*Egyptian Air Force*
Egyptian Air Force is a branch of military aviation in the Egyptian armed forces. Contributed to the Egyptian Air Force since its establishment in many battles and conflicts that took place in the Middle East, most if not all, was in the framework of Arab-Israeli conflict. Motto: "To Ela ... for the sake of glory."
Established by the Egyptian Air Force request from the Egyptian parliament to the government in 1928, and in that time was still a part of the Egyptian army, before issuing a royal decree by turning it into a separate section, and since then has participated in most of the region's conflicts such as the war in 1948, the war in Yemen , War of 1967, the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and skirmishes the Egyptian-Libyan.
Established by the Egyptian Air Force request from the Egyptian parliament to the government in 1928, and in that time was still a part of the Egyptian army, before issuing a royal decree by turning it into a separate section, and since then has participated in most of the region's conflicts such as the war in 1948, the war in Yemen , War of 1967, the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and skirmishes the Egyptian-Libyan.
The current commander of the Air Force is the team Joey Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, a position he held from March 2008. Owns the Egyptian Air Force currently has some of 569 aircraft between the fighters, bombers and about 149 helicopter, which makes the Egyptian Air Force larger in both Africa and the Middle East, As for the capacity of hostilities shall be considered as the Egyptian Air Force the most powerful in Africa and the most powerful weapons in the atmosphere in the region after Israel and by Turkey. the Egyptian Air Force 17 major air base out of 40 established major air, in addition to the rules of reserve service and spread nationwide, and more than 30,000 employees, including 10 000 recruits. the backbone of the Egyptian Air Force is 220 fighter-type F16 Falcon American-made, and thus be the fourth largest user of these aircraft in the world.
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طائرة إف - 16 فالكون مصرية |
appeared the Egyptian Air Force in the general culture through films, in particular, also showed some of the events that have participated where in other films such as Days of Sadat, who spoke at a fraction of it for the use of all aircraft and training aircraft to bomb Israeli positions.
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Parliament asked the Egyptian government in 1928 the establishment of air forces in Egypt, and the Ministry of War to declare their need for volunteers for this new weapon and then the two hundred officers volunteer for this new weapon. After medical tests, and technical multi-strict managed three of them, are: Mijawiti Abdel-Moneim, Ahmad Abd al-Raziq, Fuad Abd al-Hamid pilgrims.
Parliament asked the Egyptian government in 1928 the establishment of air forces in Egypt, and the Ministry of War to declare their need for volunteers for this new weapon and then the two hundred officers volunteer for this new weapon. After medical tests, and technical multi-strict managed three of them, are: Mijawiti Abdel-Moneim, Ahmad Abd al-Raziq, Fuad Abd al-Hamid pilgrims.
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| صورة لأول ثلاثة طيارين مصريين. |
Then sent to the British Royal Air School in Abu Sawyer near the Suez Canal to be trained to fly and after graduating from flight school traveled to Britain for specialized training. November 30, King Fouad I to take the decision to establish the Egyptian Air Force under the name "Air Force of the Egyptian army." The British company De Hafland September 30, winning the contract to supply 10 aircraft DHL - 60 Tiger Moth. The company wants the British aircraft in the cargo ships to Alexandria, but the insistence of Egypt led to the return of aircraft to Britain. May 23, 1932 in 5 planes took off Tiger Moth girl out of ten of Hatfield Air Base north of London. Pilots flew three Egyptians, two British aircraft and landed at the base of Almaza air in the north-east of Cairo on June 2 amid great popular celebration in the presence of the king. Was that is the beginning of the Egyptian Air Force, which was a part is not independent of the Egyptian army, and the first commander of the Egyptian air force was Victor Herbert Tate Canadian citizenship, which began in the selection and training of personnel and building air bases, weapons selection itself, where the core functions of the Air Force in the Egyptian army at that time and until 1937 was to combat the drug trade and geographic imaging.
Britain agreed in 1934 to supply 10 aircraft Avro 626 which is the first Egyptian military plane. Egypt has bought 17 aircraft, then another type of Afro-626 bringing the number of aircraft Avro 626 seventeen, the service continued until 1944, where the Egyptian government replaced several light bombers of the type of Hawker Hart and Avro Anson aircraft. Included Air Force aircraft in the history of April 26, 1937 as follows: 16 aircraft Afro 626.6 planes de Hafland 6.6 Hawker Oodquis plane, an Avro 642, Avro aircraft 652, aircraft and Westland Afro.
The population reached the personnel of the Air Force to 27 officers at the time of Egypt, 3 officers Englishmen, and totaled 415 professional technicians. The air base was the main base Almaza air, and later built a new base in the Suez Canal Zone, Airport and exotic in Western Sahara.
Britain agreed in 1934 to supply 10 aircraft Avro 626 which is the first Egyptian military plane. Egypt has bought 17 aircraft, then another type of Afro-626 bringing the number of aircraft Avro 626 seventeen, the service continued until 1944, where the Egyptian government replaced several light bombers of the type of Hawker Hart and Avro Anson aircraft. Included Air Force aircraft in the history of April 26, 1937 as follows: 16 aircraft Afro 626.6 planes de Hafland 6.6 Hawker Oodquis plane, an Avro 642, Avro aircraft 652, aircraft and Westland Afro.
The population reached the personnel of the Air Force to 27 officers at the time of Egypt, 3 officers Englishmen, and totaled 415 professional technicians. The air base was the main base Almaza air, and later built a new base in the Suez Canal Zone, Airport and exotic in Western Sahara.
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| قاعدة ألماظة الجوية |
In 1937 King Farouk separate Air Force of the Egyptian army and make it an autonomous weapon and he called the "Royal Egyptian Air Force." In 1938 bought Royal Air Force Egyptian two squadrons of fighter jets, "Gloucester Geladlator" and a squadron of fighter aircraft "and not to any Sander Land" (in English: Westland Lysander). The Royal Air Force The Egyptian Air Force uses the last of those planes, and that was in the Palestine War in 1948. At the end of 1938, the Royal Air Force squadrons Egyptian following:
Squadron: the role
Squadron first user fighters and Westland any sander. Supporting Navy and the Egyptian army.
