The "Échange Air Maroc 2022" exercise between the Mirage 2000 of the French Air and Space Force and the Mirage F1 of the Royal Air Force began on Monday, May 16, 2022. It aims in particular to strengthen military aeronautical cooperation between the two entities.
Morocco would consider carrying out certain work on two of its major air bases so that they are capable of accommodating the F-16 Block 72, the order for which was placed two years ago.
Elements of the Royal Air Force (FAR) are currently in the United States where they are learning, for the first time, to pilot a combat helicopter Apache via the simulation system of the Utah National Guard, pending the delivery of 24 AH-64 Apache helicopters to Morocco by 2024.
Morocco is moving to modernize its air force. To achieve this, the kingdom is betting on the acquisition of some cutting-edge equipment.
A forest fire whose causes are still unknown broke out in the forest area of Chefchaouen near the Bouhachem mountain. Three Canadair aircraft from the Royal Air Force (RAF) were mobilized to limit the damage in this difficult to access area.
The president of the investigating court in Zaragoza, Rafael Lasala, has decided to summon the diplomat Camilo Villarino, the former chief of staff of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of the ongoing judicial investigation into the arrival of Brahim Ghali , the leader of the Polisario Front, on an Algerian presidential plane at the Zaragoza military base. The hearing is scheduled for early September.
King Mohammed VI, President of the Al-Quds Committee, has ordered the dispatch of emergency humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
Responding to an alert launched by Lebanon, King Mohammed VI has personally donated several tons of food to the benefit of the armed forces and the Lebanese people.
Morocco wants to undertake renovation work on the Benguerir air base, known as the sixth air base of the Royal Air Force (6th BAFRA). This will increase the capacity of this forward deployment base.
The controversy over alleged Moroccan military flights that would have flown over Spanish airspace to land in the Canary Islands has resurfaced in recent days on social media.
Several flight plans from Casablanca to Gran Canaria and Laâyoune would have been carried out by a military aircraft. According to official sources, it would rather be a regular Royal Air Maroc aircraft. The error would be in the attribution of the flight registrations.
Royal Air Maroc has sent 16 new airline student pilots for training at the Royal Air Force (ERA) School in Marrakech. This decision comes a few days after the dismissal for economic reasons of a large majority of its pilots.