![]() ![]() The EAF provides official government transport and carries out international search-and- rescue operations in the desert, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea. The EAF primary role is the air defence of the nation, with secondary tasks of strike and army support operations. In recent years the Air Force has acted in the Sinai insurgency, the Second Libyan Civil War and the Intervention in the Yemen. Since 1992 the EAF has also provided aviation support for the police and other national security organizations engaged in the war against terrorism. From 1977 to 2011 it saw virtually no combat, but has participated in numerous exercises, including Operation Bright Star. It also supported the Egyptian Army during the North Yemen Civil War and the Libyan–Egyptian War of 1977. From 1948 to 1973 it took part in four separate wars with Israel, as well as the quasi- War of Attrition. It had little involvement in the Second World War. The Egyptian Army Air Service was formed in 1932, and became an independent air force in 1937. It was known as the Royal Egyptian Air Force until 18 June 1953 following the declaration of the Republic of Egypt by Muhammad Naguib The force's motto is 'Higher and higher for the sake of glory' ( Arabic: إلى العلا في سبيل المجد, I‘la’ al-'olà fī sabīl al-magd). Currently, the commander of the Egyptian Air Force is Air Marshal Mohamed Abbas Helmy. ![]() The EAF is headed by an air marshal ( lieutenant general equivalent). The latter was created as a separate command in the 1970s and it coordinates with the Air Force to integrate air and ground-based air defense operations. ![]() The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) ( Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, romanized: El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīya), is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces, is responsible for all airborne defence missions and operates all military aircraft, including those used in support of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy and the Egyptian Air Defense Forces. Ka-52 Alligator, AH-64 Apache, Mil Mi-17, Aérospatiale Gazelle SA-342
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