The second fighter squadron user Gloucester Geladlator. Air defense.
Third Squadron Avro Anson aircraft user amended. Royal Transport.
Fourth Squadron Avro Anson aircraft user. Transport.
Fighter Squadron V user Gloucester Geladlator. Air defense.
Squadron: the role
Squadron first user fighters and Westland any sander. Supporting Navy and the Egyptian army.
The second fighter squadron user Gloucester Geladlator. Air defense.
Third Squadron Avro Anson aircraft user amended. Royal Transport.
Fourth Squadron Avro Anson aircraft user. Transport.
Fighter Squadron V user Gloucester Geladlator. Air defense.
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| علم القوات الجوية الملكية المصرية. |
World War II :
With the increased threat of Nazi and Italian forces to the borders of the Egyptian Air Force had to build more bases, including that other states were considering the Royal Air Force as part of the Egyptian Royal Air Force complied with the policy of the British.During the war the Royal Air Force Egyptian surveillance operations along the coast of the Red Sea to follow the movements of Nazism and the Navy at the request of Britain.Planes and repulsed the attacks, German and Italian aircraft and shot down a German Heinkel is the third. Britain, Egypt provided additional new aircraft of the following types:
4 aircraft Hawker Hericanz (in English: Hawker Hurricanes).
6 aircraft Tomahawk Bay -40 (in English: Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks).
After that, the Egyptian government conducted negotiations with Britain to buy more aircraft, Tomahawk replace my 40 Gloucester Geladlator MK-1, but Britain did not agree with that, and instead, agreed to develop Gloucester Geladlator to MK-2. After the war Britain was awarded the Egypt Super 30 aircraft Sat Marin Fire (in English: Supermarine Spitfire) in excess of need. Then bought the Egyptian Royal Air Force fighter aircraft and training of the Italian Macchi Kastoldi type IV (in English: Macchi Castoldi V).
4 aircraft Hawker Hericanz (in English: Hawker Hurricanes).
6 aircraft Tomahawk Bay -40 (in English: Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks).
After that, the Egyptian government conducted negotiations with Britain to buy more aircraft, Tomahawk replace my 40 Gloucester Geladlator MK-1, but Britain did not agree with that, and instead, agreed to develop Gloucester Geladlator to MK-2. After the war Britain was awarded the Egypt Super 30 aircraft Sat Marin Fire (in English: Supermarine Spitfire) in excess of need. Then bought the Egyptian Royal Air Force fighter aircraft and training of the Italian Macchi Kastoldi type IV (in English: Macchi Castoldi V).
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| طائرة من نوع سبت فاير (بالإنجليزية: SpitFire). |
War in 1948 :
After the British occupation forces to withdraw from Palestine and the occupation of Israeli forces in May 14, 1948, declared war on the Arab countries intruder in the area. Contributed to the Egyptian Air Force in this conflict, bombers and fighter Super Marine Sat Fire Lucy 47 Sky Tran (in English: Douglas C-47 Skytrain), which shot down two Israeli air strikes, but it was a lot of heavy losses as a result of lack of training due to not allow Britain to develop the efficiency of Egyptian pilots. On 22 May, 1948, five aircraft Super Marine Sat Fire Egyptian attack on the same type of aircraft of the British Royal Air Force base in Ramat David north of Haifa in the belief that Britain had given to Israel. The attack on two air: The raid was the first surprise of the Royal Air Force the British were destroying many of its aircraft on the ground and the destruction of that rule and the death of many pilots and their employees, and Britain announced they were not sure if was the attack from Egypt or from Israel; The second raid fell immediately after the first raid, and carried out by five planes, super Sat Marin Fire girl, but received a good defense, all aircraft Vosagttha Super Marine Fire British Sat. Was that the only time that fought Super Marine Aircraft Fire Sat aircraft of the same type. Egyptian-British relations returned quickly to what it was, but it continued in a state of war with Israel, prompting Egypt to bring in more guns.
Because of the ongoing war between Israel and Egypt, the Egyptian Air Force purchased the new model of Super Sat Marin Fair, a MK 22 (Mk22). In late 1949 Egypt received its first jet aircraft and the Gloucester Mithor F - 4 (in English: Gloster Meteor F4) and then on the British-built de Havilland Vampire fellow (in English: de Havilland Vampire), and fighters Macchi MC 205 (in Italian: Macchi MC205V) from Italy.
In late 1951, negotiations took place between the two Egyptian and British Vampire fighters to gather in Egypt, but it came to nothing, because the Egyptian forces attack on British bases during the July revolution. On 23 July, 1952 by Gamal Abdel Nasser in July 1952 revolution against the king of Egypt, and the Royal Air Force on the Egyptian side of neutrality which is common, and then on the name to the Egyptian Air Force is the current name.
During the period between 1953 and 1954 obtained a simple cooperation between the Air Force and Britain, and confined all that cooperation in training, however, the policy of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser made Egypt to buy aircraft from the Eastern bloc.
The first plane arrived Soviet Egypt in 1955, and formed the first shipments of the following:
Fighter MiG 15.
After the British occupation forces to withdraw from Palestine and the occupation of Israeli forces in May 14, 1948, declared war on the Arab countries intruder in the area. Contributed to the Egyptian Air Force in this conflict, bombers and fighter Super Marine Sat Fire Lucy 47 Sky Tran (in English: Douglas C-47 Skytrain), which shot down two Israeli air strikes, but it was a lot of heavy losses as a result of lack of training due to not allow Britain to develop the efficiency of Egyptian pilots. On 22 May, 1948, five aircraft Super Marine Sat Fire Egyptian attack on the same type of aircraft of the British Royal Air Force base in Ramat David north of Haifa in the belief that Britain had given to Israel. The attack on two air: The raid was the first surprise of the Royal Air Force the British were destroying many of its aircraft on the ground and the destruction of that rule and the death of many pilots and their employees, and Britain announced they were not sure if was the attack from Egypt or from Israel; The second raid fell immediately after the first raid, and carried out by five planes, super Sat Marin Fire girl, but received a good defense, all aircraft Vosagttha Super Marine Fire British Sat. Was that the only time that fought Super Marine Aircraft Fire Sat aircraft of the same type. Egyptian-British relations returned quickly to what it was, but it continued in a state of war with Israel, prompting Egypt to bring in more guns.
