Roundel of the Egyptian Air Force
Egyptian Air Force MiG-17
Egyptian Air Force F-4E
The following is a list of the aircraft operated by the Egyptian Air Force throughout its history. Coloured cells denote types that are still in active service.
Fixed Wing[]
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | Number | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero L-29 Delfin | Trainer | 120 | [1] | |||
| Aero L-39 Albatros | Trainer | L-39ZO | [2] | |||
| Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Trainer | L-59E | 48 | [2] | ||
| Airspeed Oxford | Trainer | [1] | ||||
| Antonov An-12 | Transport | 32 | [1] | |||
| Antonov An-24 | Transport | |||||
| Antonov An-72 | Transport | An-74T-200 | 9 | |||
| Avro 618 Ten | Transport | [1] | ||||
| Avro 626 | Trainer | [1] | ||||
| Avro 652 | Transport | [1] | ||||
| Avro 674 | Light Bomber | [1] | ||||
| Avro Anson | Trainer | Mk. I Mk. XIX Mk. XXII |
[1] | |||
| Avro Commodore | Transport | [1] | ||||
| Avro Lancaster | Bomber | B I | [1] | |||
| Beech D-18S | United States | Trainer | [1] | |||
| Beech 1900 | United States | Maritime Patrol ELINT |
1900C | 8 | [1][2] | |
| Boeing 707 | United States | Transport | 1 | ;[1] Presidential Fleet | ||
| Boeing 737 | United States | Transport | 4 | ;[1] Presidential Fleet | ||
| Chengdu J-7 Airguard | Fighter | F-7B F-7M |
150 | [1][2] | ||
| Consolidated PBY Catalina | United States | Flying Boat | [1] | |||
| Curtiss C-46 Commando | United States | Transport | C-46D | [1] | ||
| Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk | United States | Fighter | IIA | [1] | ||
| Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet | Trainer | MS1 MS2 |
30 14 |
[1][2] | ||
| Dassault Falcon 20 | Transport | ;[1] Presidential Fleet | ||||
| Dassault Mirage V | Fighter | 5SDD 5E 5SDE 5DDR |
82 | [1][2] | ||
| Dassault Mirage 2000 | Fighter | 2000BM 2000EM |
3 15 |
[1][2] | ||
| de Havilland DH.60 Moth | Trainer | DH. 60T | [1] | |||
| de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | Trainer | [1] | ||||
| de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Utility | DHC-5D | 9 | [1][2] | ||
| de Havilland DH.104 Dove | Transport | [1] | ||||
| de Havilland Dragon Rapide | Transport | [1] | ||||
| de Havilland Vampire | Fighter | FB52 T55 |
[1] | |||
| Douglas C-47 Dakota | United States | Transport/ Bomber | [1] | |||
| EADS CASA C-295 | Transport | 3 ordered | [3] | |||
| EMB-312 Tucano | Trainer | 54 | [1][2] | |||
| Fairey Gordon | Light Bomber | [1] | ||||
| Fiat G55 | Fighter | [1] | ||||
| Gloster Gladiator | Fighter | Gladiator I Gladiator II |
[1] | |||
| Gloster Meteor | Fighter | F4/F8 F7 NF13 |
[1] | |||
| Grob G-115 | Trainer | G-115E | 74 | [2] | ||
| Grumman Mallard | United States | Flying Boat | [1] | |||
| Gulfstream III | United States | executive transport | Presidential fleet. | |||
| Gulfstream IV | United States | executive transport | 4 | Presidential fleet. | ||
| HA Gomhouria | Trainer | Locally produced version of the Bücker Bü 181.[1] | ||||
| HA-200 Al-Qahirah | Trainer | Locally produced version of the Hispano HA-200.[1] | ||||
| Helwan HA-300 | Fighter | -1969 | Experimental, never went into production.[1] | |||
| Handley Page Halifax | Bomber | [1] | ||||
| Hawker Audax | Light Bomber | Egyptian Audax | 34 | [1] | ||
| Hawker Hart | Light Bomber | [1] | ||||
| Hawker Hurricane | Fighter | Mk. IIC | [1] | |||
| Hawker Sea Fury | Fighter | NX798 prototype FB.11 |
1 14 |
1948 1949- |
;[1] 2 Iraqi aircraft + 12 newly built examples.[4] | |
| Hongdu K-8 Karakorum | Trainer | K-8E | 120 | [2] | ||
| Ilyushin Il-14 | Transport | Il-14P | 70 | [1] | ||
| Ilyushin Il-28 | Medium Bomber | 80 | [1] | |||
| Lockheed C-130 | United States | Transport | C-130H EC-130 VC-130H |
28 2 1 |
[1][2] | |
| Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | Fighter | F-16A F-16B F-16C F-16D |
32 8 136 42 |
[1][2][5] | |
| Lockheed Lodestar | United States | Transport | [1] | |||
| Macchi MB.308 | Utility | [1] | ||||
| Macchi MC205 | Fighter | MC205V | [1] | |||
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II | United States | Fighter | F-4E | 46 | [1][2] | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | Fighter Trainer |
MiG-15bis MiG-15UTI |
[1] | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | Fighter | MiG-17F | 480 | [1] | ||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 | Fighter | MiG-19SF | 145 | [1] | ||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | Fighter | MiG-21F-13 MiG-21MF MiG-21PF MiG-21UM MiG-21R |
