Currently, the military base of the Craiova Airport works as the Center for Research, Innovation and Flight Tests (Centrul de cercetare, inovare și încercări în zbor).

[1] In 1914, the Ministry of War gave the order to the Aviation Command to survey and identify locations where reserve aerodromes could be set up.

[3][better source needed] In 1938, King Carol II issued a decree for the establishment of an airport near Craiova.

[10] After persistent problems and the civil wars in Yugoslavia, production of the IAR 93 was stopped and the aircraft was retired in 1998.

[10] The air base functioned until 2001, being transformed into the "67th Advanced Operational Training and Flight Test Center", and was eventually disbanded in 2003.

[1] The task of the center is to conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of aeronautical products that are to enter service with the Romanian Armed Forces.