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The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) (Arabic: ?????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ; transliterated: 'al-Quwwat al-Jaoiyah al-Malakiyah al-Maghribiyah; French: Forces Royales Air) is the air force
Air force

An air force, also known in some countries as an air army or historically an army air corps , is in the broadest sense, the national armed force or armed service that primarily conducts aerial warfare....
 branch of the Moroccan Armed Forces.
Moroccan air force was formed on November 19th, 1956 as the “Aviation Royale Chérifienne” (Sherifan Royal Aviation). Its modern installations and bases were inherited from France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (Meknes
Meknes

Meknes is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway....
, Rabat
Rabat

Rabat , population 2 million , is the Capital of the Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Sal?-Zemmour-Zaer region.The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg....
 , Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
), the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 (Rabat
Rabat

Rabat , population 2 million , is the Capital of the Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Sal?-Zemmour-Zaer region.The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg....
 , Kenitra, Benguérir, Boulhault, Nouasser and Sidi Slimane) and Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 (Layoune). The first acquisition of this newly formed air force was 6 Morane-Saulnier MS500 Criquet.






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The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) (Arabic: ?????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ; transliterated: 'al-Quwwat al-Jaoiyah al-Malakiyah al-Maghribiyah; French: Forces Royales Air) is the air force
Air force

An air force, also known in some countries as an air army or historically an army air corps , is in the broadest sense, the national armed force or armed service that primarily conducts aerial warfare....
 branch of the Moroccan Armed Forces.

History


The beginnings

The Moroccan air force was formed on November 19th, 1956 as the “Aviation Royale Chérifienne” (Sherifan Royal Aviation). Its modern installations and bases were inherited from France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (Meknes
Meknes

Meknes is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway....
, Rabat
Rabat

Rabat , population 2 million , is the Capital of the Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Sal?-Zemmour-Zaer region.The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg....
 , Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
), the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 (Rabat
Rabat

Rabat , population 2 million , is the Capital of the Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Sal?-Zemmour-Zaer region.The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg....
 , Kenitra, Benguérir, Boulhault, Nouasser and Sidi Slimane) and Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 (Layoune). The first acquisition of this newly formed air force was 6 Morane-Saulnier MS500 Criquet. 3 transport aircraft Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard, 2 Beech E50 Twin Bonanza, 1 De Havilland DH114 Heron and 1 Bell 47G helicopter.

In 1961, it changed its name to "Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine" (Royal Moroccan Air Force), a denomination still used until now. In the same period, it obtained from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 12 MiG-17, 2 MiG-15UTI "Midget" and 4 bombers Ilyushin Il-28
Ilyushin Il-28

The Ilyushin Il-28 is a jet engine bomber aircraft of the immediate post war period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force. It was the Soviet Union's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production....
. 24 training aircraft Fouga Magister
Fouga Magister

The Fouga Magister was a 1950s France two-seat jet trainer. The related Fouga Z?phyr was a carrier-capable version for the French Navy.Although it is often lauded as the first purpose built two-seat turbojet-powered trainer aircraft, similar claims are made for the Fokker S.14 Machtrainer whose first flight, production, and service entry w...
 were also received from France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

The political rift with the USSR, pushed Morocco to seek a new ally in the United States, acquiring from the latter 6 combat aircraft Northrop F-5 (4 single-seat F-5A and 2 two-seat F-5B) and in 1966 other 20 F-5A and 4 F-5B. As to the transport units, they had at that moment 10 Douglas C-47, 18 Fairchild C-119G
C-119 Flying Boxcar

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was an United States military transport aircraft developed from the World War II Fairchild Aircraft C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute....
 and 6 C-130 Hercules
C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. It is the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide....
. The helicopter fleet was composed of 24 Augusta-Bell AB205A, and training was satisfied with 12 North American T-6 Texan
T-6 Texan

The T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft designed by North American Aviation, used to train Fighter aircraft pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the Commonwealth of Nations during World War II....
. The next modernization of the Moroccan air force took place just before the Sahara
Sahara

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
 conflict, with the acquisition of Mirage F-1CH attack aircraft, Beech T-34C Mentor
T-34 Mentor

The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston engine....
 training aircraft, Aerospatiale Puma
Aérospatiale Puma

The A?rospatiale Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter. The Puma was originally manufactured by Sud Aviation of France under the designation SA 330....
 helicopters, and new Hercules transport aircraft to substitute the older units.

