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4,182. 13,720. Asphalt. 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 .
The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces ( Arabic: القوات المسلحة الملكية المغربية, romanized : Al-Quwwat al-Musallaha al-Malakiyah al-Maghribiyah) are the military forces of the Kingdom of Morocco. They consist of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Royal Gendarmerie, and the Royal Guard . The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces ...
The Royal Moroccan Army is about 215,000 troops strong and consists of 195,000 professional soldiers and 20,000 conscripts. [2] In case of war or state of siege, an additional force of 150,000 Reservists [citation needed] and paramilitary forces, including 24,000 regulars of the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie and 30,000 Auxiliary Forces come under ...
In use. 1951-1963. Nouasseur Air Base ( IATA: EVX, ICAO: LFOE) near Casablanca in Morocco, was a United States Air Force base from 1951 to 1963. It was designed for B-36 and B-47 bombers but never came into use, and also housed repair units for a period. Today, Nouasseur AB is known as Mohammed V International Airport.
Sidi Slimane Air Base. / 34.23056°N 6.05028°W / 34.23056; -6.05028. Sidi Slimane Air Base ( ICAO: GMSL )was a military air base in Sidi Slimane, [1] a city in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region in Morocco. It is also known as the Fifth Royal Air Force Base, [1] operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force .
Kenitra Air Base. / 34.29889°N 6.59583°W / 34.29889; -6.59583. Kenitra Air Base ( Arabic: [القنيطرة] مطار) ( 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 .
In January 2011, a Royal Moroccan Air Force F-5 crashed while trying to land at the airport of the military base near Meknes and a pilot was killed in the crash. [ 47 ] 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 ...
It was a U.S. Navy installation connected to the Naval Air Station Port Lyautey in Kenitra, Morocco. [2] The base was closed in 1976. [3] Following its closure in the mid-1970's, the base was returned to the government of the Kingdom of Morocco and was transformed into a military barracks serving Sidi Slimane Air Base by the Royal Moroccan Air ...