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	Egyptian Air Force
		The Egyptian Air Force, or EAF (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية‎;, Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä), is the aviation branch of the Egyptian armed forces.
		The force's motto is 'Higher and higher for the sake of glory' (Arabic: اعلاء الاعلى في سبيل المجد‎;, I‘la’ al-a‘là fī sabīl al-magd).
		Currently the EAF is the largest Arab air force, reckoned to be the most powerful air force in Africa and the second in the Middle East after the Israeli Air Force with a total of over 579 combat aircraft and 121 armed helicopters.
	eafh.com /egyptian_air_force (397 words)

	Egyptian Air Force - 2 /Авиабаза =KRoN=/ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Egyptian air force commanders believe the helicopter-commando assault team played a major role in disrupting the rear of the Israeli Bar-Lev line during the time that major counterattacks should have been organised.
		But the Egyptian air defence forces said they got good warning from their visual observer corps posted along the seacoast and were able to put up 50 MiG-21 interceptors to begin the massive air battle over the coastline.
		The air battles stretched over a period of five days, and each day the Israeli air force was able to beat down the defences to the point where its commanders thought they were destroyed.
	airbase.ru /wars/arab-israel/1973/EgyptianAirForce-2 (1956 words)

	Egyptian Air Force - Definition, explanation
		The Egyptian Air Force of EAF (Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya in Arabic) is the Aviation branch of the Egyptian armed forces.
		The Egyptian Air Force was initially a part of the Royal Air Force which established bases in Egypt during World War II.
		The Egyptian Air Force contributed to this conflict with C-47 Dakotas and Spitfiress.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/e/eg/egyptian_air_force.php (508 words)

	Gil Disatnik's Homepage - Israel's wars
		Egyptian infantry and armor crossed the canal assisted by air strikes and took the Israeli strongholds on the banks of the canal.
		Egyptian attempts to develop a general attack on the canal were repulsed by counterattacks of Israeli infantry and armor.
		During this operation the air force operated newly purchased weapon-systems and aircraft, such as F-16 fighters, "Cobra" and "defender" attack helicopters, modified "Kfir" fighters of the Israeli aircraft industries, and additional operational systems which are amongst the most modern ones available, manufactured in Israel and installed in "Kfir" and skyhawk fighters.
	gil.disatnik.com /wars.php (2035 words)

	The Egyptian Air Force History
		The Egyptian reaction was so tough but in fact it came to late and due to its high losses the EAF couldn’t change mush of the course of the war.
		During the war the EAF flow more than 6815 sorties and lost about 96 airplanes in which only 30 was lost in air combat (about 120 kills were scored by the Israelis during the war on the Egyptian front were the rest was against other Arab fighters that worked along side with the EAF).
		The Egyptian strategy during yum kipper war was to use the very powerful Egyptian air defense network in close cooperation with the Egyptian air force to prevent the Israelis from taking air superiority.
	www.angelfire.com /nb/eaf/history.html (2326 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Egypt \| Keeping the peace
		At 14 air bases located across the country a total of 120 jet fighters took to the air, engaging in an exercise in which they fired on simulated targets.
		Tantawi attributed the Air Forces units' outstanding performance in the exercises to a comprehensive development process within all branches of the armed forces.
		Sha'rawi was speaking at a press conference held on Monday at Air Forces headquarters to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the air battle known as "Al- Mansoura" that took place during the October War.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/608/eg6.htm (688 words)

	Boeing's CH-47 Chinook helicopter, the Egyptian version.
		Originally destined for the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF), they were never delivered as a result of the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979.
		The Egyptian Air Force purchased 15 of these helicopters and placed them into service with their Air Force in 1981.
		Air Crews from units stationed in Germany were called upon to participate in the adventure.
	www.chinook-helicopter.com /history/aircraft/egypt/egyptian.html (1270 words)

	Battle For El-mansourah - Pakistani Defence Forum
		Egyptian Air Force strikes against Israeli targets in the occupied Sinai Peninsula on the first day of the October War in 1973 made a massive contribution to Arab success during the early part of the conflict.
		At 3:15pm air observation posts on the coast of the Nile Delta notified the EAF High Command that 20 Phantoms were coming in from the sea, flying southwest towards Port Said and the Delta.
		Of the EAF aircraft lost, three were shot down by the enemy, two crashed because they ran out of fuel before their pilots could return to base and a third blew up after flying through the debris of an exploding Phantom which it had just shot down.
	pakistanidefenceforum.com /index.php?showtopic=49682 (3308 words)

	Algerian, Egyptian, and Morrocan MiGs
		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.
		The others where all were pressed into service with the Egyptian Air Force and used extensively for attacks against Israeli troops on Sinai, in the last days of the war, as well as in the early stages of the "War of Attrition".
		Algeria, early 1970s: Egyptian incluence in the Algerian Air Force can be seen also in the "Mauve" or "Nile Valley" pattern according to which the camouflage colors were applied to the MiG-17F seen here.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/printer_137.shtml (1271 words)