Because of the ongoing war between Israel and Egypt, the Egyptian Air Force purchased the new model of Super Sat Marin Fair, a MK 22 (Mk22). In late 1949 Egypt received its first jet aircraft and the Gloucester Mithor F - 4 (in English: Gloster Meteor F4) and then on the British-built de Havilland Vampire fellow (in English: de Havilland Vampire), and fighters Macchi MC 205 (in Italian: Macchi MC205V) from Italy.
In late 1951, negotiations took place between the two Egyptian and British Vampire fighters to gather in Egypt, but it came to nothing, because the Egyptian forces attack on British bases during the July revolution. On 23 July, 1952 by Gamal Abdel Nasser in July 1952 revolution against the king of Egypt, and the Royal Air Force on the Egyptian side of neutrality which is common, and then on the name to the Egyptian Air Force is the current name.
During the period between 1953 and 1954 obtained a simple cooperation between the Air Force and Britain, and confined all that cooperation in training, however, the policy of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser made Egypt to buy aircraft from the Eastern bloc.
The first plane arrived Soviet Egypt in 1955, and formed the first shipments of the following:
Fighter MiG 15.
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| طائرة ميج 15 مصرية، وعليها شعار سلاح الجو الملكي المصري. |
Bombers Ilyushin Il 28.
IL-14 tankers.
Training aircraft Yakovlev Yak -11.
In addition to trained pilots from Czechoslovakia.
Egypt started in that period manufacturing aircraft training my Best Man U 181 Czech-designed, and named as the "Republic."
IL-14 tankers.
Training aircraft Yakovlev Yak -11.
In addition to trained pilots from Czechoslovakia.
Egypt started in that period manufacturing aircraft training my Best Man U 181 Czech-designed, and named as the "Republic."
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| طائرة جلوستر ميتور إف - 4. |
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| الطائرة المصرية بيست مان بي يو 181 "الجمهورية". |
Suez crisis :
After Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956, Egypt has come under attack by both Israel and France and Britain to be known as the tripartite aggression against Egypt, losing Egypt in that war a lot, but in return won politically, this has led aggression to rebuild Air Force without the help of Britain.
With the end of the aggression, Egypt established a political alliance with Syria and Yemen in what is known as the United Arab Republic, the transformation of the name of the Egyptian Air Force to Air Force United Arab.
In the mid-sixties, changed all Egypt with another Soviet-British aircraft. The Soviet Union was then a leading supplier of Air Force and the United Arab some Arab countries, has been awarded the Egyptian Air Force a great opportunity to develop itself, which has greatly impacted on conflicts and wars. Egypt has bought from the Soviet Union a number of fighter jets MiG-21 fighter aircraft continued as a major in the Egyptian Air Force over the next two decades. In the mid-sixties I got on the Egyptian Air Force bomber Sukhoi Su - 7, in 1967, Egypt possessed 200 aircraft of the type of fighter MIG -21, as well as Egypt has produced the first aircraft and its name Helwan 300, a light aircraft faster than sound.
After Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956, Egypt has come under attack by both Israel and France and Britain to be known as the tripartite aggression against Egypt, losing Egypt in that war a lot, but in return won politically, this has led aggression to rebuild Air Force without the help of Britain.
With the end of the aggression, Egypt established a political alliance with Syria and Yemen in what is known as the United Arab Republic, the transformation of the name of the Egyptian Air Force to Air Force United Arab.
In the mid-sixties, changed all Egypt with another Soviet-British aircraft. The Soviet Union was then a leading supplier of Air Force and the United Arab some Arab countries, has been awarded the Egyptian Air Force a great opportunity to develop itself, which has greatly impacted on conflicts and wars. Egypt has bought from the Soviet Union a number of fighter jets MiG-21 fighter aircraft continued as a major in the Egyptian Air Force over the next two decades. In the mid-sixties I got on the Egyptian Air Force bomber Sukhoi Su - 7, in 1967, Egypt possessed 200 aircraft of the type of fighter MIG -21, as well as Egypt has produced the first aircraft and its name Helwan 300, a light aircraft faster than sound.
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| طائرة حلوان 300. |
Yemen war :
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| بعض الجنود اثناء حرب اليمن |
War broke out in northern Yemen in 1962 between the civil royalists, republicans, and got the support from the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republican side got support from Egypt and the Soviet Union. Heavy fighting has started in the desert areas and rural areas between the two troop-formal and informal.Yemen's war was a great opportunity for Israel, has reduced the war and the arrival of supplies to the Egyptian Sinai (Egyptian Eastern Front) and made a priority and access to the front of Yemen, in addition to that all the focus was on the Egyptian war.
Began the Egyptian Air Force planes had conducted a sweep train and to carry missiles and ended with three squadrons of fighter-bombers, stationed near the Yemen-Saudi border. The Egyptians flights along the coast of Tihama and in the towns of Najran and Jizan, linking. The objective of the bombing sorties formations royal land and compensate the lack of Egyptian formations on the ground with air power.
In January 1964, the royal siege of the Yemeni capital Sanaa.Antonov arose vector er that - 12 the work of the Egyptian air bridge to transport tons of food and fuel to the capital under siege.Then I started the Air Force and the Egyptian navy in the throwing and the work of the raids on cities Asauditan Najran and Jizan, which were the epicenter of the Royal forces in Yemen. In response to this, Saudi Arabia bought the Thunder Bird system for air defense of Britain, held in Khamis Mushayt. Posted United States of America is also a swarm of fighter jets and bombers to Dhahran base to protect its interests in Saudi Arabia. That war caused major losses to Egypt with soldiers and gear. Has been given what happened in the war in Yemen Israel the opportunity to study the tactics and methods of the Egyptian war and adaptation.Mohamed Hassanein Heikal wrote: «that Israel has to give arms shipments were also sent hundreds of European mercenaries to fight alongside royalists in Yemen», as well as Israel has established an air bridge from Djibouti to the north of Yemen.
