CN-AOR seen here taking off in beautiful atumn light had just dropped moroccan civil servants for emergency response training in Switzerland. This airframe is one of two KC-130H tankers delivered to the Royal Moroccan AF in late 1981, the other one being CN-AOS (c/n 4909). Morocco had already introduced 17 standard C-130H's between May 1974 and August 1981. They were either identified with the construction numer or with registrations CNA-OA through CNA-OQ, or a mix of both. Later, the c/n's were dropped completely and all surviving C-130's (three were lost) got CN-AO.. registrations.

Photographer Alberto Storti

This Forces Royales Air aerial refueling Hercules belongs to Escadre de Transport 3 based at 3 Air Base Kénitra. Compared to earlier pictures of Oscar Romeo, the dash was moved in the serial as it was up to 2011 known as CNA-OR.

An impressive demonstration of Moroccan air power - an air-to-air refuelling capable KC-130H Hercules with an F-5F Tiger II plugged into the drogue under each wing, flanked by a Mirage F1EM and the most potent aircraft in its inventory, the Block 52 F-16C.

Though built as a KC-130 tanker, on this occasion this aircraft was performing a transport mission and the refuelling pods had been removed.