The Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment "Dimitrie Cantemir" (Romanian: Regimentul de rachete antiaeriene „Dimitrie Cantemir”) is a aerial defense formation of the Moldovan Air Force, based in the village of Durlești.
[4][5] It is named after Dimitrie Cantemir, a Moldavian soldier and statesman who twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711).
The regiment was created in May 1992 and took an oath of allegiance to the Republic that month.
[8] It took part in 2017 in the efforts to liquidate the consequences of the natural disaster in Chisinau and Durlesti.
[9][10] After the resignation of Defense Minister Pavel Creanga and the brigade commander Iurie Bradu, the Moldovan air defense systems are entering a steep peak and are falling into moral and technical decline.