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Egyptian Air Defense Forces
قوات الدفاع الجوي المصري Ⲡ̀ⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲙ̀ⲫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲕⲏⲙⲓ
Founded
1968 (56 years) 1938–1968 (part of Artillery corps)
Country
Egypt
Role
Anti-aircraft warfare
Size
80,000 active personnel[1] 70,000 reserve personnel[1] 150,000 total personnel
Part of
Egyptian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ
Cairo, Egypt
Nickname(s)
حصن السماء Sky Fortress
Motto(s)
إيمان, عزم, مجد Faith, Will, Glory
Anniversaries
30 June
Engagements
World War II 1948 Arab–Israeli War Suez Crisis North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Gulf War
Commanders
Commander, Egyptian Air Defence Force
Lieutenant General Mohamed Hegazy
Chief of Staff
Major General Hany Rashad
Insignia
Flag
Insignia
Egyptian Army ranks
Military unit
The Egyptian Air Defence Forces (EADF) (Egyptian Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي, romanized: Quwwat El-Difa' El-Gawwi, Coptic: Ⲡ̀ⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲙ̀ⲫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲕⲏⲙⲓ) is the Anti-aircraft warfare branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is responsible for protecting the Egyptian airspace against any hostile air attacks. The EADF was established in accordance with the presidential decree issued on 1 February 1968, which established the Air Defence Forces as the fourth branch, next to the Navy, Egyptian Ground Forces, and Egyptian Air Force. From 1938 onwards air defence forces had been part of the artillery and under the operation command of the Air Force. Egypt has a modern system of air defence armament, which is divided between anti-aircraft missiles long, medium and short-range anti-aircraft artillery systems and early warning radars. Both Western and Soviet bloc countries have supplied equipment.
Officers are mostly graduates of the Egyptian Air Defense Academy, located in Alexandria. The headquarters is in Cairo, and currently the Commander in Chief is Lieutenant General Ali Fahmi[2] and the Chief of Staff is Staff Major General Mohamed Darrag. In 2023 the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated that the EADF consisted of 80,000 active personnel and 70,000 reserve personnel.[1]
^ abcInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 9781032508955.
^"رئيس أركات قوات الدفاع الجوي". Mod.gov.eg. 24 February 1960. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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