upgraded in Ukraine with advanced avionics and JHMCS to fire the r73 missile [1][2] | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | Fighter | MiG-23B | 36 | [1] | ||
| Miles M.14 Magister | Trainer | M.14A | 42 | [1] | ||
| Miles M.19 Master II | Trainer | [1] | ||||
| Morane-Saulnier MS-502 | Utility | [1] | ||||
| Mráz M.1 Sokol | Utility | M1-D | [1] | |||
| Műegyetemi Sportrepülő Egyesület M-24 | Utility | 2 | [1] | |||
| Noorduyn Norseman | Transport | 2 | 1948- | 2 captured Israeli examples.[1] | ||
| North American T-6 Texan | United States | Trainer | [1] | |||
| Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | United States | AEW | E-2C | 8 | [1][2] | |
| Percival Q.6 Petrel | Utility | [1] | ||||
| Piper Super Cub | United States | Utility | [1] | |||
| Republic P-47 | United States | Fighter | [1] | |||
| Shenyang F-6 | Fighter Trainer |
FT-6 |
72 18 |
[2] | ||
| Short Stirling | Bomber | Mk. IV | [1] | |||
| Sukhoi Su-7 | Attack | Su-7BMK | 140 | [1] | ||
| Sukhoi Su-20 | Attack | Su-20C | 42 | [1] | ||
| Supermarine Sea Otter | Flying Boat | [1] | ||||
| Supermarine Spitfire | Fighter Fighter Fighter Trainer |
Mk. V Mk. 9 Mk. 22 T. Mk. 9 |
[1] | |||
| Tupolev Tu-16 | Bomber | 30 | [1] | |||
| Westland Wessex | Transport | 1 | [6] | |||
| Westland Lysander | Utility | [1] | ||||
| Yakovlev Yak-11 | Trainer | [1] | ||||
| Yakovlev Yak-18 | Trainer | [1] | ||||
| Zlín Z 26 | Trainer | Z-226T | [1] | |||
| Zlin Z 142 | Trainer | Z-142C | 48 |
Helicopters[]
Egyptian Air Force Mi-8 Hip
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | Number | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aérospatiale Gazelle | Attack/Scout | SA-342K SA-342L |
108 | [1][2] | ||
| Boeing CH-47 | United States | Heavy Lift | CH-47C CH-47D |
3 16 |
[1][2] | |
| Hiller UH-12 | United States | Multipurpose | UH-12E | 18 | [1][2] | |
| Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite | United States | ASW | SH-2G/E | 13 | [2] | |
| Boeing AH-64 Apache | United States | Attack | AH-64D | 47 | 35 in service with 12 more on order | [1][2] |
| Mil Mi-2 | Utility | [1] | ||||
| Mil Mi-4 | Medium Lift | 70 | [1] | |||
| Mil Mi-6 | Heavy Lift | 20 | [1][2] | |||
| Mil Mi-8 | Assault/ Medium Lift | Mi-8T Mi8TVK Mi-8PPA Mi-8MV Mi-8R Mi-8MB Mi-8K |
[1][2] | |||
| Mil Mi-17 | Assault/ Medium Lift | Mi-17H | 27 | [1] | ||
| Sikorsky S-61 | United States | Medium Lift | S-61AD | 2 | 1975- | [1][2] |
| Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | United States | ASW/Utility | 28 | |||
| Sikorsky UH-60 | United States | Assault/CSAR | UH-60A UH-60M |
22 4 |
[1][2] | |
| Westland Commando | Medium Lift | Mk. 1 Mk. 2 Mk. 2E |
5 19 4 |
;[2] including 2 in Presidential fleet. | ||
| Westland Sea King | ASW | Mk. 47 | 6 | [1][2] | ||
| Westland Dragonfly | Utility | 2 | [1] |
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.64 1.65 1.66 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 1.71 1.72 1.73 1.74 1.75 1.76 1.77 1.78 1.79 1.80 1.81 1.82 1.83 1.84 1.85 1.86 1.87 1.88 1.89 Nordeen, Lon; Nicolle, David (1996). Phoenix Over The Nile. Smithonian Institution Press. pp. 335–340. ISBN 978-1-56098-626-3.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 "2008 Source Book: World Military Aircraft Inventory - Egypt". Aviation Week. January 28, 2008. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/sourcebook/content.jsp?channelName=pro&story=xml/sourcebook_xml/2008/01/28/AW_01_28_2008_p0271-27282-51.xml&headline=World%20Military%20Aircraft%20Inventory%20-%20Egypt. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ↑ "defence.professionals". defpro.com. http://www.defpro.com/news/details/19228/. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ↑ "Hawker Sea Fury - Development and Service Record". http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_hawker_sea_fury.html. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ↑ "F-16 Air Forces - Egypt". http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article4.html. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ↑ Nicholle 1993, p. 1
- Nicolle, David. "Neutral Allies: The Royal Egyptian Air Force in World War Two". Stamford, UK: Key Publishing. pp. pp. 1–16. ISSN 0143-5450.
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