Comparing the performance of Egypt in this war with the rest of the wars, the Egyptians demonstrated a high level of initiative and military innovation. For example, the Egyptians modified aircraft training and tankers to the Soviet plane in the work of combing and missile launchers. They developed their tactics, but it stalled in the guerrilla factions property. The war planners realized the Egyptians after this war that the Strait of Bab gives a great strategic depth to enable them to prevent the arrival of oil supplies to Israel, which is what happened in the war in October 1973.
War in 1967 :
In 1967 and signed a setback, and destroyed most of the Egyptian Air Force planes on the ground in a surprise attack by the Israeli forces had lasted almost three hours. The attack killed more than 100 pilots Egypt and destroyed more than 300 aircraft, including: 30 bombers Tupolev Tu 16.27 bombers Ilyushin Il 28.12 fighter bomber Sukhoi Su 7, more than 90 MiG-21, more than 20 fighterMig 19
.25 MiG-17,
and about 32 transport plane and a helicopter.Losses have been estimated Israel forty aircraft recognized by Israel and the majority of these aircraft were destroyed because of errors field (collisions, mechanical breakdowns, etc.) have been dropped some of the aircraft in the air battles individually to some of the Egyptian pilots who were able to take off from airports during the Israeli raid on Egyptian airports and have had some injuries inIsraeli planes raided and shot down a number of them from Mirage. Send the Soviet Union immediately a large number of MiG-21
s and training aircraft to support the Egypt, Egypt got also the aircraft from Libya and the Algerian Air Force and the Royal Moroccan Air Force. And then did not the Egyptian Air Force in any appearance in the war because of the complete destruction of the airports and corridors off and landing . It is worth mentioning that the Egyptian pilot, Mohamed Abbas Hilmi was after that defeat, his plane to take off the training Yakovlev Yak -11 Al-Arish Airport and collision deliberately Airport Hatzor achieving some of the losses at the airport.
War of Attrition :
After a setback in 1967, Egypt began a long war of attrition on Israeli forces. Where the objectives were centered around 3 points:
Participation in the provision of information about the Israeli forces in Sinai and the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
Participate in the depletion of the Israeli forces.
Secure ground forces and vital positions in the rear of Egypt.
Can be divided into a war of attrition on the level of the Egyptian Air Force into two parts: the beginning of the war until July 1969, and from July 1969 until the end of the war.
From the beginning of the war until July 20, 1969 :
The first phase of the war of attrition, which lasted until July 20, 1969, a period of preparation, training and organization of the Egyptian Air Force in all disciplines. Where the military leadership does not want the involvement of air force in the war to complete Istaadatha. Especially that at that stage was limited to the Israeli side on the work of reconnaissance and ambushes work to catch planes and not to engage in major air battles. There were some battles and clashes in the following manner:
Following the battle of the top nest (July 1, 1967) evolved clashes with the implementation of the tasks of aerial bombardment on July 14 and 15 at Israeli targets on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, which resulted in the fall of the Israeli Mirage 3 to 3, without injuring other Egyptian Egyptian pilots. As a result of the bombing, Israel withdrew for a short period to the first lines. Then stopped a clash of aviation progress was made on the fighting individual battles or air spaced.
The fighting on 23 October and 10 November, and December 10, 1968 of the most important air battles, which resulted in the loss of two Mirage Israilitin and two MiG-17 Egyptians.
From July 20, 1969 until the end of the war : The second phase of the war of attrition at the level of the Egyptian Air Force on July 20, 1969, which began to be used as a more than counter to drain and keep up the political side, not the arrest of war. This development has forced Air Force to begin in the fighting and the defense of ground forces and air defense work despite the lack of its full readiness for each of those tasks.
Orders were issued on July 20, the brigade commander pilot Mustafa Hanawi to the Egyptian Air Force at the time to respond to anti-Israeli aerial bombardment. Flying 50 aircraft, mostly Egyptian MiG-17 of the type of the base of Mansoura air bombing of Israeli targets on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, was a Hawk missile sites in the pomegranate, and a radar station east of Ismailia, and gatherings of the Israeli army Mahhakp debris damage. Rolled after the attacks until the number of flights Egyptian July 20 to December 31, 1969 about 3200 sorties were flown from the attack, securing, and aerial reconnaissance.
Egyptian air attacks escalated after the card almost daily at the "Prima" by which Israel is bombing deep inside the Egyptian aircraft F-4 Phantom II.
Championships achieved by the pilots in the Egyptian war of attrition Championship AA pilot who shot down 7 aircraft Israeli Phantoms flew the MiG 21 in the afternoon on December 9, 1969, where he was the first Egyptian and Arab drops the F-4 Phantom II.
On the night of 23 and January 24, 1970 -28 Ilyushin aircraft took part in the bombing of the Egyptian island Cedoan when its occupation and was its first use in war of attrition. In April and May 1970 and arrived in support Soviet aircraft that were used in the protection of the Egyptian and rear squadrons responsible for directing the Western Front from the channel to support the troops, which led to the increase in attacks on the eastern side. The total number of flights in the last phase of the war of attrition sorties, about 4000, which made the total number of sorties, the Egyptian Air Force in the war of attrition around 7200 sorties were flown.
October War of 1973 :
In the second only five minutes (GMT) took off as among the 212 and 227 fighters from 20 airport and air base, flying low under the radar, avoiding all defenses. Groups before the bombers fighters a few seconds a few groups even clashed with the Israeli jet fighters before they develop a set of configurations next to the Egyptian fighter bombers to protect them when carrying out its tasks. All fighters crossed the Egyptian Suez Canal in no more than one and a half minutes to gain a surprise Israeli troops heading off to 35 goals. The first air strike lasted 15 minutes destroyed the command center to them and the Israeli Center for Disabilities and Alchocrp in Mount or Khchib, and 3 major corridors and other sub-Airport Alumblyz Bernmada and in Sinai. Also been the destruction of 10 sites Boutryat Israeli Hawk missile sites and artillery field, and several centers is an Israeli.
After that attack, the focus of Egyptian aircraft to support air defense to prevent Israeli aircraft from crossing to the Egyptian side of the Suez Canal, which fly under the radar.
