General De Flotilă Aeriană
() is a rank in the Romanian Air Force, introduced on 11 July 1995. Within the Ranks and insignia of NATO, NATO rank structure is rated OF-6, as such is equivalent to Brigadier general or Air commodore. The previous Royal Romanian Air Force of the Kingdom of Romania also had a similar rank called . Description The term "" (air flotilla) was introduced in 1929. Equivalent to an Wing (military unit), air wing and usually consisting of three Group (military unit), air groups, the unit existed until 1949 when the flotillas were converted to Aviation regiment (Soviet Union), aviation regiments. The present-day List of Romanian Air Force bases#Air bases, Air Bases of the Romanian Air Force were also briefly renamed to flotillas between 2010 and 2013. The insignia worn on the sleeves has a 35 mm wide braid (called or ), a 25 mm wide braid and a 12 mm wide braid. Like all air force rank insignia, the topmost braid is folded in the shape of a rhombus. The shoulder mark, shoulder insig ...
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