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
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| 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) |
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| 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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