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	Egypt - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Egypt
		The Egyptian air force suffered crippling destruction on the ground, and, although there was some organized resistance to the Anglo-French force, the latter could probably have occupied the whole length of the canal.
		A UN force was organized to safeguard the canal from further attacks and to prevent further outbreaks of violence between Israel and Egypt in Sinai.
		Egypt was a member of the UN coalition forces that sought an economic embargo against Iraq in 1990 for annexing Kuwait, and its armed forces joined in the military action against Iraq in 1991.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Egypt (7147 words)

	Pakistan Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (Pakistan Fiza'ya in Urdu) is the Aviation branch of the Pakistan armed forces.
		Since the lifting of sanctions, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) became heavily active in evaluating potential military hardware, such as new fighter planes, radars, land based air-defence systems, etc. The key factor had been the lifting of American sanctions on Pakistan, including restrictions on military combat aircraft, namely the Lockheed Martin F-16.
		He is assisted by a Vice Chief of Air Staff and 4 Deputy Chiefs of the Air Staff who control and administer the Administration, Operations, Maintenance and Electronics divisions of the PAF respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force (1643 words)

	Air Force - Egypt
		The combat efficiency of the air force, which had dropped almost to nil as a consequence of the war and its aftermath, was restored by renewed deliveries from the Soviet Union and intensified Soviet-led training of pilots and crews.
		Egypt's air reconnaissance along the Suez Canal and its air strikes against Israeli strong points provided essential support to the ground forces that were crossing the canal.
		Egyptian Air Force sources indicated in January 2001 that the EAF was to acquire a significant quantity of Karakorum K-8 advanced jet trainer/light strike aircraft from Pakistan, basically to replace its appr.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/egypt/airforce.htm (1104 words)

	Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Egypt’s navy is the smallest branch of its military operations.
		The Egypt Defense Force is under the command of one commander and the defense force consists of antiaircraft guns, rocket and missile units, interceptor planes, and radar and warning installations.
		Egypt was the first country in the Middle East to obtain chemical weapons training, indoctrination, and material.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~knakamic/factpage.htm (441 words)

	The Peace Encyclopedia: Egypt
		Egypt was proselytized, it is said, by St. Mark and was one of the earliest Christian countries.
		Egypt, regardless of its intentions, sent a disturbing message to Israel by naming the exercise in honor of its last war with Israel, and by identifying Israel as the enemy.
		Egypt has already received delivery of 24 Apaches (AH-64A), and is expected to take delivery of twelve more.(14) These helicopters posses state-of-the-art night-flying equipment and carry up to 16 Hellfire antitank weapons and 38 rockets.(15) The improvement of the Egyptian air force is not limited to combat planes.
	www.yahoodi.com /peace/egypt.html (3558 words)

	FYI: Modern Egyptian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		So the British declared Egypt a "protectorate." A protectorate is a relationship between two nations whereby a stronger nation controls the politics and economy of a weaker nation under the guise that they want to protect that country.
		Although Egypt had lost a skirmish with Israel, Nasser was seen as a hero for reoccupying the Sinai.
		In 1967 the Israelis invaded Egypt and several other nations, overran the Sinai and destroyed Egypt's Air Force while it was still on the ground.
	www.website1.com /odyssey/week6/fyi.html (1153 words)

	Numbered Air Forces Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Following World War II this air force was involved in air defense and reserve training and concentrated entirely upon air defense in the latter 1960s and again after 1985.
		Neither the Air Field Forces nor the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command, were legitimate War Department establishments and must be classified in the same category as provisional units, although the term "provisional" was never used in connection with them.
		The new air force drew its operational forces from existing air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
	www.maxwell.af.mil /au/afhra/wwwroot/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html (4679 words)

	Commanding Heights : Egypt Overview \| on PBS
		Egypt and other Arab nations send troops to Palestine in 1948 and are defeated by the Israelis.
		1953-1955: In June 1953 Egypt is declared a republic under President Muhammad Naguib, a leader of the Free Officers.
		In 2003 Egypt allows the currency to float freely: It adjusts on the first day of trading to its fl-market value.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/eg/eg_overview.html (1079 words)

	U.S. Air Force officer killed in Egypt - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A U.S. Air Force officer taking part in a military exercise was killed in a road accident in northern Egypt, a spokesman for the U.S. military said Tuesday.
		CAIRO, Egypt --A U.S. Air Force officer taking part in a military exercise was killed in a road accident in northern Egypt, a spokesman for the U.S. military said Tuesday.
		The Air Force public affairs in Washington said later Tuesday that the fatally injured officer was a woman but declined to further identify her.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/09/20/us_air_force_officer_killed_in_egypt (199 words)

