The Romanian Air Force 90th Airlift Base "Comandor Aviator Gheorghe Bănciulescu" (Romanian: Baza 90 Transport Aerian), also known as Otopeni Air Base, is located at the Henri Coandă International Airport, near Bucharest.
From July 1943 until 1944, it functioned as the headquarters of Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien commanding the day and night fighters which were defending Romania from Allied air raids.
The Base received the battle flag and the title of "Comandor Aviator Gheorghe Bănciulescu" in 1995.
In 2019, during the 70-year anniversary of the base, its battle flag was decorated with the Order of Aeronautical Virtue by President Klaus Iohannis.
[4] Three crewmen were killed on 7 November 2007, including Comandor Nicolae Bucur (one of the most experienced RoAF pilots, with over 2,700 flying hours), when an IAR-330 Puma SOCAT helicopter belonging to the 90th Airlift Base crashed in Ungheni, near Pitești, Argeș County.