Began the Egyptian Air Force planes had conducted a sweep train and to carry missiles and ended with three squadrons of fighter-bombers, stationed near the Yemen-Saudi border. The Egyptians flights along the coast of Tihama and in the towns of Najran and Jizan, linking. The objective of the bombing sorties formations royal land and compensate the lack of Egyptian formations on the ground with air power.
In January 1964, the royal siege of the Yemeni capital Sanaa.Antonov arose vector er that - 12 the work of the Egyptian air bridge to transport tons of food and fuel to the capital under siege.Then I started the Air Force and the Egyptian navy in the throwing and the work of the raids on cities Asauditan Najran and Jizan, which were the epicenter of the Royal forces in Yemen. In response to this, Saudi Arabia bought the Thunder Bird system for air defense of Britain, held in Khamis Mushayt. Posted United States of America is also a swarm of fighter jets and bombers to Dhahran base to protect its interests in Saudi Arabia. That war caused major losses to Egypt with soldiers and gear. Has been given what happened in the war in Yemen Israel the opportunity to study the tactics and methods of the Egyptian war and adaptation.Mohamed Hassanein Heikal wrote: «that Israel has to give arms shipments were also sent hundreds of European mercenaries to fight alongside royalists in Yemen», as well as Israel has established an air bridge from Djibouti to the north of Yemen.
Comparing the performance of Egypt in this war with the rest of the wars, the Egyptians demonstrated a high level of initiative and military innovation. For example, the Egyptians modified aircraft training and tankers to the Soviet plane in the work of combing and missile launchers. They developed their tactics, but it stalled in the guerrilla factions property. The war planners realized the Egyptians after this war that the Strait of Bab gives a great strategic depth to enable them to prevent the arrival of oil supplies to Israel, which is what happened in the war in October 1973.
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| محمد حسنين هيكل |
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| مضيق باب المندب |
War in 1967 :
In 1967 and signed a setback, and destroyed most of the Egyptian Air Force planes on the ground in a surprise attack by the Israeli forces had lasted almost three hours. The attack killed more than 100 pilots Egypt and destroyed more than 300 aircraft, including: 30 bombers Tupolev Tu 16.27 bombers Ilyushin Il 28.12 fighter bomber Sukhoi Su 7, more than 90 MiG-21, more than 20 fighterMig 19
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| mig-17 |
and about 32 transport plane and a helicopter.Losses have been estimated Israel forty aircraft recognized by Israel and the majority of these aircraft were destroyed because of errors field (collisions, mechanical breakdowns, etc.) have been dropped some of the aircraft in the air battles individually to some of the Egyptian pilots who were able to take off from airports during the Israeli raid on Egyptian airports and have had some injuries inIsraeli planes raided and shot down a number of them from Mirage. Send the Soviet Union immediately a large number of MiG-21
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| MIG-21 |
War of Attrition :
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| الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر وقيادات الجيش المصري على الجبهة خلال حرب الاستنزاف. |
Participation in the provision of information about the Israeli forces in Sinai and the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
Participate in the depletion of the Israeli forces.
Secure ground forces and vital positions in the rear of Egypt.
Can be divided into a war of attrition on the level of the Egyptian Air Force into two parts: the beginning of the war until July 1969, and from July 1969 until the end of the war.
From the beginning of the war until July 20, 1969 :
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| mig-21 |
Following the battle of the top nest (July 1, 1967) evolved clashes with the implementation of the tasks of aerial bombardment on July 14 and 15 at Israeli targets on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, which resulted in the fall of the Israeli Mirage 3 to 3, without injuring other Egyptian Egyptian pilots. As a result of the bombing, Israel withdrew for a short period to the first lines. Then stopped a clash of aviation progress was made on the fighting individual battles or air spaced.
The fighting on 23 October and 10 November, and December 10, 1968 of the most important air battles, which resulted in the loss of two Mirage Israilitin and two MiG-17 Egyptians.
From July 20, 1969 until the end of the war : The second phase of the war of attrition at the level of the Egyptian Air Force on July 20, 1969, which began to be used as a more than counter to drain and keep up the political side, not the arrest of war. This development has forced Air Force to begin in the fighting and the defense of ground forces and air defense work despite the lack of its full readiness for each of those tasks.
Orders were issued on July 20, the brigade commander pilot Mustafa Hanawi to the Egyptian Air Force at the time to respond to anti-Israeli aerial bombardment. Flying 50 aircraft, mostly Egyptian MiG-17 of the type of the base of Mansoura air bombing of Israeli targets on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, was a Hawk missile sites in the pomegranate, and a radar station east of Ismailia, and gatherings of the Israeli army Mahhakp debris damage. Rolled after the attacks until the number of flights Egyptian July 20 to December 31, 1969 about 3200 sorties were flown from the attack, securing, and aerial reconnaissance.
Egyptian air attacks escalated after the card almost daily at the "Prima" by which Israel is bombing deep inside the Egyptian aircraft F-4 Phantom II.
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| "F-4 Phantom II" |
On the night of 23 and January 24, 1970 -28 Ilyushin aircraft took part in the bombing of the Egyptian island Cedoan when its occupation and was its first use in war of attrition. In April and May 1970 and arrived in support Soviet aircraft that were used in the protection of the Egyptian and rear squadrons responsible for directing the Western Front from the channel to support the troops, which led to the increase in attacks on the eastern side. The total number of flights in the last phase of the war of attrition sorties, about 4000, which made the total number of sorties, the Egyptian Air Force in the war of attrition around 7200 sorties were flown.
October War of 1973 :
In the second only five minutes (GMT) took off as among the 212 and 227 fighters from 20 airport and air base, flying low under the radar, avoiding all defenses. Groups before the bombers fighters a few seconds a few groups even clashed with the Israeli jet fighters before they develop a set of configurations next to the Egyptian fighter bombers to protect them when carrying out its tasks. All fighters crossed the Egyptian Suez Canal in no more than one and a half minutes to gain a surprise Israeli troops heading off to 35 goals. The first air strike lasted 15 minutes destroyed the command center to them and the Israeli Center for Disabilities and Alchocrp in Mount or Khchib, and 3 major corridors and other sub-Airport Alumblyz Bernmada and in Sinai. Also been the destruction of 10 sites Boutryat Israeli Hawk missile sites and artillery field, and several centers is an Israeli.