	Boeing: Boeing Chinook Modernization Program For Egyptian Air Force Is On Track
		FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 22, 2002 -- The air force that defends one of the world's oldest civilizations soon will be adding some of the most advanced Boeing [NYSE: BA] transport helicopters to its fleet.
		Boeing is modernizing six CH-47C Egyptian Air Force Chinooks to the U.S. Army CH-47D standard.
		"Modernization of the Egyptian Air Force Chinooks means that nearly the entire worldwide CH-47 inventory will be D-models or later configuration," said Pat Shanahan, vice president and general manager, Boeing Army Programs and Rotorcraft.
	www.boeing.com /news/releases/2002/q3/nr_020722m.html (476 words)

	Strategic Insights -- Book Review: Learning and Rebuilding a Shattered Force—Memoirs of Pre-Yom Kippur War ...
		He criticizes military inspection teams sent to air bases and composed mainly of land forces officers with no flight or air force experience, and he argues that inspections became a chance for inter-service rivalry, and not fixing what was truly wrong in airfields and plane maintenance.
		The Egyptian Air Force Chief threatened to resign if he was not allowed to unleash his aerial strike force of MiG-17 and MiG-24 escorts to General Ismail’s sector and expanded sorties along the Suez Canal.
		The Egyptians see the end of 1967 in which they devised commando raids in Israeli-occupied Sinai, sank the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat, and the strikes by the air force so soon after their crushing defeat as major morale boosters to both the public and military, although tactically it did not achieve any military objective.
	www.ccc.nps.navy.mil /si/2005/Mar/aboul-eneinMar05.asp (6786 words)

	Eye Witness to the Six Day War
		Egyptians were sure that war was inevitable, since they planned to start it somehow or the other.
		His detailed plans for pre-emptive air strikes specified units to be tasked with each job, routes and heights to fly, allotted targets, and the actual weapons to be used.
		The land forces had all the air support they needed and did not have to fear Egyptian interference in their mopping up operations.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /IAF/History/1960s/Six-Day.html (3073 words)

	Israeli Air Force at AllExperts
		Its predecessor, Sherut Avir, was the air wing of the Haganah.
		In 2003, 27 retired Air Force Pilots composed a letter of protest to the Air Force Commander, announcing their refusal to continue and perform attacks on targets within Palestinian population centers, and claiming that the occupation of the Palestinians "morally corrupts the fabric of Israeli society".
		The Israeli Air Force is considered the strongest air force in the Middle East, and one of the best and most sophisticated in the world.
	en.allexperts.com /e/i/is/israeli_air_force.htm (2325 words)

	The Egyptian Air Force History ( Part 2 ) \| AVIATION FANS
		The Egyptian reaction was so tough but in fact it came too late and due to its high losses the EAF couldn't change mush of the course of the war.
		After the gap of EL-Dflesuar some Egyptian Sam sites were destroyed (about 10 sites) the Egyptian fighters took over and engaged the Israelis in devastating air battles in which some of 50 to 60 airplanes would participate from both sides although this the EAF succeed in preventing the Israelis from entering the Egyptian air space.
		The Egyptian strategy during yum kippur war was to use the very powerful Egyptian air defense network in close cooperation with the Egyptian air force to prevent the Israelis from taking air superiority.
	www.aviationfans.com /?q=node/3 (1161 words)

	Hosni Mubarak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak was born in 1928 in Al-Monofeya governorate in northern Egypt.
		Mubarak was the Head of the Air Force Academy and the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Force.
		In late 1972, he was appointed as the Commander of the Air Force and Deputy Minister of Military Affairs.
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/review/people_full_story.asp?service_id=6446 (652 words)

	LAX Gunman Belonged To Egyptian Jihad, al Qaeda's Operational Arm
		There are also indications that, in the years 1998 and 1999, Hadayat was in touch with a group of high Egyptian air force officers and helicopter pilots posted at the time at Edwards Base north of Los Angeles.
		Two years ago, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak exerted all his influence on President Clinton to keep the federal board s findings out of its published report and, above all, the fact that a group of Egyptian air force officers was on the plane.
		US investigators realize he was not a lone operative and are seeking his accomplices in such matters as setting up the hit, providing the guns he carried and intelligence on the security situation at the Tom Bradley terminal.
	www.rense.com /general26/quad.htm (638 words)

	AllRefer.com - Egypt - Air Force \| Egyptian Information Resource
		Much of the Soviet influence on the air force's structure and organization still prevailed in the 1980s, although training and tactics were affected by the changeover to Western equipment and the advanced training provided by the United States and other Western countries.
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/egypt/egypt158.html (769 words)

