Royal Moroccan Air Force

Royal Moroccan Air Force
Moroccan Air Force emblem
Lineup	May 14, 1956
Country	Morocco
Armed forces	Royal Armed Forces of Morocco
Strength	13,500 soldiers 300 pilots
Insinuation	Royal Armed Forces of Morocco
headquarters	Rabat
Colours	Red , green , yellow
commander
Current commander	General Ahmed Boutaleb
insignia
Aircraft cockade
National emblem ( vertical stabilizer )

The Royal Moroccan Air Force ( Arabic القوات الجوية الملكية, DMG al-Quwwāt al-Ǧawwiyya al-Malakiyya ; Moroccan Tamazight ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵔⵔⵓⴽⴰⵏ ⵓⵊⵏⵏⴰ Adwas Ageldan Amerrukan Ujenna , English Royal Moroccan Air Force , French Forces royales air ) establishes air sovereignty over the Kingdom of Morocco . She is part of the Royal Armed Forces .

history

The Moroccan Air Force was established on May 14, 1956 after the end of the French protectorate .

During the Algerian-Moroccan War in 1963, the Soviet Union supported Algeria , which led to a breakdown in relations with Moscow. Since then, France and the United States have been the main suppliers to the kingdom.

In 1973 the Royal Air Force was involved in the Yom Kippur War with Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter machines .

In 1978 the Royal Air Force took part in the liberation of the hostages at the Battle of Kolwezi in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo ).

During Operation Desert Storm in Iraq in 1991, Morocco sent a symbolic unit to reinforce the security of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

The Air Force currently has 16,000 men (elite, airborne troops , pilots , mechanics, etc.).

Aerobatic team

Marche Verte is the aerobatic team for the Royal Moroccan Air Force.

coup attempt

The 1972 coup attempt by General Oufkir was the darkest chapter in the history of the Forces aériennes .

Military airfields

• BAFRA Nº 1 (Air Base) near Salé
• BAFRA Nº 2 (Air Base) near Meknes
• BAFRA Nº 3 (Air Base) near Kenitra
• BAFRA Nº 4 (Air Base) near Laayoun
• Sidi Slimane Air Base BAFRA Nº 5 (Air Base)
• BAFRA N ° 6 (Air Base) Ben Guerir
• BEFRA (Academy Air Base & Air Base) near Marrakech
• North Area Headquarters near Rabat
• South Area Headquarters near Agadir
• Aeronaval Base near Casablanca

equipment

Royal Moroccan Air Force
Warplanes
Mirage F1CH / EH , one aircraft crashed in 2015 after a bird strike, 27 aircraft modified in 2009	27
F-5E / F / B , probably originally 70 aircraft, in 2014 20 or 22 still available	24
F-16C / D , a plane crashed in Yemen	23
Training aircraft
Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet H 22 aircraft were modernized for 27 million euros, mainly in the cockpit. The order was initiated by SABCA and Thales in 2009 and 10 aircraft were completely modernized in 2014.	24
T-6 C Texan II	24
FFA AS-202 Bravo	14th
T-34 mentor	12
T-37 tweet	14th
Cap 10	2
Cap 232	7th
Transport aircraft
C-130H Hercules	12
C-27J Spartan	4th
CASA CN-235	6th
Beech A100	6th
Beech B200	4th
Beech B300	3
Cessna 414	1
Cessna 421	1
State machines
Gulfstream II	2
Gulfstream III	1
CASA CN-235	1
Cessna 560	2
Dassault Falcon 50	1
Dassault Falcon 10	1
Beech 350 Super King Air	3
Tanker planes
KC-130H	2
Reconnaissance aircraft
Falcon 20 ELINT	2
RC-130H SLAR	1
helicopter
SA 342 Gazelle	22nd
SA 330 Puma	33
SA 315B Lama	1
FROM 205	47
FROM 206	5
FROM 212	5
CH-47 Chinook	9
AH-64 Apache	32
Guided missile
MICA IR / EM, Matra R550 Magic II , AIM-9 J / M et AIM-9 X2 Sidewinder , AIM-120 C7 AMRAAM . ...

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Un avion de combat Mirage F1 s'écrase près de Sidi Slimane à cause d'oiseaux sans faire de victime , Huffington Post, August 18, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b} Lockheed Martin delivers final 3 F-16s to Morocco
3. ↑ Maroc, premere puissance aérienne militaire de l'Afrique du nord 25 June 2014
4. ↑ Schweizer Soldat, edition 10/2014, page 59