From the Western Sahara Conflict to present

At the beginning of the conflict, the Fouga Magister
Fouga Magister

The Fouga Magister was a 1950s France two-seat jet trainer. The related Fouga Z?phyr was a carrier-capable version for the French Navy.Although it is often lauded as the first purpose built two-seat turbojet-powered trainer aircraft, similar claims are made for the Fokker S.14 Machtrainer whose first flight, production, and service entry w...
 aircraft were the first to see action. Later on, the F-5 aircraft were thrown into action, to strike against Polisario
Polisario Front

The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish language abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberaci?n de Sagu?a el Hamra y R?o de Oro is a Sahrawi rebel movement working for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco....
 targets. From the beginning, the objective of Morocco was to create a controlled and safe zone in the area considered as “useful” for its political and economic interests, that is, the Capital Al-Aaiun, the religious center Smara, and the phosphate
Phosphate

A phosphate, an inorganic chemical, is a Salt of phosphoric acid. Inorganic phosphates are mining to obtain phosphorus for use in agriculture and industry....
 field of Bu-Craa.

In 1980, they started building the defensive walls of the Sahara, consisted of every type of obstacles for the infantry
Infantry

Infantry are soldiers who are primarily trained for the role of fighting on foot. A soldier in the infantry is known as an infantryman. Infantry units have more physically demanding training than other branches of armies, and place a greater emphasis on fitness, physical strength and aggression....
, and the armoured vehicles (mines, radars, etc...), all backed by Quick Intervention Units (Détachements d'Intervention Rapide) able to move to and reinforce quickly every location along the wall thanks to air-transport composed of Super Puma, AB-205 and CH-47 Chinook
CH-47 Chinook

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knot was faster than utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s and even many of today....
 helicopters.

As to the anti-tank defense, it was decided additionally to use light helicopters Hughes 500MD with TOW
BGM-71 TOW

The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile. "TOW" stands for "Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-to-command-Link" guided Missile Set. The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world....
 missiles to neutralize the T-54, T-55
T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the World War II....
 and BMP
BMP

BMP may stand for...
 tanks of Polisario. And apart from the ground radars of the Wall, Two C-130 Hercules with SLAR system were also used for the detection of enemy units. After the loss of 1 F-5A and 2 RF-5A in the battles, 20 F-5E "Tiger II" y 4 F-5F were acquired thanks to the Saudi financial support.

The main problem that faced the F-5 in Western Sahara, was its insufficient range to realize missions in depth in the vast battlefield of the Sahara
Sahara

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
 desert.

To remediate this problem, 4 tankers were purchased to provide the Moroccan “Freedom Fighters” with air-to-air refueling (AAR)
Aerial refueling

Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling , air-to-air refueling or tanking, is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another during flight....
, and consequently increase their attack range. The Mirage F-1 during the beginning of the conflict were responsible of defending the air-space before a possible Libyan or Algerian attack, which supported both financially and politically the Polisario front.

In 1977, the Moroccan Mirage pilots started their training in an Air-force base located in Orange
Orange, Vaucluse

Orange is a town and Communes of France in the Departments of France of Vaucluse, in the south of France. It has a population of 27,989 people , with a primarily agricultural economy....
, France. In this same year, the Moroccan Air Force started receiving its first Mirage F-1C fighters. Finally, Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
 and Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
 did not attack Morocco, and consequently Morocco destined its Mirages to ground-attack missions against Polisario. 3 Mirage Deliveries were received between 1978 and 1982. The first delivery were 30 Mirage F1-CH received between February and December, 1978. The second one, was received between December 1979 and July 1982 and comprised 14 Mirage F1-EH. Between July 1980 and June a final delivery of 6 Mirage F-1EH-200 was received. During the 90’s there were plans for purchasing Mirage 2000 or F-16 fighter aircraft, however due to unavailable funding they have not been realized. Currently, and possibly as a result of the Algerian negotiations with Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 to purchase MiG-29 and Su-30MKA attack aircraft, the Royal Moroccan Air Force started seeking to modernize its ageing fleet. In summer 2007, the American F-16 and the French Rafale has been short-listed for the deal, but it has been reported by the French newspaper La Tribune that the American F-16 is most likely to win the deal.

Airbases

  • Rabat
    Rabat

    Rabat , population 2 million , is the Capital of the Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Sal?-Zemmour-Zaer region.The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg....
     Salé (GMME) – Air Base Nº 1
  • Meknes
    Meknes

    Meknes is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway....
     - Bassatine (GMFM) – Air Base Nº 2
  • Kenitra
    Kenitra

    Kenitra is a city in Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey. It is a port on the Sebou River, has a population of approximately 374,041 , and is the Capital of the Gharb-Chrarda-B?ni Hssen region....
     (GMMY) – Air Base Nº 3
  • Casablanca
    Casablanca

    Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Greater Casablanca region.With a population of 3.1 million ??????)...
     - Air Base Nº 4
  • Sidi Slimane (GMSL) – Air Base Nº 5
  • Marrakech
    Marrakech

    Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
     (GMMX) – Academy Base
  • Laayoune (El Aaiún) - Hassan Island (GMML) – Detachment 1
  • El Charida
    Moulay Ali Cherif Airport

    Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is an airport in Errachidia, Morocco .Scheduled servicesDomesticInternational...
     - share military/commercial airport


Personnel

Currently the total number of the Royal Moroccan Air Force personnel is 13,500. 300 of these are pilots (According to Jane’s
Jane's Information Group

Jane's Information Group is a publishing company specialising in transportation and military topics, which was founded by Fred T. Jane in 1898....
 1999).

