brought Friday evening to Bucharest aboard a military plane.

Romanian Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa assured U.S. Under Secretary of Defence for Intelligence, Dr. Michael G. Vickers that Romania maintains firm position on developing the relations with the U.S. in the defence field, under the "Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century."

Romanian Air Force aircraft will perform flight drills on Tuesday and Thursday as of 18:00 hours in the skies above Bucharest, in preparation of the Romanian Air Force Day that is celebrated on July 20, informs a release sent to AGERPRES by the Ministry of National Defence.

Minister of National Defence Mircea Dusa reaffirmed on Wednesday the Romanian Army's commitment to Afghanistan with troop presence alongside the allies beyond 2014, as part of the "Resolute Support" mission.

Head of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) George Maior was elected honorary president of the Academy of Military Science at an event held on Thursday at the Victoria Palace of Government and chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea - Minister of Internal Affairs, informs a release of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.