List of aircraft and armament of the Royal Moroccan Air Force
Main article: Royal Moroccan Air Force
A list of all past and current aircraft in service with the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF). Sources are Flightglobal 2014 report [1] INSS report 2013[2] and Farmorocco webpage[3]
Current aircraft
Aircraft | Type | Versions | Quantity | Notes | ||
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Combat aircraft | ||||||
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon | Multirole Fighter Aircraft | F-16C Block 52+ F-16D Block 52+ |
16 8 |
F-16 Block 52+ Version | ||
Dassault Mirage F1 | Fighter Aircraft | Mirage F1 MF2000 |
13 27 |
F1CH/EH/EH-200 Upgraded. Local designation MF-1EM-VI | ||
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter | Fighter Aircraft | F-5B/F T III F-5E TIII |
4 22 |
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 [4][5] | ||
Trainer aircraft | ||||||
T-6 Texan II | Trainer | T-6C | 24 | |||
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 | 5 | |||
BN-2T Defender | Maritime patrol and reconnaissance | BN-2T Defender | 13 | |||
CAP 232 | Aerobatic | CAP 232 | 8 | |||
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 | UN | |||
RQ-1 Predator | UAV | Predator A | 4 | [6][7][8][9] | ||
GNAT | UAV | I-GNAT ER | UN | [10] | ||
IAI Heron | UAV | At least 3 | [11] | |||
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
- FFA AS-202 Bravo
- Cessna T-37 Tweet
- Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
Armament
Name | Type | Picture | ||||
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Air to Ground Missiles and Bombs | ||||||
AGM-65 Maverick D/G/H | Air-to-surface missile | |||||
AGM-88 HARM B/C | Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile | |||||
HOT I/II | Anti-tank missile | |||||
BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank missile | |||||
GBU-10 Paveway II | Precision-guided munition | |||||
GBU-12 Paveway II | Precision-guided munition | |||||
GBU-24 Paveway III | Precision-guided munition | |||||
AASM GPS/INS AASM GPS/INS+IIR |
Precision-Guided Munition | |||||
JDAM LJDAM |
Precision-Guided Munition | |||||
Mk-82 | General purpose bomb | |||||
Mk-84 | General purpose bomb | |||||
CBU-52 CBU-58A/B CBU-71A/B Mk 20 Rockeye II |
cluster bombs | | ||||
Air to Air Missiles | ||||||
AIM-9L/M/M-9/X-2 | air-to-air missile | |||||
Matra R530 D | air-to-air missile | |||||
R550 Magic II | air-to-air missile | |||||
MBDA MICA IR/EM | air-to-air missile | |||||
AIM-120 C7 | air-to-air missile | |||||
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 [12][13] | Dassault Mirage F1 F-5 TIII |
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Goodrich DB-110 reconnaissance pod [14] | F-16C/D Block 52+ | |||||
Gallery
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RMAF F-5 before upgrade
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RMAF F-5E Tiger III .
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RMAF F-5F TIII
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RMAF Mirage F1.
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RMAF F-16D
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RMAF F-16C
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RMAF C-27J
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RMAF C-27J
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RMAF CN-235-100M
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RMAF CN-235-100M
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RMAF C-130H
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RMAF C-130H
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RMAF C-130H
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RMAF T-6C Texan II
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RMAF SA330C Puma
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RMAF SA342M
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RMAF CAP 230
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RMAF Gulfstream III
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RMAF Citation XLS
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RMAF aircraft in Marrakech AeroExpo 2012
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RMAF CL-415 demo during Marrakech AeroExpo 2012
References
- ↑ World Air Forces 2014 - FlightGlobal.com
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- ↑ The basic Predator-A is used in small numbers by Italy, Morocco and Turkey
- ↑ Multiple sources confirme de purchase of UAV Predator for the RMAF
- ↑ General Atomics has already received export licenses to sell an unarmed export version of the Predator to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, U.A.E. and Morocco
- ↑ Base production Predators (not XP models) are already operated in limited numbers by Italy, Morocco and Turkey.
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- ↑ Revista de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, March 2013
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