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Royal Moroccan Air Force
  • القوات الجوية الملكية (Arabic)
  • Adwas ujenna ageldan (Berber languages)
  • Forces Royales Air (French)
Badge of the Royal Moroccan Air Force
Founded19 November 1956; 67 years ago (1956-11-19)
CountryRoyal Moroccan Air Force Morocco
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size13,000 personnel[1]
Part ofRoyal Moroccan Armed Forces
Equipmentmore than 400 aircraft
Engagements
  • Sand War
  • Yom Kippur War
  • Western Sahara War
  • International military intervention against ISIL
  • Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Commanders
Commander-in-ChiefKing Mohammed VI
Commander of the Air ForceGeneral El Abed Alaoui Bouhamid
Insignia
Roundel
Fin flash
Aircraft flown
FighterF-16 Fighting Falcon, Northrop F-5, Mirage F1
Attack helicopterSA 342, AH-64E Apache[2]
Multirole helicopterCH-47, SA 330, AB205
ReconnaissanceC-130
TrainerBeechcraft Super King Air, T-6C, Alpha Jet E+, F-5F
TransportC-130H, CN-235M, C-27J
TankerKC-130H

The Royal Moroccan Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الملكية; Berber languages: Adwas ujenna ageldan; French: Forces Royales Air)[3] is the air force of the Moroccan Armed Forces.

  1. ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2021). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. p. 345.
  2. ^ Judson, Jen (November 20, 2019). "US State Dept. approves $4.25 billion Apache helo sale to Morocco". Defense News.
  3. ^ Cooper, Grandolini & Fontanellaz 2019, p. 4

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