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Royal Moroccan Air Force

Royal Moroccan Air Force
Forces royales air (French)
Adwas ujenna ageldan (Berber)
القوات الجوية الملكية (Arabic)
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Royal Moroccan Air Force emblem
Active 1956 – present
Country Morocco
Branch Air Force
Size 13,500 personnel
Part of Administration of Defence
إدارة الدفاع
Equipment 367 aircraft
Engagements Sand War
Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
Western Sahara War
Military intervention against ISIL
Saudi-led intervention in Yemen (2015–present)
Commanders
Military Leadership General El Abed Alaoui Bouhamid
(Inspector of the Royal Air Force)
Civilian Leadership Mohammed VI
(Commander-in-Chief)
Insignia
Roundels Morocco FRA Roundel.png Roundel of the Royal Moroccan Air Force.svg
Fin flash Fin flash of Morocco.svg
Aircraft flown
Attack Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
Electronic
warfare
Dassault Falcon 20
Fighter Dassault Mirage F1, Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon, Northrop F-5
Attack helicopter SA 342
Multirole helicopter CH-47, SA 330, AB205
Reconnaissance RC-130H SLAR, R4E-50, Predator XP, I-GNAT ER, Heron
Trainer B300, T-6C, A-Jet E+, F-5F
Transport C-130H, CN235M, C-27J
Tanker KC-130

The Royal Moroccan Air Force, RMAF, (Arabic: القوات الجوية الملكية; Berber: Adwas ujenna ageldan; French: Forces royales air) is the air force branch of the Moroccan Armed Forces.

The Moroccan air force was formed on November 19, 1956 as the “Aviation Royale Chérifienne” (Sherifian Royal Aviation).

Its modern installations and bases were inherited from France (Meknes, Rabat {in tandem with the United States}, Marrakech), the United States (Rabat {in tandem with France}, Kenitra, Benguérir, Boulhault, Nouasser and Sidi Slimane) and Spain (Laayoune).

The first acquisitions of this newly formed air force were six Morane-Saulnier MS-500 Criquets, three Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard transport aircraft, two Beechcraft Twin Bonanzas, a de Havilland DH.114 Heron and a Bell 47G helicopter.

In 1961, it changed its name to "Force royales air" (Royal Air Force), a designation used to the present day. In the same period, it obtained 12 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 fighters, two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI trainers and four Ilyushin Il-28 bombers from the Soviet Union (USSR). 24 Fouga Magister training aircraft were also received from France.


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