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Egypt and China conclude historic Eagles of Civilization 2025 joint air...

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Egypt and China have marked a significant milestone in their bilateral relations and regional military dynamics by hosting the inaugural Eagles of Civilization 2025...

Egypt shopping for Hellfire missiles and guided rockets

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Egypt is looking to acquire Hellfire missiles and 70 mm guided rockets worth nearly $700 million. On 20 December the US State Department approved possible...

Egypt orders two C-130J Super Hercules from Lockheed Martin

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Egypt has confirmed an order for two new C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft from Lockheed Martin, making it the 23rd country to acquire the...

Egypt looking to develop CH-47 air base ahead of helicopter deliveries

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The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) is seeking to develop Anchas Air Base to operate the 12 new CH-47 Chinook helicopters it is acquiring. The United...

Egyptian Air Force becomes first Rafale export user to reach 10...

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The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) has become the first Dassault Rafale export customer to reach 10 000 flying hours on the type, having flown...

American International Contractors awarded Egyptian F-16 hangar contact

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Virginia-based company American International Contractors has been awarded a $24 million contract to build an F-16 maintenance hangar at Egypt’s Marsa Matrouh Air Base. The...

Egypt requests C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, air defence radars from US

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The United States has approved the possible sale of a dozen Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft worth $2.2 billion to Egypt, along with...

Egypt upgrading sensors on Apache helicopters

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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $102 million contract to upgrade the sensors on 25 Egyptian Air Force AH-64D Apache attack helicopters as part...

Egyptian Rafale contract comes into force

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The contract for the acquisition by Egypt of 30 additional Rafale fighters to equip its air force has come into force, Dassault Aviation announced...

Egyptian Air Force F-16s, Mirage 2000s fitted with Al Tariq PGMs

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The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) has acquired Denel-designed Al Tariq precision guided munitions (PGMs) and is now deploying them on its Mirage 2000 and...

Egyptian MiG-29 deliveries concluded as Su-35 deliveries begin

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The Egyptian Air Force has taken delivery of all its MiG-29M/M2 fighter jets from Russia and has started receiving the first of two dozen...

Egypt signs C295 support contract with Airbus

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The Egyptian Air Force, the largest C295 fleet operator worldwide, has recently signed a five-year services contract with Airbus for the performance-based support of...

Egyptian Armed Forces

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Egyptian Armed Forces 1. Order of battle 2. Overview 3. Defence economics 4. State of military forces 5. Country threat reports 6. Major external deployments   Order of Battle Total Force Strength   Army:...

Russia begins production of Egyptian Su-35s

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Russia has started production of Su-35 fighter jets for Egypt as part of an order for two dozen of the jets. This is according to...

Egypt acquires Il-76 transports

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The Egyptian Air Force has taken delivery of two Il-76 transport aircraft acquired second hand from Jordan as it expands its strategic airlift capabilities. Photos...

Egyptian F-16 engine upgrade underway

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General Electric Aviation has started upgrading F110 engines for the Egyptian Air Force’s F-16 fleet. General Electric Aviation said on 26 July that the first...

Egypt to upgrade F-16 engines

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General Electric Aviation has been awarded a $275 million contract to upgrade the engines of Egypt's F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet. The US Department...

Egypt receives Falcon 7Xs

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Egypt has taken delivery of two Falcon 7X business jets from Dassault Aviation, where they are serving with the Government Flight. According...

Egypt takes delivery of additional Rafales; looks to acquire more

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The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) has received its final three single seat Rafale EM fighters, which arrived from France at the end...

Egypt gets first single seat Rafales

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The Egyptian Air Force has taken delivery of its first single-seat Rafale C fighter jets from Dassault, with two of an eventual...

Egypt receives more Rafales, preparing to induct MiG-29s

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The Egyptian Air Force received three more Rafales from Dassault on 4 April, and is preparing to introduce MiG-29s into service soon,...

Egypt getting C-130 ELINT capability

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The US Department of Defence has contracted Sierra Nevada Corporation to supply an electronic intelligence (ELINT) capability to Egypt for the C-130...

