Instead of American planes, it has chosen Chinese Chengdu J-10C aircraft. The F-16 is the backbone of Egypt's air force. The country operates as many as 218 aircraft, including 40 in the old F-16A ...

which would allow the Egyptian Air Force to equip many of its other fighters with the long-range missile. At the present time, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) employs the Derby BVR air-to-air missile ...

However, in December, the government transferred this role to Mostakbal Misr, an entity that until that moment was only known to be the development arm of the Egyptian Air Force. It has not said why ...

Earlier, there were reports that China had finalized the sale of J-10C fighter jets to strengthen the Egyptian Air Force. According to several sources, this deal reportedly took place in August ...

Egyptian Air Force Commander Lieutenant-General Mahmoud Fouad Abdel-Gawad met on Wednesday with UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Major General Rashed Mohammed Al Shamsi. The meeting was on ...

MOSCOW, October 27. /TASS/. The first Russian-Egyptian air defense drills, the Arrow of Friendship-2019, kicked off at a practice range of the Egyptian air defense troops’ training tactical ...

The maneuvers were observed by Russia’s Air Defense Force Chief Lieutenant-General Alexander Leonov and Commander of Egypt’s Air Defense Troops Lieutenant-General Ali Fahmi. "The firings were ...