Main article: Royal Moroccan Air Force
A list of all past and current aircraft in service with the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF).
Current aircraft[]
Aircraft | Type | Versions | Quantity | Notes | ||
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Combat aircraft | ||||||
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon | Fighter Aircraft | F-16C Block 52+ F-16D Block 52+ |
16 8 |
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Dassault Mirage F1 | Fighter Aircraft | Mirage F1-5 MF2000 |
43 | include 3 F1B or MF-2000B Upgraded to MF2000, local designation Mirage F-1 BM-VI/CM-VI/EM-VI or Mirage F-1VI | ||
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter | Fighter Aircraft | F-5B/F T III F-5E TIII |
8 24 |
Used for advanced training Fighter aircraft | ||
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet | Light Attack, CAS & COIN | Alpha Jet E+ | 24 | Used as advanced trainer and Ground-attack aircraft [1][2] | ||
Trainer aircraft | ||||||
T-6 Texan II | Trainer | T-6C | 24 | |||
Cessna T-37 Dragonfly | advanced trainer | T-37B | 14 | |||
FFA AS-202 Bravo | Trainer | FFA AS-202 | 10 | |||
CAP 232 | Aerobatic | CAP 232 | 8 | |||
Transport aircraft & Aerial refueling | ||||||
Alenia C-27J Spartan | Transport aircraft | C-27J | 4 | |||
CASA CN-235 | Transport aircraft | CN-235M | 7 | |||
Lockheed C-130 Hercules | Transport aircraft | C-130H | 12 | |||
Lockheed KC-130 | Tanker | KC-130H | 2 | |||
Surveillance, Electronic warfare & Others | ||||||
Lockheed RC-130 | Surveillance aircraft for reconnaissance | RC-130H | 1 | |||
Dassault Falcon 20 | Electronic warfare | Falcon 20 | 2 | ECM/ELINT platforms | ||
Bombardier 415 | Amphibious aircraft | CL-415 | 3 | 5 Ordered [3] | ||
BN-2T Defender | Maritime patrol and reconnaissance | BN-2T Defender | 13 | |||
Helicopters | ||||||
Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle | Attack helicopter | SA 342M/L | 24 | |||
Eurocopter SA 330 Puma | Transport Helicopter | SA 330C SA 330L |
12 25 |
Original imported version 25 Upgraded by EC Romania | ||
Agusta-Bell 205 | multi-role helicopter | Bell 205 | 31 | |||
Agusta-Bell 206B | Utility helicopter | Bell 206 | 26 | |||
Agusta-Bell 212 | Utility helicopter | Bell 212 | 3 | |||
Boeing CH-47 Chinook | Transport Helicopter | CH-47C CH-47D |
9 3 |
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Unmanned aerial vehicles | ||||||
BAE SkyEye | UAV | Skyeye R4E-50 | ||||
RQ-1 Predator | UAV | Predator XP | [4] | |||
GNAT | UAV | I-GNAT ER | [5] | |||
IAI Heron | UAV | At least 3 | [6] | |||
VIP transport | ||||||
Cessna | VIP transport | Cessna | 4 | 1 Cessna 414 +1 Cessna 421 +1 Cessna Citation V +1 Cessna Citation XLS | ||
Beechcraft Super King Air | VIP transport and Trainer | Super King Air | 16 | 6 Beech A100 +4 Beech B200 +3 Beech B300 +3 Beech 350 | ||
Boeing 737-BBJ2 | VIP transport | Boeing 737 | 2 | |||
Dassault Aviation | VIP transport | Dassault | 2 | 1 Dassault Falcon 50 1 Dassault Falcon 100 | ||
Gulfstream Aerospace | VIP transport | Gulfstream | 5 | 2 Gulfstream II 1 Gulfstream III 1 Gulfstream V 1 Gulfstream G550 | ||
AgustaWestland AW139 | VIP transport | AW139 | 1 |
Previous aircraft[]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Fagot
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco
- Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle
- Socata MS-733
- Socata MS-885
- Socata MS-893
- North American T-6 Texan
- Aermacchi SF.260
- North American T-28 Trojan
- Fouga Magister
- Beechcraft Twin Bonanza
- Beechcraft Musketeer
- de Havilland DH.114 Heron
- Hawker Sea Fury
- Douglas C-47 Dakota
- Fairchild C-119Gs
- Dornier DO-28D-2 Skyservant
- Hiller UH-12 Raven
- Kaman HH-43 Huskie
- North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
- Bell 47G
- Sikorsky S-58 Choctaw
- Morane-Saulnier MS-500 Criquets
- Max Holste MH 1521M Broussard
- Morane-Saulnier MS-733 Alcyon
- Boeing 707-138(B) Tanker
- Potez 842
- Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris
Armament[]
Others[]
Name | Aircraft | Picture | ||||
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Targeting pods | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Sniper XR | F-16C/D Block 52+ | |||||
ASTAC Elint Pod | Dassault Mirage F1 Dassault Mirage MF2000 |
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Thales Damocles Pod | Dassault Mirage MF2000 | |||||
LITENING II Pod | F-16C/D Block 52+ F-5 TIII |
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AMIN Hares pod [7][8] | Dassault Mirage F1 F-5 TIII |
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Goodrich DB-110 reconnaissance pod [9] | F-16C/D Block 52+ |
Planned or Potential purchases[]
Aircraft | Type | Versions | Quantity | Notes |
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PAC JF-17 Thunder | Fighter Aircraft | JF-17 Block 2 | U/N | [10][11] |
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | Strategic/tactical airlifter | C-17A | U/N | [12][13] |
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker | Aerial refuelling | KC-135 | U/N | [14] |
Eurocopter EC725 | Tactical Transport helicopter | EC725 | 12 | [15] |
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk | Multimission maritime helicopter | SH-60 | U/N | [16] |
Panavia Tornado ADV | Interceptor aircraft | Tornado ADV F3 | U/N | [17] |
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Depuis Février 2011, le dispositif anti-incendies des FRA s'est renforcé avec 2 avions bombardiers d'eau de type CL-415(...)Trois autres avions Canadair seront livrés aux FRA au cours de 2012. [3]
- ↑ Reuters newsarticle Export approved to KSA and others, 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Revista de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, March 2013
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ [7]
- ↑ [8]
- ↑ [9]
- ↑ [10]
- ↑ [11]
- ↑ [12]
- ↑ [13]
- ↑ [14]
- ↑ Saudi Arabia is said to be discussing a deal with Morocco to sell it some Tornado fighter jets in service with the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). The following 328-word report sheds more light on the talks between Saudi Arabia and Morocco on the deal and tells what about the position of BAE Systems.[15]
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