	Egyptian national military museum
		The Egyptian National Military Museum is located within the Cairo Citadel, a walled complex of fortifications and various types of buildings which is on a promontory overlooking Cairo.
		The Egyptians surprised everyone by making a very ingenious and rapid breakthrough of these defenses and overwhelming the Israeli defenders, however soon afterwards the Egyptian attack completely lost momentum and they had to fall back to their own side of the canal.
		MiG-17s served on well into the 1970s with various air forces around the world, and today there are even several examples on the American airshow circuit.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Aircraft/Museums/EgyptianNationalMilitaryMuseum/index.html (1862 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Six-Day War started with a far-reaching air attack, code named “Moked”, to shatter the Arab air forces while their aircraft were still on the ground.
		A massive, simultaneous attack by Israeli first-line aircraft was launched on the morning of June 5 against all Egyptian air force bases in Sinai and Egypt, the main Arab air force.
		When it became clear that Jordan had entered the war, the Israel Air Force turned to the Jordanian airfields in Amman and Mafrak and destroyed a large part of the Jordanian Air Force.
	www.lycos.com /info/six-day-war.html (628 words)

	September 2004 Engineer Update
		Hundreds of Egyptian and U.S. government personnel turned out for the grand opening of Fayid Air Base, a state-of-the-art base built to accommodate the most recent sale of F-16 aircraft to Egypt by the U.S. Transatlantic Programs Center (TAC) led the design and construction of the $128 million base.
		Air Marshal Magdy Shaarawy, responsible for all Egyptian Air Force operations, hosted the May 12 ceremony.Maj. Gen.
		Fayid air base was upgraded to accommodate the sixth sale of F-16 aircraft under the Peace Vector program, known as Peace Vector VI.
	www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/pubs/sep04/STORY3.HTM (886 words)

	The President
		Mubarak headed the Egyptian Military delegation to the USSR and was appointed as the Commander of the Western Air Force Base, at Cairo West Airfield.
		uring the period from 1967 to 1972, he was appointed as the Director of the Air Force Academy and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Force, and remained in this post until 1972 when he became Commander of the Air Force and Deputy Minister for Military Affairs.
		Mubarak was named as Vice president of Egypt and was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP), in 1978.
	www.presidency.gov.eg /html/the_president.html (252 words)

	Hispano HA 200 Trainer
		The Spanish Air Force used the Arrow with considerable success in the Sahara and against opponents in Morocco.
		In the service of the Egyptian Air Force the HA 200 was nicknamed the Al Kahira (Cairo).
		It was flown in an Egyptian Air Force C-130 to Baltimore Washington International Airport on April 9, 1984 at which time it was accepted by the museum.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/hispano.htm (542 words)

	Egyptian Armor
		The 'South Western Force' of Egyptian light tanks (six MK VIB), motorized units and a squadron of the Royal Egyptian Air Force covered the southern desert flank.
		The Frontier Force squadrons at Siwa were reinforced by four old British Vickers Medium Mk IIA tanks, with crews trained by the Royal Tank Regiment, and a flight of REAF Lysanders.
		The Italian invasion of Egypt began on 13 September 1940 and Egyptian troops along the frontier were soon withdrawn as a result of Italian political moves intended to placate the Egyptian government and British doubts as to their reliability.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/egypt/Egypt.html (719 words)

	653rd CLSS, Egyptian Air Force work together to get right fit for four C-130s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The team, consisting of various aircraft experts from the unit, traveled to Helwan, Egypt, an area 20 miles southeast of Cairo, to assist in making center wing rainbow and corner fitting repairs to the wings of four C-130 aircraft that were either cracked or corroded.
		The fittings are the main connecting components that hold the center and outer wings together and fasten them to the main aircraft.
		The team also worked with Egyptian Air Force members on fixing two corner fittings and an engine truss mount on the aircraft.
	www.afmc.af.mil /news/story.asp?id=123052949 (376 words)

	DEBKAfile - Too Soon to Dismiss Terror as Cause of Egyptian Air Disaster
		The Egyptians claimed that the crash of a Boeing 737, operated by the Egyptian company Flash Airlines, was “absolutely not the result of a terrorist act but is linked to a technical failure of the plane.
		In an exceptionally tense time, when all military electronic instruments in the region, including those of the Egyptian air force, are most certainly at peak vigilance for al Qaeda-piloted intruders, the plunging Egyptian airliner must have appeared on all their radar screens from the moment of its take-off.
		If the Air Flash charter tragedy was indeed staged by al Qaeda to coincide with the Blair family’s presence at the Sinai resort, it would be further evidence of the terrorist group’s audacity and intelligence prowess.
	www.debka.com /article.php?aid=758 (1005 words)

	Royal Air Force Art Prints
		Suez Drop, 5th November 1956 by David Pentland RAF Hastings drop men of 3 PARA battalion on the Egyptian airfield of El Gamil as part of the Airborne element of Operation "Musketeer", (Anglo-French plan to rte-open the Suez Canal after its closure by Egyptian President Nasser).
		Carried to their target by 18 Valetta's and 9 Hastings of RAF Transport Command, and supported by Air strikes by Fleet Air Arm Sea Venom's and Seahawks they quickly succeeded in securing their objective.
		Supplying air cover to a mixed force of 942 bombers over Normandy on Operation Goodwood, 18th July 1944.
	www.aviationartprints.com /raf_bomber_aircraft.htm (978 words)

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