Royal Armed Forces

[Medy15]

In the beginning of the 1990's, Morocco wanted to update or upgrade it's Air Force. In the beginning, they negotiated with the USA for 24 F-16, but that deal was not completed. In 2002, when a war was near with Spain because of the little Island of "Leyla" just off the coast of Northern Morocco. Morocco knew that in case of a war, they wouldn't have a big chance of winning it.
Saudi Arabia wanted to grant to Morocco 12 AH-64 Apache, with additional financial help but the deal was not completed. The United Arab Emirates, or UAE did also gave financial help to Morocco, to strenghthen it's Air Force.
Luckily, it never came near a war. The Moroccan troops who did occupy the disputed island, were transported back to Morocco, after which the Spanish Air Force and Navy did take over the occupied Island.
From 1998, until 2004 the Moroccan Mirage F-1's did receive new Radar-systems and Navigation/Communication Hardware from France ( MATRA , MICA missiles ).



The Army of Liberation (French, Armée de Libération, Arabic, jayshu-t-tahrīr) was a force fighting for the independence of Morocco. In 1956, units of the Army began infiltrating Ifni and other enclaves of Spanish Morocco, as well as Spanish Sahara (today Western Sahara), to claim them as part of Morocco. Initially, they received important backing from the Moroccan government. In the Spanish Sahara, the Army rallied Sahrawi tribes along the way, and triggered a large-scale rebellion. In early 1958, the Moroccan king reorganized the Army of Liberation units fighting in the Spanish Sahara as the "Saharan Liberation Army".
The revolt in the Spanish Sahara was put down in 1958 by a joint French and Spanish offensive. The king of Morocco then signed an agreement with the Spanish, as he asserted control over the rebellious southern border areas, and parts of the Army of Liberation was absorbed into the Moroccan armed forces.
Nationalistic Moroccans tend to see the Army of Liberation battles in Western Sahara as a proof of Western Sahara's loyalty to the Moroccan crown, whereas sympathizers to the Polisario Front) view it only as an anti-colonial war directed against Spanish. There were tensions between Sahrawi guerillas and Moroccan units, and at the end of the conflict, some defections of Sahrawis and instances of fighting between the two groups.[citation needed] Sahrawi veterans of the Army of Liberation today exist on both sides of the Western Sahara conflict, and both the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic celebrate it as part of their political history. Parents of the founder members of Polisario have all been members of the Army of Liberation, most notably the Father of Mohammed Abdelaziz the president of Polisario and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, who is living in Morocco and is a member of CORCAS.

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3 Eurocopter Panther

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32 F-5 Tiger II





35 F-5 Freedom Fighter



52 Mirage F1




18 Rafale Dassault








6 OV-10 Bronco

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224 M48 Patton







300 M60 Patton

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111 SK-105 Kurassier



150 T-72

[TooNs]

Les chiffres sont completement fantaisistes et les photos ne representent pas les forces armées marocaines (laissez-moi une journée que je finisse mes syntheses chimiques a la noix et j'vous poste des bonnes photos)

[belgiumguy]

Morocco doesn't have F 16's.

[TooNs]

Originally Posted by belgiumguy

Morocco doesn't have F 16's.

nop

[Redalinho]

[Slaoui]

Morocco - F-16C/D Block 50/52 Aircraft

-WASHINGTON, December 18, 2007 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Morocco of F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $2.4 billion.
The Government of Morocco has requested a possible sale of:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE)

24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft with either the F100-PW-229 or
F110-GE-129 Increased Performance Engines (IPE) and APG-68(V)9 radars;
5 F100-PW-229 or F110-GE-129 IPE spare engines;
4 APG-68(V)9 spare radar sets;
30 AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing Systems (CMDS)
30 AN/ALR-56M Radar Warning Receivers (RWR)
60 LAU-129/A Launchers;
30 LAU-117 Launchers;
6 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems;
4 AN/ARC-238 Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGAR)radios with HAVE QUICK I/II;
24 Conformal Fuel Tanks (pairs);
4 Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals;
2 Link-16 Ground Stations;
4 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Embedded GPS/ Inertial Navigation Systems (INS);
12 AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER Targeting Pods or AN/AAQ-28 LITENING Targeting Pods
5 Tactical Air Reconnaissance Systems (TARS) or DB-110 Reconnaissance Pods(RECCE);
4 AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Systems;
28 AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suites
(AIDEWS); or 28 AN/ALQ-187 Advanced Self-Protection Integrated Suites
(ASPIS II); or 28 AN/ALQ-178 Self Protection Electronic Warfare Suites
(SPEWS)
1 Unit Level Trainer

Some pics :

agusta bell205 CN-APC



48 agustabell2127xc



Eurocopter AS565MB Panther n°6623/113



Boeing Vertol CH-47C Chinook CNA-LC



Boeing Vertol CH-47C Chinook CNA-LI n°9



Les 24 F-16 que l'on va acheter :

[Redalinho]

Vue des trois futures corvettes SIGMA destinées au Maroc

[Rabat_M6_lover]

reda when we will get in inshallah
i hope our army kill all the stupid polizbal

[Redalinho]

Casablanca during the second world war

[Abdelkarim]

[Abdelkarim]

[Rabat with love 2]

le forum des far maroc

[Rabat with love 2]

[Slaoui]

Marines from Morocco participate in small arms practical training exercises during exercise Phoenix Express 2009

[Slaoui]