After that attack, the focus of Egyptian aircraft to support air defense to prevent Israeli aircraft from crossing to the Egyptian side of the Suez Canal, which fly under the radar.
Despite all of these requirements, the Egyptian fighters in several other attacks from time to time in conjunction with the strategic bomber Tu-Tu - 16, which caused a big shake in the rear lines of the Israeli forces. The Egyptian fighters Sukhoi SU - 7 Model "Su-7BM" in conjunction with fighters Mirage III is, donated by the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, attacks deep inside Israel in Sinai. Egypt got also aid (relating to aviation only) from Algeria, which was a swarm MiG 17, MiG-21 squadron and a squadron of Sukhoi, and a squadron Hawker Hunter from Iraq. There were also 16 pilot from Pakistan, and the power of Cuban military population of 1500 pieces comprehensive military aircraft helicopter. [However, have crossed the Israeli forces to the eastern bank of a point called the gap Deversoir between the armies of the Egyptians, second and third Almidanien and destroyed missile bases Sam's Air Defense Forces, but was forced to decline as a result of the threat of the Soviet Union to intervene, worked cease-fire agreement with Egypt.
Most of the clashes Egyptian MIGs (all kinds) with Nesher aircraft was not for Israeli planes freedom of movement as it was in 1967, the Egyptian Air Force has evolved a lot and I learned many tactics in the war of attrition. I tried the Israeli air force destroyed the rules of large aircraft in the Nile Delta in each of Tanta, Mansoura and fitness in order to get a majority in the airspace so you can overcome the ground forces of Egypt, but Egyptian aircraft, acting, and was the largest address in the city of Mansoura in the largest air battle after World War the second on October 14, which later became the Holiday Egyptian Air Force's annual report. Israel fired in the battle of Mansoura large air raid consisting of a hundred fighter aircraft F - 4 Phantom II and er - 4 Skyhawks to destroy the air base of Mansoura. The battle lasted for 53 minutes. According to Egypt has engaged in that battle, 180 aircraft fighter at the same moment and the majority return to Israel. At ten o'clock pm (Cairo local time) broadcast on Radio Cairo Communication No. 39, which stated:
Took place on several air battles between our air forces and enemy planes that tried to attack our troops and our airports and was the heaviest battle that took place this afternoon over the northern Delta. Have been destroyed during which the enemy were wounded and 15 aircraft 3 aircraft to us. It also means our defense was able to air drop of 29 aircraft of the enemy, including Tairata helicopter. Thus, the total losses of the enemy aircraft in the fighting today, two of 44 aircraft, including helicopters.
On the same level Israeli radio claimed the next day that the Israeli air force shot down 15 aircraft fighter girl and this number has dwindled to seven with the passage of time. After the war, auditing, and the study results show that the real battle of Mansoura air as follows:
Shot down 17 aircraft, Israeli fighter aircraft including 7 Meg.
3 aircraft shot down an Egyptian fighter in addition to destroying two of them because of fuel shortage and the inability Ttiyaarhama Return of the air base, and another third were destroyed after passing through the wreckage of a plane Phantom volatile, which dropped by that plane.
Most of the clashes Egyptian MIGs (all kinds) with Nesher aircraft was not for Israeli planes freedom of movement as it was in 1967, the Egyptian Air Force has evolved a lot and I learned many tactics in the war of attrition. I tried the Israeli air force destroyed the rules of large aircraft in the Nile Delta in each of Tanta, Mansoura and fitness in order to get a majority in the airspace so you can overcome the ground forces of Egypt, but Egyptian aircraft, acting, and was the largest address in the city of Mansoura in the largest air battle after World War the second on October 14, which later became the Holiday Egyptian Air Force's annual report. Israel fired in the battle of Mansoura large air raid consisting of a hundred fighter aircraft F - 4 Phantom II and er - 4 Skyhawks to destroy the air base of Mansoura. The battle lasted for 53 minutes. According to Egypt has engaged in that battle, 180 aircraft fighter at the same moment and the majority return to Israel. At ten o'clock pm (Cairo local time) broadcast on Radio Cairo Communication No. 39, which stated:
Took place on several air battles between our air forces and enemy planes that tried to attack our troops and our airports and was the heaviest battle that took place this afternoon over the northern Delta. Have been destroyed during which the enemy were wounded and 15 aircraft 3 aircraft to us. It also means our defense was able to air drop of 29 aircraft of the enemy, including Tairata helicopter. Thus, the total losses of the enemy aircraft in the fighting today, two of 44 aircraft, including helicopters.
On the same level Israeli radio claimed the next day that the Israeli air force shot down 15 aircraft fighter girl and this number has dwindled to seven with the passage of time. After the war, auditing, and the study results show that the real battle of Mansoura air as follows:
Shot down 17 aircraft, Israeli fighter aircraft including 7 Meg.
3 aircraft shot down an Egyptian fighter in addition to destroying two of them because of fuel shortage and the inability Ttiyaarhama Return of the air base, and another third were destroyed after passing through the wreckage of a plane Phantom volatile, which dropped by that plane.
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| A-4 Skyhawk |
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| حطام طائرة إيه-4 سكاي هوك إسرائيلية أسقطتها القوات المصرية في حرب أكتوبر سنة 1973. |
Skirmishes the Egyptian-Libyan :
After the Camp David treaty with Israel, Arab states boycotted Egypt in protest against the treaty, arose some skirmishes between Egypt and Libya.
On June 21, 1977, in response to the bombing of the Libyan town of Salloum, Egypt, the Egyptians Serban of Sukhoi Su - 20 and MiG-21 attack military bases in eastern Libya, which led to the destruction. He also attacked the Egyptian air is also a major air base near Benghazi, the second largest city of Libya, a Libyan missile site.
On June 22 attacked the Sukhoi Su - 20 and MiG-21 Egyptian air bases south of Tobruk, Libya and Libyan air defenses have succeeded aircraft SAM-7 in the downing of a MiG-21 Egypt. Later that day the Egyptian aircraft attacked military sites Libyan oasis of Kufra, and citing the source of Egyptian military might surprise defender of the Libyan air defense using helicopters Egyptian technology "ECM" According to the same military source has been dropped paratroopers behind the Egyptian-Libyan border.
