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In July 2011, a Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130H crash killed 78 people after the aircraft, en route from Dakhla, a city in Morocco to Kenitra Air Base in Kenitra, crashed 9.7 km (6 mi) from a planned stop-over at Guelmim Air Base. The 6 crew, 60 members of the army and 12 civilians, mainly partners travelling with their partners, perished in ...
The Royal Moroccan Air Force is the air force branch of the Moroccan Armed Forces, It employs 13,000 personnel [3] and is equipped with more than 300 aircraft. In the 21st century, the Royal Moroccan Air Force started a progressive modernization program of its aging fleet and its technical and operational capacities.
Ben Guerir Air Base is a Royal Moroccan Air Force base in the Marraksh-Safi region, located about 58 kilometres (36 mi) north of Marrakech, near the town of Ben Guerir.It previously served as a United States Air Force base and Transatlantic Abort Landing (TAL) site for the Space Shuttle.
Kenitra Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة القنيطرة الجوية) (IATA: NNA, ICAO: GMMY) is a military airport in Kenitra, [1] a city in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region in Morocco. It is also known as the Third Royal Air Force Base , [ 1 ] operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force .
Modern equipment of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces is a list of equipment currently in service with the Royal Moroccan Army.Sources are the United States Excess Defense Articles (EDA) database, [1] UNROCA [2],INSS Israel's Middle East Military Balance, [3] World Small Arms Inventory, [4] SIPRI Trade registers [5] and the Military Balance in the Middle East by CSIS, [6] and Army-Guide.
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Bassatine Air Base (IATA: MEK, ICAO: GMFM) is a military air base in Meknes, Morocco. It is also known as the Second Royal Air Force Base , [ 1 ] operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force . Facilities
On 26 July 2011, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. [1] The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly members of the Moroccan Armed Forces, and nine crew. Three occupants were pulled alive from the wreckage ...