Egyptian Air Force
Egyptian Air Force
القوات الجوية المصرية
Founded
1930 (as part of the army)
1937 (as an independent service)
Country
Egypt
Branch
Egyptian armed forces
Type
Air Force
Size
569 aircraft (total)
149 armed helicopters
30,000 Personnel (10,000
conscripts)[1]
Garrison/HQ
Oruba street, Nasr City, Cairo
Motto
’Higher and higher for the sake
of glory’ (Arabic: إلى العلا في
سبيل المجد
, I‘la’ al-a‘là fī sabīl al-
magd)
Anniversaries
14th of October (Mansura Air
Battle)[2]
Engagements
see History
Commanders
Commander
Air Marshal Reda Mahmoud
Hafez Mohamed
Chief of Staff
Air Vice Marshal
Notable
commanders
Hosni Mubarak
Ahmed Shafik
Insignia
Roundel
Aircraft flown
Attack
Aero L-59 Super Albatros, SU-7B
Bomber
McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom
II, Tupolev Tu-16
Electronic
warfare
Teledyne Ryan Scarab
Fighter
F-16, MiG-21
Attack
helicopter
AH-64 Apache
Interceptor
Mirage 2000, Chengdu J-7
Patrol
Antonov An-24, Aérospatiale
Gazelle, Ilyushin Il-28
Reconnaissance Dassault Mirage 5, Grumman
E-2 Hawkeye
Trainer
EMB 312, Dassault Mirage 5,
Aero L-39, Grob G-115, K-8E
Transport
C-130 Hercules, Antonov An-74
The Egyptian Air Force, or EAF (Arabic:
القوات الجوية المصرية
, Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-
Miṣrīyä), is the aviation branch of the Egyp-
tian armed forces. The EAF is headed by an
Air Marshal (Lieutenant General equivalent).
Currently, the commander of the Egyptian
Air Force is Air Marshal Reda Mahmoud
Hafez Mohamed. The force’s motto is ’Higher
and higher for the sake of glory’ (Arabic: إلى
العلا في سبيل المجد
, I‘la’ al-a‘là fī sabīl al-
magd). Currently the EAF has over 586 com-
bat aircraft and 149 armed helicopters, mak-
ing it the largest in Africa and the second
largest in the Middle East after Israel. It is
currently the strongest and most developed
in Africa. The EAF is one of the strongest in
the Middle East. The backbone of the Egyp-
tian Air Force is 190+ (220 received, 18 lost
in mishaps/accidents and 7 F16A/B groun-
ded) F-16 Fighter Jets and it is the 4th
largest operator of F-16’s in the world. [3]