Unit: 1st Sqn Serial: 10/1FJ (c/n.140616) Meknes, Morocco, 1965: the first jet fighters of the Moroccan Air Force were 12 MiG-17s, supplied from the USSR in 1961. After a coup that brought King Hassan II to power, in 1965, they remained in service with the Moroccan Air Force (ever since known as Force Aerienne Royale du Moroc, or FARM). The example depicted here was sold to the USA in the early 1990s, and should be displayed at the Champling fighter Museum of Mesa (Arizona) USA. The aircraft is seen here already wearing the FARM insignia: the national markings for the Moroccan Air Force in the period between 1961 and 1965 remain unclear (According other source it still wears the old FARM insignia not the one displayed in the picture. ).
Artist: © Tom Cooper Source: The ACIG Journal
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27/06/2005
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