Aircraft Inventory

The Royal Moroccan Air Force flies a variety of Western-built airplanes, particularly French built aircraft. the equipment of the Royal Moroccan Air Force consisted of :

! style="text-align: left; background: #aaccc;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: left; background: #aaccc;"|Origin ! style="text-align: left; background: #aaccc;"|Type ! style="text-align: left; background: #aaccc;"|Versions ! style="text-align: left; background: #aaccc;"|In service ! style="text-align: left; background: #aaccc;"|Notes |----- | Dassault Mirage F1
Dassault Mirage F1

The Dassault Mirage F1 is a France single-seat air-superiority fighter and attack aircraft built by Dassault Aviation. More than 700 F1s have been produced....
 || || fighter/attack || Mirage F1EH
Mirage F1CH || 40||50 aircraft delivered, 10 W/O |----- | Northrop F-5 || || fighter/attack || F-5A/B
F-5E/F|| 27
33 || |----- | Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon || || fighter/attack || F-16C/D || 24 || To be delivered starting 2010 | |----- | North American OV-10 Bronco || || light attack/ surveillance || OV-10A || 6 || |----- | Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet E
Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet

The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light jet attack and advanced trainer aircraft co-manufactured by Dornier of Germany and Dassault Aviation of France....
 ||
|| trainer || Alpha Jet E || 24 || |----- | Cessna T-37 Dragonfly
Cessna T-37

The Cessna T-37 Tweet is one of the most prominent of the trainer-attack type aircraft. This small, economical twin-engine jet aircraft flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force, and in the air forces of several other nations....
 || || trainer || T-37B || 14 || |----- | Beechcraft T-34 Turbo Mentor
T-34 Mentor

The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston engine....
 || || trainer || T-34|| 12 || |----- | FFA AS-202/18 Bravo
FFA AS-202 Bravo

The AS/SA 202 Bravo is a two-seat civil light aircraft jointly designed and manufactured by the Switzerland company FFA and the Italy company Savoia-Marchetti....
 || || trainer || AS-202/18 Bravo || 14 || |----- | CASA CN-235
CASA CN-235

The CASA/IPTN CN-235 is a medium-range twin-turbo-prop aircraft developed jointly between EADS CASA in Spain and IPTN in Indonesia as a regional airliner and military transport....
 || || transport || CN.235M || 7 || |----- | Boeing 707
Boeing 707

The Boeing 707 is a four-engine commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly spoken as "Seven Oh Seven"....
 || || tanker || B707 || 2 || One sold to Omega Air, and later on to the Israeli Air Force |----- | Lockheed C-130 Hercules || || transport/tanker/EW || C-130/KC-130/RC-130|| 12/2/3 || |----- | C-27J Spartan || || transport/tanker/EW || || 0 || 4 on order |----- | Beechcraft King Air
Beechcraft King Air

This article is about 90 and 100 Series King Airs. For 200 and 300 Series King Airs, see the Beechcraft Super King Air article.The Beechcraft King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beechcraft ....
 || || VIP jets || King Air || 13 || |----- | Cessna 414
Cessna 414

The Cessna 414 is an United States light, pressurized, twin-engine transport aircraft built by Cessna. It first flew in 1968 and an improved variant was introduced from 1978 as the 414A Chancellor....
 || || VIP jets || Cessna 414 || 1 || |----- | Cessna 421 Golden Eagle
Cessna 421

The Cessna 421 Golden Eagle is a development of the earlier Cessna 411 light, twin-engine personal transport aircraft. The main difference between the two models is that the 421 is pressurized....
 || || VIP jets || Cessna 421 || 1 || |----- | Cessna 560 || || VIP jets || Cessna 560 || 1 || |----- | Dassault Falcon 20
Dassault Falcon 20

The Dassault Falcon 20 is a France business jet and was the first of a family of business jets built by Dassault Aviation....
 || || EW || Falcon 20 || 2 || |----- | Dassault Falcon 50
Dassault Falcon 50

The Dassault Falcon 50 is a France-built super mid-sized, long-range corporate Jet aircraft, featuring a three jet engine layout with an S-duct central engine....
 || || VIP jets || Falcon 50 || 1 || |----- | Dassault Falcon 100 || || VIP jets || Falcon 100 || 1 || |----- | Gulfstream II || || VIP jets || Gulfstream II || 2 || |----- | Gulfstream III || || VIP jets || Gulfstream III || 1 || |----- | Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle
Aérospatiale Gazelle