	Code One Magazine: Egyptian Air Force Celebrates Sixty-Five — October 1997
		The Egyptian Air Force traveled a compelling journey to arrive at this point, a journey shaped by conflict and by the politics of a volatile region.
		Mubarak, who commanded the air force after the war, was instrumental in rebuilding the EAF during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
		Egypt's aviation history is tied to its aspirations as an independent country and to its leadership role in the Arab world.
	www.codeonemagazine.com /archives/1997/articles/oct_97/oct2a_97.html (2238 words)

	Potential Threats To Israel: Egypt
		While Egypt remains formally at peace with Israel and honors its Camp David commitments, Cairo has nevertheless amassed a substantial offensive military capability in recent years.
		Despite its status as a U.S. ally, Egypt has purchased Scud missiles from North Korea and is thought to possess chemical weapons.
		Its army, air force and navy now field a wide range of the most sophisticated Western arms, many identical to Israel's own weapons.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Threats_to_Israel/Egypt.html (445 words)

	Air Force Times
		Air Force officials are taking steps to repair aging C-130 Hercules transport aircraft that were grounded in February because of cracks found in some of the aging planes.
		Air Force, Pentagon and joint command officials have begun cautioning and educating personnel on ways to avoid being exposed to avian flu, which already has killed more than 60 people in Asia and recently was detected in the Middle East for the first time.
		The results of a war game hosted by Air Force strategists stressed the importance of modernizing the service’s long-range strike assets, and may give some clues about the outcome of a major, ongoing defense capability study.
	www.airforcetimes.com /channel.php?GQID=AIRPAPER (1429 words)

	Air Force1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The fledgling Israel Air Force (IAF) of 1948 was unique in the annals of modern history in that it was born in battle, and that most of its aircrew and technical personnel were overseas volunteers -- Machal -- rather than Israeli.
		The reason for this unprecedented anomaly, the Israelis a minority in their own Air Force, was that Britain, ruler of Palestine prior to May 15, 1948, did not accept Palestinian Jews for RAF aircrew training until 1943 - almost four years into World War II, and then only grudgingly.
		Perhaps his most lasting contribution to the Israel Air Force was the knowledge he passed on to the young Israeli mechanics under his wing, many of whom went on to assume key positions of command.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /IsraelVets/airforce2.htm (1345 words)

	Air Defense Force (ADF) - Egypt
		After most of the country's aircraft was destroyed on the ground in 1967, the military placed responsibility for air defense under one commander.
		Egypt patterned its new Air Defense Force (ADF) after the Soviet Air Defense Command, which integrated all its air defense capabilities--antiaircraft guns, rocket and missile units, interceptor planes, and radar and warning installations.
		Egypt was also introducing its own composite gun-missile-radar system known as Amun (skyguard), integrating radar-guided twin 23mm guns with Sparrow and Egyptian Ayn as Saqr SAMs.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/egypt/adf.htm (379 words)

	Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		air force commander (1972-75) and vice president (1975-81), he became president after Anwar al- Sadat was assassinated on Oct. 6, 1981.
		He has, however, criticized many Israeli policies, and relations between the two nations were cooler in the late 1980s and much of the 1990s.
		Mubarak has sought to control Egypt's excessive population growth, combat economic problems, and contain trends toward fundamentalist Islam, but his authoritarian rule also has suppressed legitimate dissent and tolerated corruption.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m/mubarak.asp (391 words)

	JINSA Online -- Mordechai urges IAF to train more pilots per plane
		TEL AVIV (July 1) - The air force needs to train more pilots per aircraft, Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai said at a conference on air power being held this week in Tel Aviv to mark the 50th anniversary of the IAF.
		OC Air Force Maj.-Gen. Eitan Ben-Eliahu said that the aircrew-to-aircraft ratio has been reduced in the past few years, and that having more pilots was an advantage, but training them was a costly affair.
		The international symposium has drawn commanders or their deputies of 36 air forces around the world, including Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Khair Ababneh, head of the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
	www.jinsa.org /articles/view.html?documentid=473 (457 words)

	Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000 - TheBestLinks.com - Air force, Egypt, France, Greece, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A Mirage 2000 of the Indian Air Force
		The Mirage 2000 serves the air forces of Egypt, France, Greece, India, Peru, Qatar, Republic of China (Taiwan), United Arab Emirates and is currently the front-line fighter for the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air).
		Development began on the aircraft in the 1970s and the first flight took place in 1978.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Mirage_2000.html (253 words)

