The aircraft was seen transiting the United Kingdom on August 31 from Iceland, on its way to Morocco, where it joined another four delivered over the last two years.
Morocco received a single Bombardier 415 in February 2011. Another four were ordered in March that year. Deliveries took place in May, 2011, February 2013 and May 2013.
The aircraft will operated in the fire-fighting role alongside the Gendarmerie Royale’s (State Police) fleet of firefighting aircraft, which include helicopters, ten Ayres S2R-T-34 Turbo Thrush crop sprayers and one Socata Rallye MS 893.
The RMAF also flies a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules equipped with the Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) in the firefighting role.
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