June 23 Egyptian aircraft attacked Libyan air base of nowhere south of Tobruk, all fighters were called to Tobruk, Libya, which led to a fierce air battles between the Egyptian and Libyan aircraft.Has been dropped a few planes to Libya according to estimates by the Libyan radio, and then succeeded the Egyptian planes from sneaking into Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the destruction of Tobruk base was completely destroyed. Libyan aircraft succeeded in bombing the base of the Egyptian Air Marsa Matruh, but did not destroy it.
June 24 air force tried to attack a Libyan military bases Egyptian Western Desert of Egypt, but most of them dropped and quoting from the news agencies have succeeded the Egyptian Air Force barracks in the destruction of Libyan soldiers at a distance of 35 kilometers from the Egyptian-Libyan border.
In one of these skirmishes fought by two MiG aircraft of the Libyan Air Force with another two aircraft of the Egyptian Air Force. One of the Libyan aircraft maneuvering with an Egyptian plane, shedding the ground and pulled the Libyan plane other.
On June 21, 1977, in response to the bombing of the Libyan town of Salloum, Egypt, the Egyptians Serban of Sukhoi Su - 20 and MiG-21 attack military bases in eastern Libya, which led to the destruction. He also attacked the Egyptian air is also a major air base near Benghazi, the second largest city of Libya, a Libyan missile site.
On June 22 attacked the Sukhoi Su - 20 and MiG-21 Egyptian air bases south of Tobruk, Libya and Libyan air defenses have succeeded aircraft SAM-7 in the downing of a MiG-21 Egypt. Later that day the Egyptian aircraft attacked military sites Libyan oasis of Kufra, and citing the source of Egyptian military might surprise defender of the Libyan air defense using helicopters Egyptian technology "ECM" According to the same military source has been dropped paratroopers behind the Egyptian-Libyan border.
June 23 Egyptian aircraft attacked Libyan air base of nowhere south of Tobruk, all fighters were called to Tobruk, Libya, which led to a fierce air battles between the Egyptian and Libyan aircraft.Has been dropped a few planes to Libya according to estimates by the Libyan radio, and then succeeded the Egyptian planes from sneaking into Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the destruction of Tobruk base was completely destroyed. Libyan aircraft succeeded in bombing the base of the Egyptian Air Marsa Matruh, but did not destroy it.
June 24 air force tried to attack a Libyan military bases Egyptian Western Desert of Egypt, but most of them dropped and quoting from the news agencies have succeeded the Egyptian Air Force barracks in the destruction of Libyan soldiers at a distance of 35 kilometers from the Egyptian-Libyan border.
In one of these skirmishes fought by two MiG aircraft of the Libyan Air Force with another two aircraft of the Egyptian Air Force. One of the Libyan aircraft maneuvering with an Egyptian plane, shedding the ground and pulled the Libyan plane other.
Bright Star exercises are the largest multi-national training in the world, will be held in Egypt every two years, and participates each year nearly 43 thousand Egyptian troops. These exercises began in 1980 as a process bilateral training between the U.S. armed forces and the Egyptian army after the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979, then expanded and included several countries in addition to Egypt and the United States. The three Arab countries participated to the security forces, six countries of the NATO, including Germany. I was invited Thirty-three countries, including China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, India, Pakistan, France, Britain, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Yemen, Jordan and Syria, and African countries seeking to send observers.
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| مروحية مصرية سي إتش - 47 شينوك. |
With the beginning of 1982 started in the Egyptian Air Force to obtain F-16 fighter jets according to the Camp David of the United States of America, and in 1986 obtained the fighter Mirage 2000 and licensed to manufacture in Egypt. Production was the first of which consists of 20 fighter aircraft and lost one of them in one of the training. Egypt also then got a license to manufacture aircraft Alpha Jet, and aircraft training AMB 312 Tucano.
Camp David treaty was the reason for the development of the Egyptian Air Force. Egyptian Air Force began to rely on U.S. aircraft, French and some Chinese aircraft. Add these new aircraft to its stock became the Egyptian Air Force enjoying the composition interesting.
In 1987 entered service early warning aircraft E - 2 Hawkeye, with advanced radar Althdthat "AN/APS-145". Developed the Egyptian Air Force F-16 aircraft also to allow them to launch a missile anti-ship Harbon.
Egypt also got on the Apache combat helicopter, which later developed into the latest models, as well as developed its helicopters of the type CH - 47 Chinook. Replaced by the Egyptian Navy helicopter recently, "SH3" and "SA 342" and "Gazelle" helicopter feed H2 newer models, as well as the training requested 68 aircraft of the type G 115, and 120 of the type Jay-8 (in English: Hongdu JL- 8) Do not supply still continues even now.
In the late nineties, the Field Marshal Ahmed Shafik the aspirations of the Egyptian Air Force for the twenty-century atheist. Egyptian Air Force hopes to get the technology they need to deter any aggression, and to help its allies, and the protection of the Egyptian national security. These include technology to space systems, aerial reconnaissance, and command and control systems, airborne, as well as to the next generation of advanced fighter aircraft, and the possibilities of re-filled the fuel air, modern transport aircraft and aircraft Jay F -17.
In 2002, Egypt requested the aircraft F-15s er from the United States, Israel, she moved immediately to block the deal, noting that in all modern Egyptian military exercises Israel the enemy. Initially did not agree the United States to Israel's request to ban these aircraft to Egypt, but in the end agreed to impose the ban because Israel has provided some evidence that she was the main enemy of the military exercises in Egypt. In the November 6, 2006, Egypt began talks with Mikoyan to the possibility of sale MiG-29 aircraft to Egypt. In 2007, Egypt has more studies to buy a big batch of this model, and approved the deal from Russia in order to restore Egypt's ally in the region.
Camp David treaty was the reason for the development of the Egyptian Air Force. Egyptian Air Force began to rely on U.S. aircraft, French and some Chinese aircraft. Add these new aircraft to its stock became the Egyptian Air Force enjoying the composition interesting.
In 1987 entered service early warning aircraft E - 2 Hawkeye, with advanced radar Althdthat "AN/APS-145". Developed the Egyptian Air Force F-16 aircraft also to allow them to launch a missile anti-ship Harbon.
