Mohammed Aly Fahmy was an Egyptian field marshal, known as the "Father of the Egyptian Air Defense".
Mohammed Aly Fahmy
Egyptian Air Defense Forces
The Egyptian Air Defence Forces (EADF) 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.
An Egyptian anti-aircraft cannon during the 1956 Suez Crisis
Egyptian missile site captured by Israelis during the Arab-Israeli War.
Soviet/Egyptian S-125 anti-aircraft type missiles in the Suez Canal vicinity
An Egyptian Crotale P4R low-altitude surface-to-air missile system is positioned in the desert during Gulf War.
