رد: yak-130 و mig-29 لمصر !!!
Egyptian Air Force achieved their glory in 1989. At that time
Egyptian Air Force had more than 550 aircrafts and 30.000 Air Force
personnel. Jets owned by them were 67 units of F-16A/C, 33 units of
F-4E,
60 units of Mirage 2000,
hundreds of MiG made by Soviet and China, 50 units of Pucara and many
others. Entering the year 2000, Egypt continued to add their aircrafts
with the most modern aircrafts such as F-15 Strike Eagle, MiG-29 SMT,
and Yak-130. However the Egyptian’s will to possess F-15 was tackled by
the Israel.In 2007, Egypt still showed their ambition to possess
the most powerful Air Force in Middle East
by signing a contract for
purchasing 25 units of Su-35 from Russia. 20 units of F-16 Block 52 had
also been accepted by Egypt including their weapons; Mk-84 GP smart
bomb.Under the leadership of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,
which once had become Egyptian Air Force Chief of Staff, EAF strength
was continued to be upgraded. Not only purchasing new aircrafts, Egypt
also upgraded their MiG-21 to become aircrafts that were able to answer
modern challenge. Upgrade cooperation with Ukrainian aviary was
committed to install R-73 missile integrated with Helmet Mounted Sight,
target locator Kopyo Radar, and many others.Until now, because of
the upgrading program and purchasing of new aircrafts, Egyptian Air
Force possess 220 units of F-16,
19 units of Mirage 2000, 32 units of
upgraded F-4 Phantom, 60 units of Dassault Mirage V, 26 units of C-130
Hercules, 6 units of E-2C
Hawkeye
AWACS which have been upgraded into Hawkeye 2000 so that they possess
AEW&C ability, and dozens of training aircraft K-8E bought from
China.
http://www.topmilitarynews.com/egyptian-air-force-towarding-strongest-air-force-arabic-world/
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