Egypt also got on the Apache combat helicopter, which later developed into the latest models, as well as developed its helicopters of the type CH - 47 Chinook. Replaced by the Egyptian Navy helicopter recently, "SH3" and "SA 342" and "Gazelle" helicopter feed H2 newer models, as well as the training requested 68 aircraft of the type G 115, and 120 of the type Jay-8 (in English: Hongdu JL- 8) Do not supply still continues even now.
In the late nineties, the Field Marshal Ahmed Shafik the aspirations of the Egyptian Air Force for the twenty-century atheist. Egyptian Air Force hopes to get the technology they need to deter any aggression, and to help its allies, and the protection of the Egyptian national security. These include technology to space systems, aerial reconnaissance, and command and control systems, airborne, as well as to the next generation of advanced fighter aircraft, and the possibilities of re-filled the fuel air, modern transport aircraft and aircraft Jay F -17.
In 2002, Egypt requested the aircraft F-15s er from the United States, Israel, she moved immediately to block the deal, noting that in all modern Egyptian military exercises Israel the enemy. Initially did not agree the United States to Israel's request to ban these aircraft to Egypt, but in the end agreed to impose the ban because Israel has provided some evidence that she was the main enemy of the military exercises in Egypt. In the November 6, 2006, Egypt began talks with Mikoyan to the possibility of sale MiG-29 aircraft to Egypt. In 2007, Egypt has more studies to buy a big batch of this model, and approved the deal from Russia in order to restore Egypt's ally in the region.
Electronic warfare :
In 1982 after monitoring the performance of the Egyptian Air Force Israeli Air Force in the Lebanon War, noted the importance of electronic warfare and unmanned aerial vehicles, so I started a great program for the introduction of advanced electronic weapons of war in existence.
Home was purchased two C-130 Hercules remain determined specifically for the collection of intelligence. Then introduced the drone of the type of scrap Teledyne Ryan Model 324 trade related transactions specially.
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| نموذج لإحدى الطائرات الامريكية بدون طيار |
Air Force possessed 56 aircraft of that type, and also used unmanned aircraft development, a local mini-type Sky Eye, and the Egyptian Air Force has 48 aircraft from them. It was also bringing in two of the drones of the type Kamkupetr for use by the Egyptian navy in a deal worth U.S. $ 4.5 million, each of which contains a system of unmanned aircraft.
Used the Egyptian Air Force unmanned aircraft in reconnaissance operations, border control and electronic warfare. It is worth mentioning that in April 2007, Egypt launched a satellite SAT Egypt Hotels - 1 for Remote Sensing, which revolves around the suspicion that it is used for espionage operations and electronic warfare.
Used the Egyptian Air Force unmanned aircraft in reconnaissance operations, border control and electronic warfare. It is worth mentioning that in April 2007, Egypt launched a satellite SAT Egypt Hotels - 1 for Remote Sensing, which revolves around the suspicion that it is used for espionage operations and electronic warfare.
Egyptian Air Force today :
The backbone of the Egyptian Air Force today is 220 fighter aircraft F16 Falcon and so Egypt is a fourth user of those fighters in the world.
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Used the Egyptian Air Force also 19 aircraft Mirage 2000 as well as the development of 32 aircraft of the types of F-4 Phantom II, Mirage 5, C-130 Hercules. Use the 6 +2 early-warning aircraft and the control of the type E - 2 Hawkeye, which is being developed to model Hawkeye 2000. But there are still restrictions on the Egyptian Air Force to prevent it from development and use of advanced aircraft and the possibilities of re-fill the fuel and air have shells prompt high accuracy. Because of the rejection of the United States that led to the cancellation of the contract value of U.S. $ 4.5 billion in 2005 to purchase a number between 60 and 100 F - 16 again, making Egypt heading to Russia for the purchase of forty aircraft Mikoyan MiG-29SE MTV and twenty-four aircraft Yak - 130 in addition to the contract to buy 30 Sukhoi - 35.
The other hand, France has agreed to offer Egypt to buy aircraft Rafale and Mirage Mix 2000. Egyptian Air Force started production of aircraft Jay F - 17 Thunder locally using the production line aircraft Kay - 8 that is, in the beginning of 2010 to replace the Chinese aircraft F - 7 F - 6.
At a news conference on the occasion of Eid Air Force in 2008 reduced the team pilot Reda Mahmoud Hafez, commander of the Egyptian Air Force, the impact of the flow of aircraft multi-mission to Israel and the possibility that an imbalance in the military balance in the region, pointing out that the lesson is not the size and nature of the equipment available to the extent achieved by forces good use of them, ongoing training and development of new tactics can be used to achieve superiority, surprise and deception.
The other hand, France has agreed to offer Egypt to buy aircraft Rafale and Mirage Mix 2000. Egyptian Air Force started production of aircraft Jay F - 17 Thunder locally using the production line aircraft Kay - 8 that is, in the beginning of 2010 to replace the Chinese aircraft F - 7 F - 6.
At a news conference on the occasion of Eid Air Force in 2008 reduced the team pilot Reda Mahmoud Hafez, commander of the Egyptian Air Force, the impact of the flow of aircraft multi-mission to Israel and the possibility that an imbalance in the military balance in the region, pointing out that the lesson is not the size and nature of the equipment available to the extent achieved by forces good use of them, ongoing training and development of new tactics can be used to achieve superiority, surprise and deception.
Some pictures
Logo :
The current logo of the Egyptian Air Force consists of three concentric circles of Alalon fundamental in Egypt: Red, white, and black. Since 1961 until 1973 was the slogan of the logo is similar to the present except that it only has Star Khaddrohtan in the inner circle. The first logo for the Egyptian Air Force was composed of three departments of Interior and the first and middle of green and white logo the center of the inner circle of the Egyptian Kingdom, namely the crescent and three stars.
General culture :
Featured personal pilot, the Egyptian Air Force in many Arab films, the most famous of these films, the most successful film Ismail Yassin in the air in a series of films Ismail Yassin. , A comedy written by Abu Al-Saud Aliibiyare and directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. The film was aired in 1954.