The Gazelle is a France-designed helicopter, created by the company Sud Aviation, which later became A?rospatiale, and later still Eurocopter Group....
  || || attack helicopter || SA 342K || 24 || |----- | Eurocopter SA 330 Puma ||

|| transport helicopter || SA 330C || 33 || |----- | Agusta-Bell AB205A Iroquois || || transport helicopter || AB205A || 47 |----- | Boeing CH-47 Chinook || || transport helicopter || CH-47C|| 9 || |----- | Agusta-Bell AB212 Twin Huey
Bell 212

The Bell 212 Twin Huey is a two-bladed, twin-engined, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, the 212 is marketed to civilian operators and has a fifteen-seat configuration, with one pilot and fourteen passengers....
 || || transport helicopter || AB212 || 5 || |----- | Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk || || transport helicopter || S-70-25|| 2 || Operated by Gendarmerie Royale |----- | Agusta Bell AB206 JetRanger
Bell 206

The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- or twin-engine helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec plant. Originally developed for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter program, the 206 failed to be selected....
 || || light helicopter || AB206 || 22 || |----- |}

  • Mention that this list is incomplete


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Historical Aircraft

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Fagot
    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

    The Mikoyan MiG-15 was a jet aircraft fighter aircraft developed for the Soviet Union by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept wing jet fighters, and it achieved fame in the skies over Korea, where early in the war, it outclassed all enemy fighters....
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco
    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

    The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a jet fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. Licence production was carried out in East Germany, Poland and the Peoples Republic of China ....
  • Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle
    Ilyushin Il-28

    The Ilyushin Il-28 is a jet engine bomber aircraft of the immediate post war period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force. It was the Soviet Union's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production....
  • Socata MS-733
    Socata Rallye

    The EADS Socata Rallye was a light aircraft manufactured in France during the 1960s, originally by Morane-Saulnier as the MS.880. It was eventually replaced in production by the Socata TB series in the 1970s, but continued in production in Poland under licence by PZL as the PZL Koliber....
  • Socata MS-885
    Socata Rallye

    The EADS Socata Rallye was a light aircraft manufactured in France during the 1960s, originally by Morane-Saulnier as the MS.880. It was eventually replaced in production by the Socata TB series in the 1970s, but continued in production in Poland under licence by PZL as the PZL Koliber....
  • Socata MS-893
    Socata Rallye

    The EADS Socata Rallye was a light aircraft manufactured in France during the 1960s, originally by Morane-Saulnier as the MS.880. It was eventually replaced in production by the Socata TB series in the 1970s, but continued in production in Poland under licence by PZL as the PZL Koliber....
  • North American T-6 Texan
  • Aermacchi SF.260
  • North American T-28 Trojan
  • Fouga Magister
    Fouga Magister

    The Fouga Magister was a 1950s France two-seat jet trainer. The related Fouga Z?phyr was a carrier-capable version for the French Navy.Although it is often lauded as the first purpose built two-seat turbojet-powered trainer aircraft, similar claims are made for the Fokker S.14 Machtrainer whose first flight, production, and service entry w...
  • Beechcraft Musketeer
    Beechcraft Musketeer

    The Beechcraft Musketeer line is a family of single-engine, low-wing, light aircraft that includes the Model 19 Musketeer Sport, the Model 23 Musketeer, Custom and Sundowner, the Model 23-24 Musketeer Super III the retractable gear Model 24-R Sierra and the military model CT-134 Musketeer....
  • Hawker Sea Fury
    Hawker Sea Fury

    The Hawker Sea Fury was a United Kingdom fighter aircraft developed for the Royal Navy by Hawker Siddeley during the World War II. The last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, it was also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built....
  • Douglas C-47 Dakota
  • Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
  • Dornier
    Dornier

    Dornier may refer to:* Claudius Dornier , German aircraft designer and builder** Dornier Flugzeugwerke, German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1914 by Claudius Dornier...
     Do 28
    Dornier Do 28

    The Dornier Do 28 Skyservant is a twin-engined STOL-utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH. It served with the Luftwaffe and German Navy and other air forces around the world in the communications and utility role....
  • Max Holste Broussard
    Max Holste Broussard

    The Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard is a 1950s France six-seat utility monoplane designed by Max Holste to meet a French Army requirement....
  • Hiller UH-12 Raven
  • Kaman HH-43 Huskie
  • Bell 47
    Bell 47

    The Bell 47 is a two-bladed, single engine, light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. Based on the third Bell Model 30 prototype, Bell's first helicopter designed by Arthur M....
  • Sikorsky S-58 Choctaw


External links

  • at Scramble.nl
    Scramble (magazine)

    Scramble is an aviation magazine, specifically aimed at Aircraft spotting, and covers both civil and military aviation. Although published in Netherlands, it is fully in English language....
  • - airliners.net