The French and Moroccan armies are conducting joint military exercises expected to last until May 27, “an opportunity to strengthen cooperation with Morocco,” according to the French Ministry of Defense website.
Mirage 2000 of the French Air Force and Mirage F1 of the Royal Moroccan Air Force are participating in this joint military exercise, as France deployed three Mirage 2000D in a detachment that brings together nearly 80 airmen of various specialties, including pilots, navigators, weapons systems officers, mechanics, secretaries, commandos, computer technicians and intelligence operators.
“Under the burning heat of the Moroccan sky, through the exercises conducted each day since last Monday, the French detachment is working to renew the ties of military aeronautical cooperation between the French Air Force and the Royal Air Force,” said the French Ministry.
Young military men get to have a first approach to the African desert environment, says Commander Nicolas, director of the Echange Air Maroc exercise, according to the Zone Millitaire portal.
“In addition, it’s great to be able to fly the Mirage F1 that the Moroccans showed us up close,” continued the director, expressing “amazement by the modernized inner system.”
The ministry explained that French pilots were able to “regain the knowledge necessary for an operational deployment in northern Morocco,” as the training included two waves of departures per day to strengthen the interoperability between the French and Moroccan fighter aircrafts.
The Royal Moroccan Air Force also took advantage of the opportunity to allow its pilots to pass their patrol leader qualification, the exercises therefore got “more and more advanced every day,” said the department.
The 3rd fighter wing of the BA133 of Nancy arrived in Morocco “ten years after the last exercise of the French Air Force and Space,” last held in December 2012, the same source recalls.
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