Egyptian MiG-29s to receive advanced infrared, targeting and electronic warfare systems

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The 50 MiG-29M fighter jets being acquired by Egypt from Russia's RAC MiG will be equipped with OLS-EU infrared search and track...

Kaman awarded depot level maintenance contract for Egyptian SH-2s

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Kaman Aerosystems has been awarded a three year contract for the establishment of depot level maintenance capabilities for the Egyptian Air Force...

First single seat Rafale for Egypt takes flight

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The Egyptian Air Force's first single seat Rafale fighter jet has performed its maiden flight in France ahead of delivery next year. Dassault...

Egypt takes delivery of more Rafales

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The Egyptian Air Force has received a second batch of three Rafale fighter jets from Dassault. On Thursday the aircraft arrived in...

Russian Helicopters to boost maintenance support for Egyptian Air Force

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Russian Helicopters will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) support to Russian made helicopters in Egypt, specifically the Egyptian Air Force's Mi-8T...

Egypt receives final four F-16s

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The Egyptian Air Force has received the final four of 12 F-16 Fighting Falcon jets from the United States, with the aircraft...

US to supply additional E-2C Hawkeye to Egypt

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The Egyptian Air Force will receive a single Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft from Northrop Grumman, which...

US delivering eight F-16s to Egypt

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The United States will have delivered eight F-16 Block 52 fighter jets to Egypt by Saturday, the first such deliveries since military...

Egypt receives first three Rafale fighters

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The Egyptian Air Force has officially taken delivery of its first three of 24 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault. The aircraft were...

Egypt prepares to receive first three Rafales

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The Egyptian Air Force will within the next ten days receive its first three Rafale fighter jets from Dassault, which is currently...

Egypt buys AASM Hammer missiles for its Rafales

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The Egyptian Ministry of Defence has ordered AASM Hammer guided missiles for its 24 new Dassault Rafale fighter jets. The contract was announced...

Egypt still interested in MiGs

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Egypt will sign a contract for 46 MiG-29 fighter jets with RAC MiG in the near future, according to Russian media, after...

Egypt moving closer to Rafale, FREMM buys

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Egypt is moving closer to a five billion euro arms deal with France for 24 Dassault Rafale fighters and one DCNS FREMM...

African military profile: Egypt

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Egypt has the strongest military in Africa and is in the midst of strengthening it further with the acquisition of frigates, armoured...

Egypt receives ten Apaches

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After delivery was suspended for many months, the Egyptian Air Force has finally received ten Boeing Apache attack helicopters from the United...

Egypt orders eight more Airbus C295 tactical transports

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Egypt has ordered eight more Airbus C295 transports in a deal which will take its fleet to 20 and makes it the biggest customer...

Egypt orders eight more Airbus C295 tactical transports

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The new batch of aircraft will be delivered to the Egyptian Air Force by Airbus Defence and Space at the beginning of next year.Egypt...

Egyptian Air Force orders eight more C295s to become largest customer

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Egypt has ordered another eight C295 transport aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space in a deal that will take its fleet to...

Egyptian C295 deliveries underway

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The Egyptian Air Force is taking delivery of its remaining six C295 transport aircraft from Airbus Military, with one of the type...

Egyptian C295s deliveries back on track

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It appears that the Egyptian Air Force will receive its six remaining C295s on order from Airbus Military, after delivery was earlier...

Egyptian MiG-21 crashes after catching fire

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The Egyptian Air Force lost a MiG-21UM jet trainer on Sunday after it caught fire and crashed, killing one person on the...

Egyptian F-16 deliveries begin

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Egypt has received the first of 20 F-16 Fighting Falcons ordered from the United States in 2010. Deliveries are set to conclude...

Egypt orders six more C295s

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Airbus Military today announced that the Egyptian Air Force has ordered six C295 transport aircraft, which will double its fleet to 12....

Egyptian Air Force receives AW139s

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The Egyptian Air Force has taken delivery of two AW139 helicopters from AgustaWestland. The aircraft are configured for the search and rescue...

Egypt purchases Sniper targeting pods

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The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) has selected Lockheed Martin's Sniper targeting pod to equip its 20 F-16 fighters purchased under the Peace...