	Roots of your Discontent, (an interview with Michael B. Oren) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the spring of 1967, as war loomed and as Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, armed with Soviet weapons, brimmed with confidence that their combined forces could crush Israel, the Israelis themselves were experiencing a strange dichotomy in their self-image.
		On the one hand, they felt that with the well-trained Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) they were "militarily invincible." Yet at the same time, they saw their tiny country as "mortally vulnerable" to the threats surrounding it.
		The Six-Day War was supposed to be the forty-eight-hour war that had as its goal the destruction of the Egyptian air force and the neutralization of the first of three lines of Egyptian defense in the Sinai.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/701107/posts (6098 words)

	The Military
		The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) was formed from some earlier groups who had protected the Jewish People in the Land of Israel.
		The Israeli Air Force is the newest branch of the IDF.
		When Israel was fighting to become a State in 1948, the Air Force was able to rescue many places that were cut off by Arab armies.
	www.fuchsmizrachi.org /military.htm (856 words)

	Egypt's Military Poses Little Threat to Israel, Middle East Newsline - JCSS, TAU
		Egypt, with a force of 450,000 soldiers, about 75 percent of whom
		"Egypt in 2004 is not Egypt of 1973," said Brom, a former senior Israel
		Egypt, the study said, has failed to train in the use of precision-guided
	www.tau.ac.il /jcss/menl121004.html (760 words)

	Phantom with Egypt
		Prior to the Camp David agreement, the Al Quwwat al Jawwiya il Misriya (Arab Republic of Egypt Air Force) had relied on the Soviet Union for its military equipment and on its oil-rich Arab neighbors for financial aid.
		Unfortunately, Egypt's Arab backers regarded its agreement with Israel as a sellout, and in July 1979 they canceled all financial support of Egypt.
		By 1982, Egypt was so displeased with its Phantoms that they considered selling their planes to Turkey in exchange for some more F-16s.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/f4_42.html (522 words)

	Middle East Newsline -
		But the report said Egypt's air force has been hampered by inadequate training and systems integration.
		"The Egyptian Air Force has attempted one of the most far-reaching modernization efforts of any Arab air force in the Middle East, weathering the burdensome transition from Russian systems and doctrines to Western ones," the report, authored by [Res.] Col. Shmuel Gordon, said.
		The report, entitled "The Egyptian Air Force: Modernization Efforts And American Assistance," is part of a new book published by the Tel Aviv University center.
	www.menewsline.com /stories/2003/october/10_28_2.html (231 words)

	147fig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Assigned to the air defense role, the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group previously parented F-101B/F Voodoo equipped 111st Fighter Interceptor Squadron from Ellington ANGS, Houston, calls itself the " National Air Force of Texas".
		The F-4Ds, with which the 111st FIS also kept an alert detachment at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, were short lived in Houston as the squadron began its conversion to F-16A/B Falcon in 1989.
		Aircraft in standart Air Force Egypt One three tone gray camouflage scheme.
	www.geocities.com /rtguney/ang/houston/147fig.html (180 words)

	Egyptian Air Force Order of Battle
		That France is one Egypt's big allies can be seen by the huge amount of aircraft bought during the last 20 years.
		The Alpha Jet is in the Egypt Air Force operated in two versions: the "standard" trainer and a more sofisticated attack version.
		The Tanagra air show in september was visited by one of the K-8E of 201 squadron.
	www.scramble.nl /mil/1/egypt/orbat.htm (520 words)

	Middle East Newsline - Area News - Updated Daily
		Cem told his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Maher, that Ankara would allow Egypt's air force to use Turkey's military facilities for training and refueling.
		Cem acknowledged that Israeli air force fighter-jets are training in central Turkey.
		He said the Israeli pilots employ Turkey's air force base in Konya, where the air forces from the Jewish state, Turkey and the United States held an exercise in June.
	www.menewsline.com /stories/2001/august/08_01_4.html (209 words)

	Redeyes EAW Page
		This aircraft depicts a Lockheed Hudson Mk.IV of the Israel Air Force, Ramat David, Israel during 1948.
		This aircraft depicts a Douglas C-47 'Dakota' of the Royal Egyptian Air Force, Sinai, Egypt, 1948.
		This aircraft depicts a Gloster Meteor F. Mk IV of the Royal Egyptian Air Force, Egypt during 1950.
	www.cds1.net /~linkman993/RED/AI19481955.html (944 words)

	Hasegawa 1/48 MC.205 Veltro "Italian Air Force"
		Most were actually used by the co-belligerent air force formed to fight against the Luftwaffe and the Veltro was also used as Italy's frontline fighter after the war ended.
		There are several different MC.205 versions produced by Hasegawa incorporating earlier and later variants as well as different air force owners.
		So, the breakdown of the components on the sprue is dictated by this as is often the case with Hasegawa who like to get the most out of their base moulds.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Inbox/k-m/mc-205-italy_48-i.htm (913 words)

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