[ro], advised by the Chief of the French Military Mission, decided to reorganize the Romanian aviation.
[2] During the course of the month of June 1917, airmen from all of the aeronautical groups carried out reconnaissance, bombing and artillery fire directing missions over the enemy lines.
During the Battle of Mărășești, reconnaissance missions protected by the fighter aircraft were carried out consistently over the front of the 1st Romanian Army.
In the front sectors where the Romanian artillery did not cause enough damage, the airmen of the F.4 squadron carried out bombing raids.
[2] Starting from 22 September 1917, Grupul 2 Aeronautic was reorganized, now being composed of:[4] On 7 November 1917, Romanian pilots of the N.11 and F.9 squadrons shot down 5 enemy aircraft.
[6] The unit, located on the Pipera airfield, was transformed into the Military Aviation Flotilla (Flotila aviație de luptă) in 1929 with the reorganization of the Air Force.
The unit was equipped with He 112, Bf 109, and Hawker Hurricane fighters and took part in the 1941 campaign in Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Odessa.
[10] In the summer of 1945, the flotilla was redeployed to Bucharest and assigned to Escadra 1 Aviație within the Aviation Division.